List of population centres in Quebec

The data are from the 2006 census of Canada.^[1]

Contents 1 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) by population 1.1 The 6 most populated CMA with some other details 2 Major municipalities 3 Other census agglomerations

Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) by population

Largest Metropolitan Areas in Quebec[2]
Rank	Core City	Administrative Region	Pop.	Rank	Core City	Administrative Region	Pop.	Montreal Quebec City Gatineau
1	Montreal	Montréal	3,635,571	16	Rouyn-Noranda	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	39,924
2	Quebec City	Capitale-Nationale	715,515	17	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Montérégie	39,672
3	Gatineau	Outaouais	283,959	18	Alma	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean	32,603
4	Sherbrooke	Estrie	186,952	19	Val-d'Or	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	32,288
5	Saguenay	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean	151,643	20	Saint-Georges	Chaudière-Appalaches	31,364
6	Trois-Rivières	Mauricie	141,529	21	Baie-Comeau	Côte-Nord	29,808
7	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Montérégie	87,492	22	Sept-Îles	Côte-Nord	27,827
8	Drummondville	Centre-du-Québec	78,108	23	Thetford Mines	Chaudière-Appalaches	26,107
9	Granby	Montérégie	68,352	24	Rivière-du-Loup	Bas-Saint-Laurent	24,570
10	Shawinigan	Mauricie	56,434	25	Amos	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	17,918
11	Saint-Hyacinthe	Montérégie	55,823	26	Matane	Bas-Saint-Laurent	16,438
12	Victoriaville	Centre-du-Québec	48,893	27	La Tuque	Mauricie	15,293
13	Sorel-Tracy	Montérégie	48,295	28	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean	14,546
14	Rimouski	Bas-Saint-Laurent	46,807	29	Cowansville	Montérégie	12,666
15	Joliette	Lanaudière	43,595	30	Lachute	Laurentides	11,832
Canada 2006 Census

The 6 most populated CMA with some other details

CMA	2007 pop. est.	2001 pop.¹	Region²	Image
Greater Montreal	3,695,790	3,451,027	Montréal
Quebec City (provincial capital)	728,924	686,569	Capitale-Nationale
Gatineau³	287,728	261,704	Outaouais
Sherbrooke	186,952	175,950	Estrie
Saguenay	151,803	154,938	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Trois-Rivières	143,846	137,507	Mauricie

¹These figures are adjusted to reflect boundary changes for the 2006 census.

²Where a metropolitan area straddles more than one administrative region, the region of the central municipality is given.

³These figures pertain to the part of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area that is in Quebec. The total figures for the CMA, including the part in Ontario, are 1,168,788 (2007) , 1,130,761 (2006), 1,067,800 (2001).

Major municipalities

The municipalities of the Montreal, Quebec, and Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan areas exceeding 50,000 in population in 2006 are given below with their administrative regions in parentheses.

Montreal CMA:

• Montreal (Montréal), 1,620,693;
• Laval (Laval), 368,709;
• Longueuil (Montérégie), 229,330;
• Terrebonne (Lanaudière), 94,703;
• Repentigny (Lanaudière) 76,237;
• Brossard (Montérégie), 71,154;
• Saint-Jérôme (Laurentides), 63,729.

The population of the Island of Montreal was 1,854,442.

Quebec CMA:

• Quebec City (Capitale-Nationale), 491,142;
• Lévis (Chaudière-Appalaches), 130,006.

Ottawa-Gatineau CMA:

• Gatineau (Outaouais), 246,500.

The population of Ottawa, Ontario is 900,000.

Other census agglomerations

Census agglomeration	2006	2001¹	Region²
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	87,492	79,600	Montérégie
Drummondville	78,108	72,778	Centre-du-Québec
Granby	68,352	63,069	Montérégie
Shawinigan	56,434	56,412	Mauricie
Saint-Hyacinthe	55,823	54,275	Montérégie
Victoriaville	48,893	46,908	Centre-du-Québec
Sorel-Tracy	48,295	47,802	Montérégie
Rimouski	46,807	46,012	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Joliette	43,595	39,720	Lanaudière
Rouyn-Noranda	39,924	39,621	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	39,672	39,028	Montérégie
Alma	32,603	32,930	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Val-d'Or	32,288	32,433	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Saint-Georges	31,364	29,759	Chaudière-Appalaches
Baie-Comeau	29,808	30,401	Côte-Nord
Sept-Îles	27,827	27,623	Côte-Nord
Thetford Mines	26,107	26,721	Chaudière-Appalaches
Rivière-du-Loup	24,570	23,229	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Amos	17,918	18,302	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Matane	16,438	16,597	Bas-Saint-Laurent
La Tuque	15,293	15,725	Mauricie
Dolbeau-Mistassini	14,546	14,879	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Cowansville	12,666	12,558	Montérégie
Lachute	11,832	11,628	Laurentides

¹These figures are adjusted to reflect boundary changes for the 2006 census.

²Where a census agglomeration straddles more than one administrative region, the region of the central municipality is given.

The municipalities of Quebec which are not part of a CMA or CA but which had populations exceeding 10,000 in 2006, with administrative regions in parentheses, are: Gaspé (Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine), 14,819; Saint-Lin-Laurentides (Lanaudière), 14,159; Mont-Laurier (Laurentides), 13,405; Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine), 12,560; Sainte-Marie (Chaudière-Appalaches), 11,584; Montmagny (Chaudière-Appalaches), 11,353; Sainte-Adèle (Laurentides), 10,634; Roberval (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean), 10,544; Saint-Félicien (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean), 10,477; Sainte-Sophie (Laurentides), 10,355; Prévost (Laurentides), 10,132; Rawdon (Lanaudière), 10,058.

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