Administrative divisions of Quebec

The Province of Quebec is divided into entities that deliver local government, along with other types of functional divisions.

Shared powers with the province include housing, roads, police, recreation and culture, parks, and urban planning.

Montreal, Quebec City, Longueuil, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Lévis, Métis-sur-Mer and Grenville-sur-la-Rouge are divided into arrondissements (boroughs), sub-municipal entities that have mayors and councillors.

[5] The UAs of Montréal, Québec, and Longueuil have each been delegated powers usually reserved for regional county municipalities.

Other municipalities have certain powers usually reserved for RCMs, including Québec, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Longueuil, Lévis, Shawinigan, Sherbrooke, Laval, Mirabel, Rouyn-Noranda, Gatineau, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and La Tuque.

[6] The Nord-du-Québec is divided into three territories each equivalent to a regional municipality: Metropolitan communities have responsibility for areas of common interest to their constituent municipalities such as urban planning, economic development, promotion of international trade, artistic and cultural development, public transportation and waste management.

They are: Statistics Canada divides the province into census divisions, designated places, population centres, and economic regions.

Since 1987, most of the area is within the administrative region Estrie, and the term Eastern Townships is now used in tourist literature.