Nord-du-Québec

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Nord-du-Québec (administrative region)
Nord-du-Québec (administrative region)

Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Québec, Canada. With 839,000 km², of which 121,000 km² are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Québec. Its land area covers an area larger than the U.S. State of Texas.

Before 1912, the most northernly part of this region was known as the Ungava District of the Northwest Territories, and until 1987, it was referred to as Nouveau-Québec, or New Quebec. It is bordered by Hudson Bay and James Bay in the West, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay in the North, Labrador in the North-East and the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord in the South and South-East.

The Nord-du-Québec region is part of the territory covered by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975; other regions covered (in part) by this Agreement include the Côte-Nord, Mauricie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue admnistrative regions.

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[edit] Geography

The Nord-du-Québec region is itself composed of two smaller regions, the Jamésie region south of the 55th parallel and the Nunavik region in the north.

The Jamésie region, which extends from the eastern shore of James Bay to the Otish Mountains of the Laurentian Plateau, is mainly boreal forest. Nunavik has some boreal forest in its southern portion but is mainly comprised of tundra which covers the entire Ungava Peninsula.

[edit] Population and local government

The 40,000 inhabitants of Nord-du-Québec include 13,000 Cree Indians, mostly living in the Jamésie region, and about 9,500 Inuit, most of whom live in coastal Northern villages in Nunavik. The remaining population, concentrated in the south, are of European descent.

The administrative structure of Nord-du-Québec is divided between 2 native semi-autonomous governments and 5 municipalities. The Cree Regional Authority, which in practice has been incorportated into the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), represents all 9 Cree villages of northern Quebec. The Kativik Regional Government offers local services to all residents of the 14 villages of the Nunavik region, both Inuit and non-Inuit, with the exception of the Cree village of Whapmagoostui whose residents participate in the Cree Regional Authority. The largest of the 5 municipalities is Baie-James, almost entirely covering the Jamésie Territory.

The principal towns and villages of Nord-du-Québec are Chibougamau (largest town in this region), Chisasibi, Mistissini and Kuujjuaq.

[edit] Subdivisions

Regional Government

Independent Cities

Independent Municipality

Indian Reserve

  • Lac-John, Quebec

Cree Villages

Cree Reserved Territories

  • Chisasibi Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Eastmain Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Mistissini Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Nemaska Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Waskaganish Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Waswanipi Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Wemindji Reserved Territory, Quebec
  • Whapmagoostui Reserved Territory, Quebec

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Nord-du-Québec (10) Flag of Quebec

Baie-James | Chapais | Chibougamau | Lebel-sur-Quévillon | Matagami | Kativik Territory |

Neighbouring regions: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Mauricie | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Côte-Nord
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Subdivisions of Quebec
Regions Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Bas-Saint-Laurent · Capitale-Nationale · Centre-du-Québec · Chaudière-Appalaches · Côte-Nord · Estrie · Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Lanaudière · Laurentides · Laval · Mauricie · Montérégie · Montréal · Nord-du-Québec · Outaouais · Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Territories Basse-Côte-Nord · Jamésie · Kativik · Nunavik
Separated cities Gatineau · Lévis · Notre-Dame-des-Anges · Rouyn-Noranda · Saguenay · Saint-Augustin · Shawinigan · Sherbrooke · Trois-Rivières
Agglomeration areas La Tuque · Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Longueuil · Montreal · Quebec City
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