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Communauté métropolitaine de Québec Quebec Metropolitan Community
Metropolitan area
Satellite image of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
Communauté métropolitaine de QuébecCapital National
Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W / 46.817; -71.217
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Area
• Total	3,499.46 km (1,351.15 sq mi)
Population
• Total	839,311
• Density	239.8/km (621/sq mi)
GDP
• Quebec CMA	CA$47.9 billion (2020)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code prefixes	G
Area code(s)	418, 581

The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (French pronunciation: [kɔmynote metʁɔpɔlitɛn də kebɛk], CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City and Lévis. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.

Predecessor

Effective January 1, 1970, the Québec Urban Community (French: Communauté urbaine de Québec) ("CUQ") was established, which governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Together with the CUQ, the Québec Urban Community Transit Commission (French: Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Québec) ("CTCUQ") and the Greater Québec Water Purification Board (French: Bureau d'assainissement des eaux du Québec Métropolitain) ("BAEQM") were also established. Each of the three covered different groups of municipalities:

Québec area municipalities served by new agencies (1970)

Historical county	Municipality	CUQ	CTCUQ	BAEQM
Quebec County	Town of L'Ancienne-Lorette	Y	Y	Y
	Beauport	Y	Y	Y
	Bélair	Y		Y
	Charlesbourg	Y	Y	Y
	Charlesbourg-Est	Y	Y	Y
	Charlesbourg-Ouest	Y	Y	Y
	Courville	Y	Y	Y
	Duberger	Y	Y	Y
	Giffard	Y	Y	Y
	Lac-Saint-Charles	Y	Y	Y
	Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette	Y	Y	Y
	Loretteville	Y	Y	Y
	Montmorency	Y	Y	Y
	Neufchâtel	Y	Y	Y
	Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides	Y	Y	Y
	Orsainville	Y	Y	Y
	Quebec	Y	Y	Y
	Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport			Y
	Sainte-Foy	Y	Y	Y
	Saint-Émile	Y	Y	Y
	Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux	Y	Y	Y
	Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge	Y	Y
	Sillery	Y	Y
	Val-St-Michel	Y		Y
	Vanier	Y	Y	Y
	Villeneuve	Y	Y	Y
Portneuf County	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Y
Montmorency No 1 County	Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel		Y

Formation

The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002. The CMQ exercised jurisdiction over a wider geographical area.

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.

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. ^ not part of the CMA

Gallery

• Québec
• Lévis
• Boroughs of Quebec City prior to October 31, 2009.
• Boroughs of Quebec City, effective November 1, 2009.

Canada Census Mother Tongue – Quebec city, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		800,296		741,010	3.24%%	92.62%		10,965	1.06%	1.41%		3,775	14.56%	0.49%		29,900	35.41%	5.04%
2011		765,706		717,770	6.94%%	93,74%		10,850	5.85%	1.42%		3,295	55.06%	0.43%		22,080	6.87%	2.88%
2006		704,185		671,145	3.59%	95.31%		10,250	5.13%	1.46%		2,125	21.73%	0.3%		20,660	77.18%	2.93%
2001		673,100		647,920	1.7%	96,14%		9,750	18.31%	1.44%		2,715	6.6%	0.40%		11,665	5.19%	1.73%
1996		671,889		637,150	n/a	94,83%		11,935	n/a	1.77%		2,545	n/a	0.37%		11,080	n/a	1.64%

References

1. "Census Profile - Quebec Census Metropolitan Area". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
2. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Québec [Census metropolitan area]". Statistics Canada. 2021.
3. "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada.
4. Québec Urban Community Act, S.Q. 1969, c. 83
5. S.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. A
6. S.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. B
7. S.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. D
8. An Act to reform the municipal territorial organization of the metropolitan regions of Montréal, Québec and the Outaouais, L.Q. 2000, c. 56, Sch. VI
9. "Territoire de la CMQ et de la RMR de Québec" (in French). Communauté métropolitaine de Québec. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
10. "Geographic hierarchy: Québec (Census metropolitan area)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
11. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census.

External links

• (in French) Communauté métropolitaine de Québec website
• Quebec City Guide - Télégraphe de Québec

v t e Quebec City
Boroughs	La Cité-Limoilou Les Rivières Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Charlesbourg Beauport La Haute-Saint-Charles Laurentien (defunct)
Districts	Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–Colline Parlementaire (Old Quebec, Parliament Hill, Petit Champlain) Saint-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Roch Maizerets Vanier Sainte-Foy Sillery (Sillery Heritage Site) Cap-Rouge Lac-Saint-Charles Saint-Émile Loretteville Val-Bélair
Agglomeration	Quebec Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Enclaves	L'Ancienne-Lorette Notre-Dame-des-Anges Wendake
See also: List of articles about Quebec City History of Quebec City Quebec Urban Community (1970–2001) Communauté métropolitaine de Québec 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec Regional county municipalities in Capitale-Nationale: Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré La Jacques-Cartier L'Île-d'Orléans Portneuf Equivalent territories: Quebec (TE) Independent parishes: Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native reserves: Wendake

v t e Great Lakes megalopolis as defined by the RPA
Includes all metropolitan areas that have a population of 150,000 or greater according to the most recent national census.
Great Lakes region cities	Brantford Buffalo–Niagara Falls Buffalo Niagara Falls Chicago city Cleveland city Detroit city Duluth–Superior Duluth Superior Erie city Grand Rapids city Guelph Green Bay city Hamilton Holland Kalamazoo city Kenosha Lansing city London Milwaukee city Muskegon Niagara Region St. Catharines Niagara Falls Welland Niles Oshawa Rochester, New York city South Bend city Thunder Bay Toledo city Toronto city Traverse City city Waterloo Region Kitchener Cambridge Waterloo Windsor
Surrounding cities	Akron city Altoona Ann Arbor Barrie Bloomington, Indiana city Bloomington–Normal Bloomington, Illinois Normal Canton city Champaign city Cincinnati city Columbus city Dayton city Eau Claire city Elkhart Evansville city Fargo city Flint Fort Wayne city Fox Cities Appleton Oshkosh Indianapolis city Jackson Janesville–Beloit Kankakee city Kingston La Crosse–Onalaska La Crosse Onalaska Lafayette city Madison city Mahoning Valley Youngstown Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minneapolis Saint Paul Greater Montreal Laval Longueuil Montreal National Capital Region Ottawa Gatineau Pittsburgh city Peoria city Peterborough Rockford city Rochester, Minnesota city Saguenay St. Cloud city Saginaw city Sioux Falls city Springfield city Sudbury urban neighbourhoods Syracuse city Terre Haute city Trois-Rivières Utica–Rome Utica Rome Quad Cities Bettendorf Davenport East Moline Moline Rock Island Greater Quebec city
Cities of states south of region	Elizabethtown city Kansas City city Louisville city St. Louis city Topeka city Wheeling city
Other metro-regions	Quebec City–Windsor Corridor Golden Horseshoe Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Detroit–Windsor Greater Pittsburgh Metro East
Other megaregions

• Quebec City Area
• Metropolitan areas of Quebec