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Following is a list of the 'regional county municipalities' (RCM or MRC) and 'equivalent territories' (TE) in the province of Quebec, Canada, as of January 2007. They are given along with their geographical codes according to the Geographical Code of Quebec determined by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec, and the administrative regions to which they belong.
RCMs are units of government at the supralocal level. However, not all municipalities belong to an RCM. In order to use RCMs for statistical purposes, some municipalities (mostly Indian reserves) are viewed as belonging to RCMs they do not belong to legally. The possibly enlarged RCMs are called ''municipalités régionales de comté géographiques'' (MRCG) as opposed to the legal ones known as ''municipalités régionales de comté juridiques'' (MRCJ). The remaining municipalities are grouped into ''territories equivalent to an RCM'' (French: ''territoires équivalents à une MRC'') or TEs, which are also considered MRCGs. This way, MRCGs cover the entire territory of Quebec and do not overlap.
There are 86 RCMs and 17 TEs in Quebec, for a total of 103 MRCGs. Twelve of the TEs correspond exactly to cities or urban agglomerations, and another two, Québec and La Tuque almost do. The only three exceptional cases are the TEs of Basse-Côte-Nord, Jamésie and Kativik. These cover large areas with many, mostly small, municipalities.
Thanks to cooperation between the Institut de la Statistique and Statistics Canada, RCMs and TEs correspond neatly to census divisions in most cases. See the section "Use as census divisions" below.
For further details, see Regional county municipality.

Contents

List

Use as census divisions

See also

Notes

List

Municipalities with populations of at least 5,000 as of the 2006 Census are listed, with their legal status in parentheses. Those with populations over 20,000 are highlighted.
The seat of the RCM is indicated with an asterisk (
★ ). If its population is less than 5,000, then it appears in italics.
The information concerning (legal) RCMs, including their seats, is taken from the database of municipalities of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales.^[1] Information concerning geographical RCMs is taken from a list published by the Ministère de la Faune et des Ressources naturelles.^[1] Relevant definitions can be obtained from the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec. ^[3]

