A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)." Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities. Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.
In the 2021 Census of Population, Quebec had 120 designated places, an increase from 117 in 2016. Designated place types in Quebec include 14 retired population centres, 94 dissolved municipalities (municipalité dissoute), and 12 unconstituted localities (localité non constituée). In 2021, the 120 designated places had a cumulative population of 80,697 and an average population of 672. Quebec's largest designated place is Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts with a population of 6,740.
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| Name | Type | 2021 Census of Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change (%) |
Land area (km) |
Population density (per km) | ||
| Amqui | Dissolved municipality | 272 | 266 | +2.3% | 2.45 | 111.0/km |
| Amulet | Retired population centre | 1,350 | 1,340 | +0.7% | 1.86 | 725.8/km |
| Andréville | Dissolved municipality | 269 | 263 | +2.3% | 4.24 | 63.4/km |
| Armagh | Dissolved municipality | 733 | 739 | −0.8% | 0.92 | 796.7/km |
| Aston-Jonction | Dissolved municipality | 281 | 261 | +7.7% | 1.55 | 181.3/km |
| Baie du Milieu | Dissolved municipality | 15 | 33 | −54.5% | 9.61 | 1.6/km |
| Beaucanton | Unconstituted locality | 153 | 152 | +0.7% | 28.21 | 5.4/km |
| Beaulac | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 434 | +3.9% | 8.35 | 54.0/km |
| Beebe Plain | Dissolved municipality | 867 | 854 | +1.5% | 7.87 | 110.2/km |
| Bernierville | Retired population centre | 977 | 994 | −1.7% | 1.99 | 491.0/km |
| Bishopton | Dissolved municipality | 450 | 441 | +2.0% | 9.82 | 45.8/km |
| Blanc-Sablon | Dissolved municipality | 112 | 116 | −3.4% | 0.54 | 207.4/km |
| Calumet | Dissolved municipality | 521 | 550 | −5.3% | 4.75 | 109.7/km |
| Cap-Chat | Retired population centre | 955 | 1,072 | −10.9% | 1.15 | 830.4/km |
| Carillon | Dissolved municipality | 266 | 207 | +28.5% | 6.17 | 43.1/km |
| Chapeau | Dissolved municipality | 325 | 373 | −12.9% | 5.75 | 56.5/km |
| Chevery | Unconstituted locality | 226 | 236 | −4.2% | 3.93 | 57.5/km |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | Retired population centre | 924 | 1,059 | −12.7% | 0.48 | 1,925.0/km |
| Clarenceville | Dissolved municipality | 177 | 217 | −18.4% | 4.17 | 42.4/km |
| Coleraine | Retired population centre | 1,067 | 1,043 | +2.3% | 4.17 | 255.9/km |
| Cookshire | Retired population centre | 950 | 1,021 | −7.0% | 2.02 | 470.3/km |
| De Grasse | Dissolved municipality | 10 | 0 | NA | 1.38 | 7.2/km |
| Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | Dissolved municipality | 633 | 649 | −2.5% | 6.48 | 97.7/km |
| Eastman | Dissolved municipality | 961 | 880 | +9.2% | 12.48 | 77.0/km |
| Fortierville | Dissolved municipality | 396 | 398 | −0.5% | 1.16 | 341.4/km |
| Frelighsburg | Dissolved municipality | 285 | 267 | +6.7% | 1.76 | 161.9/km |
| Gracefield | Dissolved municipality | 620 | 631 | −1.7% | 3 | 206.7/km |
| Grandes-Bergeronnes | Dissolved municipality | 453 | 492 | −7.9% | 4.82 | 94.0/km |
| Harrington Harbour | Unconstituted locality | 205 | 229 | −10.5% | 2.31 | 88.7/km |
| Hébertville | Retired population centre | 981 | 1,085 | −9.6% | 0.75 | 1,308.0/km |
| Henryville | Dissolved municipality | 655 | 596 | +9.9% | 0.76 | 861.8/km |
| Inverness | Dissolved municipality | 246 | 227 | +8.4% | 4 | 61.5/km |
| Kamouraska | Dissolved municipality | 328 | 349 | −6.0% | 7.33 | 44.7/km |
| Kegashka | Unconstituted locality | 124 | 95 | +30.5% | 3.06 | 40.5/km |
| La Baleine | Dissolved municipality | 233 | 232 | +0.4% | 10.52 | 22.1/km |
| La Patrie | Dissolved municipality | 317 | 299 | +6.0% | 0.78 | 406.4/km |
| La Pérade | Dissolved municipality | 820 | 819 | +0.1% | 6.1 | 134.4/km |
| La Romaine | Unconstituted locality | 63 | 5 | +1,160.0% | 1.02 | 61.8/km |
| Lac-Carré | Dissolved municipality | 1,031 | 976 | +5.6% | 1.79 | 576.0/km |
