An unconstituted locality (french: localité non constituée, link=no) is a specific type of

designated place A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the sta ...

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 thirtee ...

, a small community that has not been constituted as a municipality (Quebec uses the term "constituted" rather than "incorporated"). Designated places are defined by provinces and territories of Canada in cooperation with

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, and Quebec has two kinds: dissolved municipalities (french: municipalité dissoute) and unconstituted localities. Dissolved municipalities are often the result of mergers and amalgamations (see

Municipal history of Quebec The municipal history of Quebec started in 1796 with the creation of administrations for Montréal and Quebec City, but it really developed immediately prior to the creation of the Province of Canada in 1841 with the formation of municipal distr ...

and :Former municipalities in Quebec), and in some cases Statistics Canada chooses to keep tracking population and other figures for census purposes over the territory of the pre-merger municipality. However, unconstituted localities never had the status of municipality to begin with. An unconstituted locality will necessarily exist on the territory of some municipality (or

unorganized territory Unorganized territory may refer to: * An unincorporated area in any number of countries * One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress * Unorganize ...

Unconstituted localities

* Kegashka is sometimes also written Kegaska. * La Romaine should not be confused with Unamen Shipu, the neighbouring Indian reserve of the same name * The unconstituted locality of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu should not be confused with the municipality of

Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Saint-Jean-de-Dieu is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. The municipality had a population of 1,606 in the Canada 2011 Census. The two main settlements within the municipality are the communities of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu and La Société. The settl ...

, within which it lies.

External links

Statistics Canada: Census Profile (2011): Subprovincial geography levels: Quebec
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unconstituted localities in Quebec Lists of populated places in Quebec