The province ofQuebec,Canada, is officially divided into 17administrative regions. Traditionally (and unofficially), it is divided into around twenty regions. They have no government of their own, but rather serve primarily to organize the provision of provincial government services, most significantly the allocation of regional economic development funding. As of the2021 Canadian census, the population of Quebec was 8,501,833, the land area was 1,298,599.75 km2 (501,392.17 sq mi) and the population density was 6.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.9/sq mi).[1]
Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization forregional conferences of elected officers (French:conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of theMontérégie andNord-du-Québec regions, which each had threeCRÉs or equivalent bodies. In theNord-du-Québec region, theKativik Regional Government andCree Regional Authority, in addition to their other functions, played the role of aCRÉ. The subregions ofMontérégie andNord-du-Québec had their own regional conference of elected officers (CRÉ).
Along with the administrative regions, municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 2021 Census are also indicated, with those 50,000 or more shown in bold print.
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names.