| Lac-des-Écorces | Dissolved municipality | 800 | 824 | −2.9% | 4.34 | 184.3/km |
| L'Annonciation | Retired population centre | 1,735 | 1,598 | +8.6% | 10.12 | 171.4/km |
| L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur | Retired population centre | 1,116 | 1,134 | −1.6% | 2.37 | 470.9/km |
| Laurierville | Dissolved municipality | 701 | 718 | −2.4% | 3.58 | 195.8/km |
| Leclercville | Dissolved municipality | 252 | 242 | +4.1% | 3.05 | 82.6/km |
| Les Becquets | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 457 | −1.3% | 3.03 | 148.8/km |
| Les Cèdres | Dissolved municipality | 35 | 41 | −14.6% | 0.14 | 250.0/km |
| L'Île-d'Entrée | Dissolved municipality | 74 | 90 | −17.8% | 3.98 | 18.6/km |
| L'Islet | Dissolved municipality | 910 | 842 | +8.1% | 1.49 | 610.7/km |
| L'Islet-sur-Mer | Dissolved municipality | 652 | 639 | +2.0% | 1.69 | 385.8/km |
| L'Isle-Verte | Dissolved municipality | 888 | 861 | +3.1% | 8.71 | 102.0/km |
| Lorrainville | Dissolved municipality | 977 | 964 | +1.3% | 3.65 | 267.7/km |
| Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon | Unconstituted locality | 827 | 849 | −2.6% | 9.25 | 89.4/km |
| Manseau | Dissolved municipality | 438 | 424 | +3.3% | 2.53 | 173.1/km |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | Dissolved municipality | 795 | 939 | −15.3% | 1.74 | 456.9/km |
| Neuville | Dissolved municipality | 1,116 | 1,115 | +0.1% | 6.87 | 162.4/km |
| Old Fort | Unconstituted locality | 256 | 234 | +9.4% | 3.43 | 74.6/km |
| Philipsburg | Dissolved municipality | 292 | 280 | +4.3% | 1.76 | 165.9/km |
| Radisson | Unconstituted locality | 203 | 468 | −56.6% | 4.83 | 42.0/km |
| Ripon | Dissolved municipality | 684 | 703 | −2.7% | 4.87 | 140.5/km |
| Rivière-Beaudette | Dissolved municipality | 148 | 155 | −4.5% | 0.36 | 411.1/km |
| Rivière-Saint-Paul | Dissolved municipality | 147 | 100 | +47.0% | 0.2 | 735.0/km |
| Rock Island | Dissolved municipality | 927 | 897 | +3.3% | 7.36 | 126.0/km |
| Saint-Alban | Dissolved municipality | 618 | 548 | +12.8% | 1.64 | 376.8/km |
| Saint-Bernard | Dissolved municipality | 476 | 476 | 0.0% | 0.37 | 1,286.5/km |
| Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres | Dissolved municipality | 541 | 576 | −6.1% | 7.82 | 69.2/km |
| Saint-Charles-des-Grondines | Dissolved municipality | 475 | 466 | +1.9% | 7.07 | 67.2/km |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | Dissolved municipality | 556 | 553 | +0.5% | 2.95 | 188.5/km |
| Saint-Chrysostome | Dissolved municipality | 683 | 793 | −13.9% | 0.57 | 1,198.2/km |
| Saint-Elzéar | Dissolved municipality | 1,945 | 1,776 | +9.5% | 6.17 | 315.2/km |
| Saint-Flavien | Dissolved municipality | 984 | 975 | +0.9% | 6.3 | 156.2/km |
| Saint-Gabriel | Dissolved municipality | 616 | 582 | +5.8% | 9.93 | 62.0/km |
| Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna | Dissolved municipality | 1,098 | 1,099 | −0.1% | 6.99 | 157.1/km |
| Saint-Guillaume | Dissolved municipality | 767 | 744 | +3.1% | 1.52 | 504.6/km |
| Saint-Herménégilde | Dissolved municipality | 163 | 156 | +4.5% | 9.72 | 16.8/km |
| Saint-Isidore | Dissolved municipality | 1,333 | 1,122 | +18.8% | 7.44 | 179.2/km |
| Saint-Jean-de-Dieu | Unconstituted locality | 1,027 | 987 | +4.1% | 3.35 | 306.6/km |
| Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Dissolved municipality | 231 | 189 | +22.2% | 4.03 | 57.3/km |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | Dissolved municipality | 1,088 | 1,062 | +2.4% | 1.28 | 850.0/km |
| Saint-Liboire | Dissolved municipality | 399 | 258 | +54.7% | 0.84 | 475.0/km |
| Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres | Dissolved municipality | 342 | 335 | +2.1% | 11.13 | 30.7/km |
| Saint-Ludger | Dissolved municipality | 120 | 133 | −9.8% | 0.14 | 857.1/km |
| Saint-Ours | Dissolved municipality | 482 | 443 | +8.8% | 0.38 | 1,268.4/km |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | Dissolved municipality | 377 | 310 | +21.6% | 0.48 | 785.4/km |
