The two metropolitan communities (french: communautés métropolitaines) or CMs are multi-functional institutions of
local government
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in the Canadian province of
Quebec
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. They cover, respectively, the
metropolitan area
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s of
Greater Montreal
Greater Montreal (french: Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as with a ...
and
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
.
CMs were created in 2000 by the
Quebec legislature
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, on analogous lines to the
regional districts in
British Columbia
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. They have responsibility for areas of common interest to their constituent municipalities such as urban planning, economic development, promotion of international trade, artistic and cultural development, public transportation and waste management. Each CM also has specific areas of jurisdiction defined by the legislation governing it.
Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)
''For a list of the municipalities of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, see
Greater Montreal
Greater Montreal (french: Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as with a ...
.''
The CMM comprises 82 local municipalities in all, of which 21 do not belong to any
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 ...
(RCM), including Montreal itself. The CMM further encompasses the entire territory of four RCMs and parts of another six RCMs.
Powers
The powers of the CMM are defined in the ''Act respecting the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.'' The CMM has jurisdiction in the following fields:
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* land planning;
* economic development;
* arts and culture promotion;
* social and affordable housing;
* facilities, infrastructure, services and activities of metropolitan importance;
* public transit and metropolitan arterial road network;
* waste management planning;
* air quality;
* wastewater.
It also plays a role in protecting and enhancing the metropolitan blue and green spaces and produces information tools for use in geomatics."
Government
Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ)
The CMQ consists of some 28 local municipalities, of which four do not belong to an RCM, including Quebec City itself. The CMQ also covers all of MRC de L'Île-d'Orleans and parts of La Côte-de-Beaupré and La Jacques-Cartier RCMs.
Powers
Government
See also
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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* Administrative subdivisions of Quebec#Metropolitan communities
References
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Government of Quebec
Local government in Quebec
Subdivisions of Quebec
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