Communauté métropolitaine de Québec

Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
Québec Metropolitan Community
Metropolitan area

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Communauté métropolitaine de Québec

Location in central Quebec

Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W / 46.817; -71.217Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W / 46.817; -71.217
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Area[1]
  Total 3,349.12 km2 (1,293.10 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 765,706
  Density 228.6/km2 (592/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code prefixes G
Area code(s) 819, 873

The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.

Predecessor

From 1970 to 2001,[2] the Communauté urbaine de Québec governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore:

Formation of the Communauté urbaine de Québec in 1969[3]
Sector Municipalities
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  • Beauport
  • Courville
  • Giffard
  • Montmorency
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux
  • Villeneuve

In the years following the establishing of the CUQ, various changes occurred among the constituent municipalities:

  • in 1970, Duberger and Les Saules amalgamated with Quebec
  • in 1971, Neufchâtel amalgamated with Quebec, and the Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette amalgamated with Sainte-Foy
  • in 1973, Charlesbourg-Ouest amalgamated with Quebec
  • in 1974, Bélair and Val-St-Michel amalgamated to form Val-Bélair
  • in 1976, Charlesbourg-Est, Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides and Orsainville amalgamated with Charlesbourg
  • in 1976, Courville, Giffard, Montmorency, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux and Villeneuve, together with Saint-Michel-Archange, amalgamated with Beauport
  • in 1983, Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge changed its name to Cap-Rouge

Formation

The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002.

Quebec was amalgamated with the cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.

Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.

Municipalities in the Quebec Metropolitan Community and Quebec Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)[4][5]
Regional county municipality or urban agglomeration(where applicable) In Metropolitan Community In CMA only
Urban agglomeration of Quebec City
Lévis (Equivalent territory)[a 4]
Bellechasse Regional County Municipality
La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality
La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Portneuf Regional County Municipality
  1. subdivided into the boroughs of Beauport, Charlesbourg, La Cité-Limoilou, La Haute-Saint-Charles, Les Rivières and Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
  2. enclave within the borough of La Cité-Limoilou, not part of the urban agglomeration
  3. Huron-Wendat reserve, an enclave within the borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles, not part of the urban agglomeration
  4. subdivided into the boroughs of Desjardins, Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 not part of the CMA

References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile - Quebec Census Metropolitan Area". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. "Communauté urbaine de Québec". Public Works and Government Services Canada.
  3. Bureau de la statistique du Québec, ed. (1971). Annuaire du Québec 1971 (in French) (51st ed.). Éditeur officiel du Québec. p. 27.
  4. "Territoire de la CMQ et de la RMR de Québec" (in French). Communauté métropolitaine de Québec. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  5. "Geographic hierarchy: Québec (Census metropolitan area)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

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