An agglomeration, or urban agglomeration, is an
administrative division of Quebec at the local level that may group together a number of municipalities which were abolished as independent entities on 1 January 2002 but
reconstituted on 1 January 2006.
Urban agglomerations have certain powers that would ordinarily be exercised by individual municipalities.
History
The
2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec
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proved to be controversial in several municipalities, and in the aftermath, several municipalities voted in a
2004 referendum to reverse their amalgamation. However the supralocal urban agglomeration level of government was retained over each formerly merged region.
Definition
The ''Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations'' defines the expression ''urban agglomeration'' as follows.
:An urban agglomeration corresponds to the territory, as it exists on 17 December 2004, of Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Mont-Laurier, Ville de La Tuque, Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Ville de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Ville de Mont-Tremblant, Ville de Cookshire-Eaton, Ville de Rivière-Rouge or Ville de Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel.
One municipality in each agglomeration is known as the ''central municipality'' and has special status under the ''Act''. The others are called ''related municipalities''.
The ''Act'' defines the powers exercised by the agglomeration and those exercised by the reconstituted municipalities, known as ''agglomeration powers'' (''compétences d'agglomération'') and ''local powers'' (''compétences de proximité'').
Agglomeration councils
Agglomeration powers are exercised by ''agglomeration councils'' (''conseils d'agglomération'').
Agglomeration powers
These are defined b
statute
Many governmental functions are performed by the central city in each agglomeration; for example, the Montreal city police (
SPVM) have jurisdiction in the neighboring communities.
Local powers
A list of these can be found on the websit
of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales.
List of constituent municipalities
In each list, the legally designated central municipality appears first.
Urban agglomeration of Montreal
The
Urban agglomeration of Montreal
Montreal is one of the administrative regions of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and a census division (CD), for both of which its geographical code is 66. Prior to the me ...
is administered by the Montreal Agglomeration Council.
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Ville de Montréal
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Ville de Baie-D'Urfé
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Ville de Beaconsfield
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Ville de Côte Saint-Luc
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Ville de Dollard-Des-Ormeaux
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Ville de Dorval
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Ville de Hampstead
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Ville de Kirkland
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Ville de L'Île-Dorval
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Ville de Montréal-Est
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Ville de Montréal-Ouest
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Ville de Mont-Royal
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Ville de Pointe-Claire
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Ville de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
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Village de Senneville
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Ville de Westmount
Urban agglomeration of Quebec City
The urban agglomeration of Quebec City (french: agglomération urbaine de Québec) is an urban agglomeration in Quebec. It may also be referred to as the urban agglomeration of the city of Québec.
It consists of:
* Quebec City (Central municipali ...
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Ville de Québec Ville de Québec is the French wording for Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the ...
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Ville de L'Ancienne-Lorette
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Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and sti ...
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Ville de Longueuil
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Ville de Boucherville
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Ville de Brossard
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Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
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Ville de Saint-Lambert
Urban agglomeration of Mont-Laurier The Urban agglomeration of Mont-Laurier is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of:
*the city of Mont-Laurier
*the municipality of Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the Ci ...
*Ville de
Mont-Laurier
*Municipalité de
Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles
Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
The village itself is located just off Quebec Route 309 at the southern end of Lake of Islands ...
Urban agglomeration of La Tuque
La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 sq ...
*Ville de
La Tuque
La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 sq ...
*Municipalité de
La Bostonnais
*Municipalité de
Lac-Édouard
Urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
The Urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of:
*the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
*the municipality of Grosse-Île
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganizatio ...
*Municipalité des
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
*Municipalité de
Grosse-Île
Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts The Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of:
*the city of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
*the municipality of Ivry-sur-le-Lac
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebe ...
*Ville de
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English). Sa ...
*Municipalité d'
Ivry-sur-le-Lac
Urban agglomeration of Mont-Tremblant The Urban agglomeration of Mont-Tremblant is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of the city of Mont-Tremblant and the municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord.
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the city o ...
*Ville de
Mont-Tremblant
Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for i ...
*Municipalité de
Lac-Tremblant-Nord
Lac-Tremblant-Nord is a small village and municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality. Its territory surrounds the northern portion of Lake Tremblant, includes Bibite Lake, a ...
Urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton The Urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton is an urban agglomeration (Quebec), urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of:
*the city of Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec, Cookshire-Eaton
*the municipality of Newport, Quebec, Newport
History
As part of th ...
*Ville de
Cookshire-Eaton
Cookshire-Eaton is a city (Quebec), city in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is the seat of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. Sherbrooke Airport is located there.
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, o ...
*Municipalité de
Newport
Urban agglomeration of Rivière-Rouge The Urban agglomeration of Riviére-Rouge is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of:
*the city of Rivière-Rouge
*the municipality of La Macaza
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the City of Rivièr ...
*Ville de
Rivière-Rouge
Rivière-Rouge (English translation: Red River) is a city located in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 4,631.
History
As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorga ...
*Municipalité de
La Macaza
La Macaza is a municipality and village in the province of Quebec, Canada. The village is located in the Laurentian Mountains, in the Laurentian region, in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Its population was 1094 in the 2021 Canadia ...
Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel
*Ville de
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson is a city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is partially named after and situated on the western shore of Lake Masson.
History
In the early 1860s, ...
*Ville d'
Estérel
See also
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Local government in Quebec
The local municipality () is the lowest unit of local government in Quebec and is distinguished from the higher-level regional county municipality, or RCM, a municipal government at the supralocal level.
Eight municipalities are further subdivid ...
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Municipal reorganization in Quebec
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the g ...
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Metropolitan Community (Quebec)
The two metropolitan communities (french: communautés métropolitaines) or CMs are multi-functional institutions of local government in the Canadian province of Quebec. They cover, respectively, the metropolitan areas of Greater Montreal and Quebe ...
References
External links
Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations
{{Subdivisions of Quebec