List of municipalities in Quebec

Map of Canada with Quebec highlighted in red

Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,164,361 residents as of 2016 and is the largest in land area at 1,356,625 km² (523,796 sq mi).^[1] In 2016, Quebec's 1,110 municipalities covered 7001158000000000000♠15.8% of the province's land mass yet were home to 7001993000000000000♠99.3% of its population.^[2]^[3]

The Government of Quebec's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy recognizes seven types of municipalities – cities (cités), parishes (paroisses), municipalities (municipalités), towns (villes), townships (cantons), united townships (cantons unis) and villages (villages).^[2] All municipalities (except cities), are functionally and legally identical. In some cases, the designation serves to disambiguate between otherwise identically-named municipalities. Municipalities are governed primarily by the Code municipal du Québec (Municipal Code of Québec, R.S.Q. c. C-27.1),^[4] whereas cities and towns are governed by the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q. c. C-19)^[5] as well as (in the case of the older ones) various individual charters.

Of Quebec's 1,110 municipalities, 650 or 7001590000000000000♠59% of them are simply "municipalities". Of the remaining 460, there are 145 parishes, 227 towns, 42 townships, 2 united townships and 44 villages. Despite still being a legal municipal status, there are no longer any cities in Quebec.

In 2016, 7001210000000000000♠21% of Quebec's population resided in Montreal, its largest municipality. L'Île-Dorval and Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente are Quebec's smallest municipalities by population with 5 people each.^[3] The largest municipality by land area is La Tuque at 25,112.41 km² (9,695.96 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is Notre-Dame-des-Anges at 0.04 km² (0.015 sq mi).^[3]

Municipalities

Quebec has 650 municipalities (French: municipalités) that had a cumulative population of 1,042,165 in the 2016 Census.^[2]^[3]^[6] Quebec's largest and smallest municipalities are Sainte-Sophie and Saint-Benoît-du-Lac with populations of 15,690 and 32 respectively.^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest parishes by land area are L'Île-d'Anticosti and Howick with 7,953.20 km² (3,070.75 sq mi) and 0.97 km² (0.37 sq mi) respectively.^[3]

Parishes

Quebec has 145 parishes (French: paroisses) that had a cumulative population of 145,961 in the 2016 Census.^[2]^[3]^[6] Quebec's largest and smallest parishes Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente with populations of 5,751 and 5 respectively.^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest parishes by land area are Saint-Alexis-des-Monts and Notre-Dame-des-Anges with 1,048.39 km² (404.79 sq mi) and 0.04 km² (0.015 sq mi) respectively.^[3]

Towns

Quebec has 227 towns (French: villes) that had a cumulative population of 6,817,550 in the 2016 Census.^[2]^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest towns by population are Montreal and L'Île-Dorval with populations of 1,704,694 and 5 respectively.^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest towns by land area are La Tuque and L'Île-Dorval with 25,112.41 km² (9,695.96 sq mi) and 0.19 km² (0.073 sq mi) respectively.^[3]

Townships

Quebec has 42 townships (French: cantons) that had a cumulative population of 45,333 and in the 2016 Census.^[2]^[3]^[6] Quebec's largest and smallest townships by population are Shefford and Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est with populations of 6,947 and 171 respectively.^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest townships by area are Nédélec and Bedford with land areas of 374.10 km² (144.44 sq mi) and 31.98 km² (12.35 sq mi) respectively.^[3]

United townships

Quebec has two united townships (French: cantons unis). Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, the larger united township, had a population of 8,359 in the 2016 Census, while Latulipe-et-Gaboury had a population of 295.^[3]

Villages

Quebec has 44 villages that had a cumulative population of 44,370 in the 2016 Census.^[2]^[3]^[6] Quebec's largest village is Val-David with a population of 4,917, while Kingsbury is province's smallest village with a population of 138.^[3] Quebec's largest and smallest villages by area are Baie-Trinité and Lac-Poulin with land areas of 424.38 km² (163.85 sq mi) and 0.88 km² (0.34 sq mi) respectively.^[3]