Region	Type	code	name	major communities
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	07	La Matapédia	Amqui ★ (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	08	Matane	Matane ★ (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	09	La Mitis	Mont-Joli ★ (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	10	Rimouski-Neigette	'Rimouski ★ ' (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	11	Les Basques	''Trois-Pistoles ★ '' (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	12	Rivière-du-Loup	Rivière-du-Loup ★ (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	13	Témiscouata	''Notre-Dame-du-Lac ★ '' (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	14	Kamouraska	''Saint-Pascal ★ '' (V)
02 Saguenay— Lac-Saint-Jean	MRC	91	Le Domaine-du-Roy	Roberval ★ (V), Saint-Félicien (V)
02 Saguenay— Lac-Saint-Jean	MRC	92	Maria-Chapdelaine	Dolbeau-Mistassini ★ (V)
02 Saguenay— Lac-Saint-Jean	MRC	93	Lac-Saint-Jean-Est	'Alma ★ ' (V)
02 Saguenay— Lac-Saint-Jean	TE	941	Saguenay	'Saguenay' (V)
02 Saguenay— Lac-Saint-Jean	MRC	942	Le Fjord-du-Saguenay	''Saint-Honoré ★ '' (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	15	Charlevoix-Est	La Malbaie (V), ''Clermont ★ '' (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	16	Charlevoix	Baie-Saint-Paul ★ (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	20	L'Île-d'Orléans	''Sainte-Famille ★ '' (P)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	21	La Côte-de-Beaupré	''Château-Richer ★ '' (V), Boischatel (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	22	La Jacques-Cartier	Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier (V), ''Shannon ★ '' (M), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (CU), Lac-Beauport (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	TE	23	Québec	'Quebec' (V), Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (V), L'Ancienne-Lorette (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	34	Portneuf	Pont-Rouge (V), Donnacona (V), ''Cap-Santé ★ '' (V), Saint-Raymond (V)
04 Mauricie	MRC	35	Mékinac	''Saint-Tite ★ '' (V)
04 Mauricie	TE	36	Shawinigan	'Shawinigan'
04 Mauricie	TE	371	Trois-Rivières	'Trois-Rivières'
04 Mauricie	MRC	372	Les Chenaux	''Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes ★ '' (M), Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (P)
04 Mauricie	MRC	51	Maskinongé	Louiseville ★ (V)
04 Mauricie	TE	90	La Tuque	La Tuque (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	30	Le Granit	Lac-Mégantic ★ (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	40	Les Sources	Asbestos ★ (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	41	Le Haut-Saint-François	Cookshire-Eaton ★ (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	42	Le Val-Saint-François	Windsor (V), ''Richmond ★ '' (V)
05 Estrie	TE	43	Sherbrooke	'Sherbrooke' (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	44	Coaticook	Coaticook ★ (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	45	Memphrémagog	'Magog ★ ' (V)
06 Montréal	TE	66	Montréal	'Montreal' (V), 'Westmount' (V), Montréal-Ouest (V), 'Côte-Saint-Luc' (V), Hampstead (V), Mont-Royal (V), Dorval (V), 'Pointe-Claire' (V), 'Kirkland' (V), Beaconsfield (V), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (V), 'Dollard-Des Ormeaux' (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	80	Papineau	''Papineauville ★ '' (M)
07 Outaouais	TE	81	Gatineau	'Gatineau' (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	82	Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	Val-des-Monts (M), Cantley (M), Chelsea ★ (M), Pontiac (M), La Pêche (M)
07 Outaouais	MRC	83	La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau	''Gracefield ★ '' (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	84	Pontiac	''Campbell's Bay ★ '' (M)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	85	Témiscamingue	''Ville-Marie ★ '' (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	TE	86	Rouyn-Noranda	'Rouyn-Noranda' (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	87	Abitibi-Ouest	La Sarre ★ (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	88	Abitibi	Amos ★ (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	89	La Vallée-de-l'Or	'Val-d'Or ★ ' (V)
09 Côte-Nord	MRC	95	La Haute-Côte-Nord	''Les Escoumins ★ '' (M)
09 Côte-Nord	MRC	96	Manicouagan	'Baie-Comeau ★ ' (V)
09 Côte-Nord	MRC	971	Sept-Rivières	'Sept-Îles ★ ' (V), Port-Cartier (V)
09 Côte-Nord	MRC	972	Caniapiscau	''Fermont ★ '' (V)
09 Côte-Nord	MRC	981	Minganie	''Havre-Saint-Pierre ★ '' (M)
09 Côte-Nord	TE	982	Basse-Côte-Nord
10 Nord-du-Québec	TE	991	Jamésie	Chibougamau (V)
10 Nord-du-Québec	TE	992	Kativik
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	TE	01	Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (M)
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	MRC	02	Le Rocher-Percé	Chandler ★ (V)
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	MRC	03	La Côte-de-Gaspé	Gaspé ★ (V)
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	MRC	04	La Haute-Gaspésie	Sainte-Anne-des-Monts ★ (V)
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	MRC	05	Bonaventure	''New Carlisle ★ '' (M)
11 Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine	MRC	06	Avignon	''Nouvelle ★ '' (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	17	L'Islet	''Saint-Jean-Port-Joli ★ '' (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	18	Montmagny	Montmagny ★ (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	19	Bellechasse	''Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse ★ '' (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	TE	251	Lévis	'Lévis' (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	26	La Nouvelle-Beauce	Sainte-Marie ★ (V), Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (P)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	27	Robert-Cliche	Beauceville ★ (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	28	Les Etchemins	''Lac-Etchemin ★ '' (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	29	Beauce-Sartigan	'Saint-Georges ★ ' (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	31	L'Amiante	'Thetford Mines ★ ' (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	33	Lotbinière	''Sainte-Croix ★ '' (M)
13 Laval	TE	65	Laval	'Laval' (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	52	D'Autray	Lavaltrie (V), ''Berthierville ★ '' (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	60	L'Assomption	Charlemagne (V), 'Repentigny' (V), L'Assomption ★ (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	61	Joliette	Joliette ★ (V), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (V), Saint-Charles-Borromée (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	62	Matawinie	Saint-Félix-de-Valois (M), Rawdon ★ (M), Chertsey (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	63	Montcalm	Saint-Lin–Laurentides (V), Saint-Calixte (M), Sainte-Julienne ★ (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	64	Les Moulins	'Terrebonne ★ ' (V), 'Mascouche' (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	72	Deux-Montagnes	'Saint-Eustache' (V), Deux-Montagnes ★ (V), Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (V), Pointe-Calumet (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	73	Thérèse-De Blainville	'Boisbriand' (V), 'Sainte-Thérèse' (V), 'Blainville' (V), Rosemère (V), Lorraine (V), Bois-des-Filion ★ (V), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (V)
15 Laurentides	TE	74	Mirabel	'Mirabel'
15 Laurentides	MRC	75	La Rivière-du-Nord	Saint-Colomban (P), 'Saint-Jérôme ★ ' (V), Sainte-Sophie (V), Prévost (V), Saint-Hippolyte (P)
15 Laurentides	MRC	76	Argenteuil	Lachute ★ (V), Brownsburg-Chatham (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	77	Les Pays-d'en-Haut	Sainte-Adèle ★ (V), Saint-Sauveur (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	78	Les Laurentides	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (V), ''Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré ★ '' (M), Mont-Tremblant (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	79	Antoine-Labelle	Mont-Laurier ★ (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	46	Brome-Missisquoi	Lac-Brome (V), Cowansville ★ (V), Farnham (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	47	La Haute-Yamaska	Bromont (V), 'Granby ★ ' (V), Shefford (CT)
16 Montérégie	MRC	48	Acton	Acton Vale ★ (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	53	Le Bas-Richelieu	'Sorel-Tracy ★ ' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	54	Les Maskoutains	Saint-Pie (V), 'Saint-Hyacinthe ★ ' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	55	Rouville	Saint-Césaire (V), Marieville ★ (V), Richelieu (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	56	Le Haut-Richelieu	'Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ★ ' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	57	La Vallée-du-Richelieu	'Chambly' (V), Carignan (V), Saint-Basile-le-Grand (V), McMasterville ★ (M), Otterburn Park (V), Mont-Saint-Hilaire (V), Beloeil (V)
16 Montérégie	TE	58	Longueuil	'Brossard' (V), 'Saint-Lambert' (V), 'Boucherville' (V), 'Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville' (V), 'Longueuil' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	59	Lajemmerais	'Sainte-Julie' (V), Saint-Amable (M), 'Varennes' (V), Verchères ★ (M), Contrecoeur (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	67	Roussillon	Saint-Philippe (M), 'La Prairie' (V), Candiac (V), Delson (V), Sainte-Catherine (V), 'Saint-Constant ★ ' (V), Mercier (V), 'Châteauguay' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	68	Les Jardins-de-Napierville	''Napierville ★ '' (VL), Saint-Rémi (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	69	Le Haut-Saint-Laurent	''Huntingdon ★ '' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	70	Beauharnois-Salaberry	Beauharnois ★ (V), 'Salaberry-de-Valleyfield' (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	71	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	Saint-Zotique (VL), Coteau-du-Lac (M), Les Cèdres (V), L'Île-Perrot (V), Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot (V), Pincourt (V), 'Vaudreuil-Dorion ★ ' (V), Hudson (V), Saint-Lazare (V), Rigaud (M)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	32	L'Érable	Princeville (V), Plessisville ★ (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	38	Bécancour	Bécancour ★ (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	39	Arthabaska	'Victoriaville ★ ' (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	49	Drummond	'Drummondville ★ ' (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	50	Nicolet-Yamaska	Nicolet ★ (V)

