List of municipalities in Quebec
Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at 1,298,599.75 km2 (501,392.17 sq mi).
[1] For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions,[2] which are municipalities and equivalents.
[4] They also share responsibility with the province in the provision of housing, road networks, police protection, recreation and culture, parks and natural spaces, and land use planning and development.
[11] In 2021, Quebec's local municipalities covered 38.4% of the province's land mass yet were home to 99.5% of its population.
[12] Chisasibi, Eastmain, Kawawachikamach, Nemaska, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Waskaganish, Waswanipi, Wemindji, and Whapmagoostui are Quebec's smallest municipalities each with a population of 0.
[12] A regional county municipality (French: Municipalité régionale de comté) in Quebec is a membership of numerous local municipalities, which in some cases can include unorganized territories, that was formed to administer certain services at the regional level such as waste management, public transit, land use planning and development, property assessment, etc.
[14] Its council comprises the mayors of all local municipalities within its membership and in some cases one or more other elected representatives.
[19] Both held city status until they dissolved to become part of an amalgamated Montreal on January 1, 2002.
[11] Prior to 1988 amendments to the Cities and Towns Act, cities could be formed from any municipality in effect under the Municipal Code of Quebec with a population of 2,000 or more if the municipality:[22] Upon submission of the petition with a certificate signed by the municipality's secretary-treasurer confirming the resolution's approval, the Government of Quebec could hold a public inquiry on the city status application, approve the application by granting the letters patent, and alter the proposed name of the city from the name proposed in the application.
[12] Prior to 1988 amendments to the Cities and Towns Act, towns could be formed from any municipality in effect under the Municipal Code of Quebec with a population of 2,000 or more if the municipality:[22] Upon submission of the petition with a certificate signed by the municipality's secretary-treasurer confirming the resolution's approval, the Government of Quebec could hold a public inquiry on the town status application, approve the application by granting the letters patent, and alter the proposed name of the town from the name proposed in the application.
[25] Also prior to the 1988 amendments to the Cities and Towns Act, the Government of Quebec could consider and approve an application for town or city status from a municipality with a population of less than 2,000 under circumstances it deemed extenuating.
[12] A parish (French: paroisse) in Quebec is an "[e]cclesiastical district where the jurisdiction of a minister of religion (priest, pastor, etc.)
[5][12] Quebec's largest and smallest parish municipalities Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente with populations of 6,121 and 0.
[12] In Quebec, a township (French: canton) is an "[t]erritorial unit of a system of division of space, generally rectangular in shape, used for the freehold concession of public lands", while a township municipality (French: municipalité de canton) is the "[t]erritory or part of territory of a township established as a municipality.
[5][12] Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, the larger united township municipality, had a population of 9,682 and a land area of 670.03 km2 (258.70 sq mi) in 2021, while Latulipe-et-Gaboury had a population of 320 and a land area of 270.11 km2 (104.29 sq mi).
