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Population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2. [1]
Although the terms "city" and "town" are both used in the category name because of common English usage, Quebec does not contain any cities under the current law; [1] this list thus includes all villes, regardless of whether they are referred to as cities or towns in English.
Quebec has 234 towns (French: villes) that had a cumulative population of 7,166,179 in the 2021 Census of Population. [5] [12] Quebec's largest and smallest towns by population are Montreal and L'Île-Dorval with populations of 1,762,949 and 30. [12] Quebec's largest and smallest towns by land area are La Tuque and L'Île-Dorval with 24,809.40 ...
French is the common language, understood and spoken by 94.46% of the population. [51] [52] Quebec is the only Canadian province whose population is mainly Francophone; 6,102,210 people (78.1% of the population) recorded it as their sole native language in the 2011 Census, and 6,249,085 (80.0%) recorded that they spoke it most often at home. [53]
Canada is divided into 10 provinces and three territories.The majority of Canada's population is concentrated in the areas close to the Canada–US border.Its four largest provinces by area (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta) are also its most populous; together they account for 86.5 percent of the country's population.
By province or territory: ... List of census divisions of Quebec; List of towns in Quebec; ... List of population centres in Quebec; Q.
Avg. population 10,297.3 27,160.8 8,819.5 7,020.3 ... List of towns in Alberta; ... List of municipalities in Quebec. List of northern villages in Quebec;
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] and located in Central Canada.The province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut.