Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (, "The hills of the Outaouais") is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 regional municipality. Regional county municipalit ...

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, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...

region of western

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, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ...

, which is to the south. Its administrative seat is in Chelsea, Quebec. It was created in January 1991 when the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community) was split into Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community, now City of Gatineau). The region is home to the majority of

Gatineau Park Gatineau Park () is a federal park located in the Outaouais, Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region, Gatineau Park is a wedge ...

. It is bisected by the Gatineau River which flows from north to south. The

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forms the southwestern boundary.

Subdivisions

There are six subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (6) * Cantley * Chelsea * L'Ange-Gardien * La Pêche * Pontiac * Val-des-Monts

Demographics

Ethnicity

Source: 2021 Census * 92.0% White * 4.9% Indigenous * 3.1% Visible Minority

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 ** ** * Principal highways ** * Secondary highways ** ** ** ** * External routes ** None

References

External links

MRC Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais

Statistics Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Les Collines-De-L'Outaouais Regional county municipalities in Outaouais Census divisions of Quebec