The two metropolitan communities (French: communautés métropolitaines) or CMs are multi-functional institutions of local government in the Canadian province of Quebec.
CMs were created in 2000 by the Quebec legislature, on analogous lines to the regional districts in British Columbia.
The powers of the CMM are defined in the Act respecting the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
The CMM has jurisdiction in the following fields:[4] It also plays a role in protecting and enhancing the metropolitan blue and green spaces and produces information tools for use in geomatics."
The CMQ consists of some 28 local municipalities, of which four do not belong to an RCM, including Quebec City itself.