Pontiac (french: municipalité régionale de comté de Pontiac) is a

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 ...

in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa ...

region of

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. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located in the neighbouring

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau, which is to the south. Its administrative ...

. For the electoral district see

Pontiac (electoral district) Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968. In every election since its crea ...

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (15) *

Alleyn-et-Cawood Alleyn-et-Cawood is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its main population centre is Danford Lake, located along Route 301. Elected in 2013, the mayo ...

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* Bryson * Campbell's Bay * Clarendon *

L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Calumet Island (also Grand Calumet Island; in French ''Île du Grand Calum ...

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes L'Isle-aux-Allumettes is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Allumette Island (in French ''Île aux Allumettes''), and also includes Morri ...

* Litchfield *

Mansfield-et-Pontefract Mansfield-et-Pontefract is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River, northwest of Gatineau. It is the most populated municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Mun ...

* Otter Lake *

Rapides-des-Joachims Rapides-des-Joachims is a municipality and village in western Quebec, Canada, part of Pontiac County in the Outaouais region. The village is situated on Rapides-des-Joachims Island (''l'île de Rapides-des-Joachims'') on the Ottawa River, about ...

* Shawville *

Sheenboro Sheenboro is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was formerly known as Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff. Its territory stretches along the north shore of the Ot ...

* Thorne * Waltham ;Townships (1) *

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;Villages (2) *

Fort-Coulonge Fort Coulonge is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Coulonge River. It is the francophone centre of the otherwise largely (57%) anglophone Pontiac MRC, with 79.6% listing French a ...

Portage-du-Fort Portage-du-Fort is a village municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the southwest corner of the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The village lies across the Ottawa River from Chenaux, Ontario and Horton, Ontario. At Por ...

;Unorganized Territory (1) *

Lac-Nilgaut Lac-Nilgaut is a large unorganized territory in the Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada. With a surface area of , it makes up over 70% of the northern portion of Pontiac Regional County Municipality. The eponymous Lake Nilgaut is located roughly i ...

Demographics

Population

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Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** * External Routes **

References

External links

Official tourism website of Pontiac MRC

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