This is a list of the

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(RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of

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, Canada. They are given along with their geographical codes as specified by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, and the

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to which they belong. RCMs are

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-like units of government at the supralocal level. However, not all municipalities belong to an RCM. In order to use RCMs for statistical purposes, some municipalities (mostly

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s) are viewed as belonging to RCMs they do not belong to legally. The possibly enlarged RCMs are called ''municipalités régionales de comté géographiques'' (MRCG) as opposed to the legal ones known as ''municipalités régionales de comté juridiques'' (MRCJ). The remaining municipalities are grouped into ''territories equivalent to an RCM'' (French: ''territoires équivalents à une MRC'') or TEs, which are also considered MRCGs. This way, MRCGs cover the entire territory of Quebec and do not overlap. There are 87 RCMs and 17 TEs in Quebec, for a total of 104 MRCGs. 14 of the TEs correspond exactly (or very nearly correspond) to cities or

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. The only 3 exceptional cases are the TEs of

Jamésie Jamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Nord-du-Québec, Canada. Its geographical code is 991 and together with Kativik TE and Eeyou Istchee TE it forms the administrative région and census division (CD ...

Kativik The Kativik Regional Government (french: Administration régionale Kativik, KGR) encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec. Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of ...

and

Eeyou Istchee Eeyou Istchee , crj, ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔅᒌ or , all meaning 'The People's Land'; ) is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Quebec that is represented by the Grand Council of the Crees. On July 24, 2012, the Quebec ...

. These TEs lie in

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and cover large areas with many, mostly small, municipalities. Because of cooperation between the

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and

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, RCMs and TEs correspond neatly to

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in most cases. See the section "Use as census divisions" below. For further details, see

Regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

Lists

Municipalities with populations of at least 5,000 as of the 2006 Census are listed, with their legal status in parentheses. Those with populations over 20,000 are highlighted. The seat of the regional county municipality (RCM) is indicated with an asterisk (*). If its population is less than 5,000, then it appears in italics. The information concerning (legal) RCMs, including their seats, is taken from the database of municipalities of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales. tp://ftp.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/PUBLIC/DGIG/PRODUITS/BDGA1M/DOCUMENT/LISTEMRC_2007.pdf List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories(PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune Information concerning geographical RCMs is taken from a list published by the Ministère de la Faune et des Ressources naturelles. Relevant definitions can be obtained from the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.

East Québec

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Eastern Townships

Montérégie

Montréal and Laval

Central Québec

West Québec

Northern Québec

Use as census divisions

Statistics Canada divides Quebec into 98

that are mostly coextensive with Quebec's regional county municipalities and equivalent territories. 93 of these census divisions correspond to a single regional county municipality or equivalent territory in the list above. In these cases the census division and the corresponding RCM or TE share a single two-digit geographical code, except for Lévis, whose code is 251. The census divisions that are an exception to this are shown below, with geographical codes in parentheses:Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006

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* The CD of Francheville (37) consists of the TE of

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

(371) and the RCM of

Les Chenaux Les Chenaux (meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawr ...

(372). These two divisions formerly constituted the single RCM of Francheville, which was dissolved in 2002. * The CD of

Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (Saguenay and its Fjord) is a census division (CD) of Quebec, with geographical code 94. It consists of the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and the territory equivalent to a regional county municipalit ...

(94) consists of the TE of Saguenay (941) and the RCM of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (942). Le Fjord-du-Saguenay formerly included the smaller cities which were amalgamated to create the new city of Saguenay in 2002. * The CD of

Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau is a Census geographic units of Canada, census division (CD) of Quebec, with geographical code 97. It consists of the regional county municipality, regional county municipalities of Sept-Rivières Regional County Munic ...

(97) consists of the RCMs of Sept-Rivières (971) and Caniapiscau (972). * The CD of Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (98) consists of the RCMs of Minganie (981) and Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (982). The latter superseded Basse-Côte-Nord in 2010; Basse-Côte-Nord itself was part of Minganie until 2002. * The CD of

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(99) is coextensive with the

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and consists of the TEs of

(991),

(992) and

(993).

Former regional county municipalities

The following former regional county municipalities all ceased to exist in conjunction with changes introduced in the

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: *

Champlain Regional County Municipality Champlain was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Canadian province of Quebec. It ceased to exist when it amalgamated into the expanded city of Longueuil on January 1, 2002. It was the smallest in area and most po ...

Desjardins Regional County Municipality Desjardins was a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. Desjardins ceased t ...

Francheville Regional County Municipality Francheville was a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it had an area of .''Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Franchevil ...

La Région-Sherbrookoise Regional County Municipality La Région-Sherbrookoise was a former regional county municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. Prior to September 12, 1998 it was known as Sherbrooke Regional County Municipality. It ceased to exist when most of it amalgamated into the ...

Laval Regional County Municipality Laval was a former regional county municipality whose territory coincided with the city of Laval, Quebec. It was established in 1979, whereas the city itself had been constituted in 1965. While it existed, it was the most populous regional co ...

Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of: ;''Villes'' * Grand-Mère * Shawinigan * Shawinigan-Sud ;Municipalities ...

Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 1982, and dissolved on March 26, 2003, when it was amalgamate ...

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière was a former regional county municipality and census division in Quebec. It and Desjardins Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. It ceased to exist when most of it ...

* Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Regional County Municipality *

Mirabel Regional County Municipality Mirabel was a former regional county municipality whose territory coincided with the city of Mirabel, Quebec. It was established in 1985, whereas the city itself had been constituted in 1971. It ceased to exist by January 1, 2002, in the midst ...

Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 1981 and dissolved when all of its component municipalities amalgam ...

Renamed regional county municipalities

La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality La Haute-Gaspésie () is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Sainte-Anne-des- ...

was formerly known as Denis-Riverin RCM. * The former

was earlier known as Sherbrooke RCM. *

La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River va ...

was formerly known as Vallée-de-l'Or RCM. *

Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality Rocher-Percé is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Chandler, Quebec, Chandler. Prior to July 17, 1999 it was known as Pabok Regional County Municipality. It is named af ...

was formerly known as Pabok RCM. *

Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality Les Appalaches ( ''Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches'') is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of ...

was formerly known as L'Amiante RCM. *

Les Sources Regional County Municipality Les Sources is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L ...

was formerly known as Asbestos RCM, and prior to that as L'Or-Blanc RCM. *

Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality Marguerite-D'Youville is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères. The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, after Christophe du Fros ...

was formerly known as Lajemmerais RCM. *

Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality Pierre-De Saurel is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its ...

was formerly known as Le Bas-Richelieu RCM. *

Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality Beauce-Centre is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional Cou ...

was formerly known as Robert-Cliche RCM.

Notes

References

Database
of the Geographical code of Quebec
{{Canada topic, Census divisions of Local government in Quebec

Regional County Municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

Regional county municipalities in Quebec