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Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
The South Shore (French: Rive-Sud) is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie. The largest city on the South Shore area is Longueuil.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud had a population of 840 living in 370 of its 430 total private dwellings, a change of -7.4% from its 2016 population of 907. With a land area of 91.05 km 2 (35.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.2/km 2 (23.9/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
Administrative region in Quebec, Canada Bas-Saint-Laurent Administrative region Coordinates: 48°20′N 68°40′W / 48.333°N 68.667°W / 48.333; -68.667 Country Canada Province Quebec Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET) 8 RCM Kamouraska La Matapédia La Mitis Les Basques La Matanie Rimouski-Neigette Rivière-du-Loup Témiscouata Government ...
In 1845, the village of La Prairie was established. One year later, La Prairie-de-la-Magdelaine was established. La Prairie was the seat of Laprairie County (1855-1980s), [5] which included the parishes of La Prairie, Notre-Dame, Ste-Catherine, St-Constant, St-Isidore, St-Jacques-le-Mineur, St-Mathieu and St-Philippe. In 1909, La Prairie ...
The Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity (in French: Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale) is a government department in the Canadian province of Quebec. Its primary function is to promote employment and provide financial support for economically disadvantaged people.
Beauce has over 50% of sugar maples and sugar shacks in Quebec, which produces the most maple syrup in Canada as well as the World. [3] Exclusively agricultural for many years, Beauce's economy slowly diversified in the first half of the 20th century through forestry, wood processing, and the leather and textile industries.
The Quebec City metropolitan community consists of the Agglomoration of Quebec (containing four municipalities which do not belong to an RCM, and the municipalities in the RCMs of L'Île-d'Orleans parts of La Côte-de-Beaupré and La Jacques-Cartier. [8] The council is chaired by the mayor of Quebec City. [2]