| Saint-Paulin | Dissolved municipality | 690 | 702 | −1.7% | 1.2 | 575.0/km |
| Saint-Placide | Dissolved municipality | 431 | 417 | +3.4% | 0.97 | 444.3/km |
| Saint-Polycarpe | Dissolved municipality | 1,421 | 1,228 | +15.7% | 3.31 | 429.3/km |
| Saint-Siméon | Dissolved municipality | 753 | 823 | −8.5% | 5.56 | 135.4/km |
| Saint-Sylvestre | Dissolved municipality | 459 | 443 | +3.6% | 0.48 | 956.3/km |
| Saint-Ulric | Dissolved municipality | 583 | 595 | −2.0% | 2.52 | 231.3/km |
| Saint-Vallier | Dissolved municipality | 464 | 485 | −4.3% | 1.85 | 250.8/km |
| Saint-Victor | Dissolved municipality | 1,212 | 1,233 | −1.7% | 7.06 | 171.7/km |
| Saint-Wenceslas | Dissolved municipality | 368 | 362 | +1.7% | 0.57 | 645.6/km |
| Saint-Zacharie | Dissolved municipality | 983 | 955 | +2.9% | 6.63 | 148.3/km |
| Sainte-Agathe | Dissolved municipality | 585 | 624 | −6.2% | 4.43 | 132.1/km |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | Retired population centre | 6,740 | 6,082 | +10.8% | 15.84 | 425.5/km |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | Dissolved municipality | 493 | 465 | +6.0% | 3.39 | 145.4/km |
| Sainte-Anne-du-Lac | Dissolved municipality | 375 | 342 | +9.6% | 3.08 | 121.8/km |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | Dissolved municipality | 349 | 412 | −15.3% | 1.76 | 198.3/km |
| Sainte-Félicité | Dissolved municipality | 552 | 572 | −3.5% | 1.82 | 303.3/km |
| Sainte-Monique | Dissolved municipality | 194 | 200 | −3.0% | 0.75 | 258.7/km |
| Sault-au-Mouton | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 509 | −11.4% | 4.7 | 96.0/km |
| Sawyerville | Dissolved municipality | 782 | 802 | −2.5% | 12.78 | 61.2/km |
| Sayabec | Retired population centre | 1,122 | 1,163 | −3.5% | 3.18 | 352.8/km |
| Scott | Dissolved municipality | 842 | 813 | +3.6% | 2.31 | 364.5/km |
| Shenley | Dissolved municipality | 958 | 916 | +4.6% | 8.88 | 107.9/km |
| Stanstead Plain | Dissolved municipality | 1,030 | 1,037 | −0.7% | 6.72 | 153.3/km |
| Sutton | Dissolved municipality | 1,787 | 1,782 | +0.3% | 9.04 | 197.7/km |
| Taschereau | Dissolved municipality | 469 | 503 | −6.8% | 2.75 | 170.5/km |
| Tête-à-la-Baleine | Unconstituted locality | 119 | 145 | −17.9% | 10.69 | 11.1/km |
| Upton | Dissolved municipality | 1,092 | 1,135 | −3.8% | 3.13 | 348.9/km |
| Val Barrette | Dissolved municipality | 619 | 599 | +3.3% | 4.79 | 129.2/km |
| Val-Brillant | Dissolved municipality | 452 | 480 | −5.8% | 3.13 | 144.4/km |
| Val-David | Retired population centre | 2,271 | 2,592 | −12.4% | 2.51 | 904.8/km |
| Val-Paradis | Unconstituted locality | 186 | 155 | +20.0% | 38.48 | 4.8/km |
| Villebois | Unconstituted locality | 173 | 157 | +10.2% | 17.78 | 9.7/km |
| Weedon Centre | Retired population centre | 1,022 | 1,059 | −3.5% | 4.83 | 211.6/km |
| Wemotaci | Retired population centre | 950 | 1,038 | −8.5% | 0.41 | 2,317.1/km |
| Wottonville | Dissolved municipality | 515 | 508 | +1.4% | 6.58 | 78.3/km |
| Yamaska | Dissolved municipality | 490 | 461 | +6.3% | 2.04 | 240.2/km |
| Yamaska-Est | Dissolved municipality | 268 | 267 | +0.4% | 0.41 | 653.7/km |
| Total designated places | — | 80,697 | 80,118 | +0.7% | 565.33 | 142.7/km |
| Province of Quebec | — | 8,501,833 | 8,164,361 | +4.1% | 1,298,599.75 | 6.5/km |
See also
- List of census agglomerations in Quebec
- List of population centres in Quebec
- List of unconstituted localities in Quebec
- Municipal history of Quebec
References
- "2006 Census Dictionary, Figure 20: Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. November 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016: Designated place (DPL)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 – Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- "Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Select from a list of geographies, Quebec". Statistics Canada. January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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