Population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...

, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km²."From urban areas to population centres"
.

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 cultu ...

, May 5, 2011. The boundaries of a populated place are not necessarily contiguous with municipal boundaries; a population centre may both include areas ''outside'' the boundaries of a municipality, if their urban development is directly contiguous, and may exclude areas ''inside'' the boundaries of a municipality which are less densely populated. A municipality may also not be classified as a population centre at all, but may simply be part of another municipality's population centre. Accordingly, do not confuse this list with

List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are ...

, which lists all municipalities by their actual municipal populations. The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that,

used the term urban area. In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

, Statistics Canada listed 273 population centres in the province of

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 ...

and 2 population centres located in part in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Population centres Lists of populated places in Quebec

See also

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