Basse-Côte-Nord Territory (French: ''Territoire de la Basse-Côte-Nord'', meaning "lower north shore") was a
territory equivalent to a regional county municipality An equivalent territory (french: territoire équivalent), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (french: territoires équivalents à une MRC), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la ...
(TE) in eastern
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...
, Canada. The territory, whose
geographical code was 982, was formed in 2002 when it separated from the
Minganie Regional County Municipality and was superseded by
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality that was formed in July 2010.
Together with Minganie RCM, Basse-Côte-Nord formed the census division of Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord (now renamed
Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), whose geographical code is 98.
Basse-Côte-Nord had a land area of and a
2006 census population of 5,505 inhabitants. It included all the communities along the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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between the
Natashquan River
The Natashquan is a river in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. It flows south into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Geography
The river has its source just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence ...
and the
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
border, but it had no regional administration.
Basse-Côte-Nord consisted of the following subdivisions, with their codes in parentheses:
* Municipality of
Blanc-Sablon
Blanc-Sablon is the easternmost community in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, in the administrative région of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 1,122 inhabitants in 2021, it is the most p ...
(98005)
* Municipality of
Bonne-Espérance (98010)
* Municipality of
Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas, both along ...
(98015)
* Municipality of
Gros-Mécatina (98014)
* Municipality of
Saint-Augustin (98012)
* Indian reserve of
La Romaine (98804)
* Indian settlement of
Pakuashipi
Pakuashipi (Pakua Shipi, or Pakua Shipu in Innu-aimun and St-Augustin Indian Settlement) is an Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the Côte-Nord region. It is on the weste ...
(98802), located within the legal territory of Saint-Augustin.
References
Minganie--Basse-Côte-Nord Census Division, QuebecStatistics Canada
External links
Tourism Lower North Shore (English)Tourisme Basse-Côte-Nord (Français)Blanc-Sablon TourismLocal website
The Lower North Shore Community Web Sitedatabase of municipalitieson the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.
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Former territories equivalent to a regional county municipality
Côte-Nord
States and territories established in 2002
States and territories disestablished in 2010
2002 establishments in Quebec
2010 disestablishments in Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 2010
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