Use as census divisions

Census divisions by province
Statistics Canada divides Quebec into 98 census divisions.
93 of these census divisions correspond to a single regional county municipality or equivalent territory in the list above. In these cases the census division and the corresponding RCM or TE share a single two-digit geographical code, except for Lévis, whose code is 251.
The other five census divisions consist of two RCMs or TEs. These are shown below, with geographical codes in parentheses.^[4]

★ The CD of Francheville (37) consists of the TE of Trois-Rivières (371) and the RCM of Les Chenaux (372).

★ The CD of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94) consists of the TE of Saguenay (941) and the RCM of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (942).

★ The CD of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau (97) consists of the RCMs of Sept-Rivières (971) and Caniapiscau (972).

★ The CD of Minganie—Basse-Côte-Nord (98) consists of the RCM of Minganie (981) and the TE of Basse-Côte-Nord (982).

★ The CD of Nord-du-Québec (99) consists of the TEs of Jamésie (991) and Kativik (992).

See also

★ Administrative subdivisions of Quebec

★ Local government in Quebec

★ Regions of Quebec

★ List of communities in Quebec

★ Census geographic units of Canada

Notes

1. [ftp://ftp.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/PUBLIC/DGIG/PRODUITS/BDGA1M/DOCUMENT/LISTEMRC_2007.pdf List of regional county municipaliies and equivalent territories] (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
2. [ftp://ftp.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/PUBLIC/DGIG/PRODUITS/BDGA1M/DOCUMENT/LISTEMRC_2007.pdf List of regional county municipaliies and equivalent territories] (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
3. Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006, Institut de la Statistique du Québec
4. Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 Institut de la Statistique du Québec