List of population centres in Quebec
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 km2.[1] The boundaries of a populated place are not necessarily contiguous with municipal boundaries; a population centre may both include areas outside the boundaries of a municipality, if their urban development is directly contiguous, and may exclude areas inside the boundaries of a municipality which are less densely populated. A municipality may also not be classified as a population centre at all, but may simply be part of another municipality's population centre. Accordingly, do not confuse this list with List of municipalities in Quebec, which lists all municipalities by their actual municipal populations.
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.[1]
In the 2016 census, Statistics Canada listed 270 population centres in the province of Quebec.[2]
List
Rank | Population centre[2] | Size group[2] | Population (2016)[2] | Population (2011)[2] | % Change[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Montreal | Large urban | 3,519,595 | 3,387,653 | +3.9% |
2 | Ottawa - Gatineau (QC/ON) | Large urban | 989,567 | 945,592 | +4.7% |
3 | Quebec City | Large urban | 705,103 | 681,804 | +3.4% |
4 | Sherbrooke | Large urban | 139,565 | 133,673 | +4.4% |
5 | Trois-Rivières | Large urban | 114,203 | 112,626 | +1.4% |
6 | Chicoutimi - Jonquière | Large urban | 104,222 | 104,589 | -0.4% |
7 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Medium | 84,685 | 81,802 | +3.5% |
8 | Saint-Jérôme | Medium | 77,146 | 69,598 | +10.8% |
9 | Châteauguay | Medium | 71,164 | 66,445 | +7.1% |
10 | Drummondville | Medium | 68,601 | 65,341 | +5.0% |
11 | Granby | Medium | 59,691 | 57,351 | +4.1% |
12 | Beloeil | Medium | 50,845 | 48,688 | +4.4% |
13 | Saint-Hyacinthe | Medium | 50,032 | 47,289 | +5.8% |
14 | Joliette | Medium | 45,508 | 42,850 | +6.2% |
15 | Victoriaville | Medium | 44,735 | 41,925 | +6.7% |
16 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | Medium | 39,048 | 38,323 | +1.9% |
17 | Shawinigan | Medium | 38,211 | 39,427 | -3.1% |
18 | Rimouski | Medium | 36,942 | 35,437 | +4.2% |
19 | Sorel | Medium | 36,088 | 35,770 | +0.9% |
20 | Saint-Georges | Small | 26,921 | 24,940 | +7.9% |
21 | Val-d'Or | Small | 25,541 | 25,023 | +2.1% |
22 | Rouyn-Noranda | Small | 23,504 | 23,137 | +1.6% |
23 | Sept-Îles | Small | 22,218 | 23,028 | -3.5% |
24 | Hudson | Small | 21,419 | 20,648 | +3.7% |
25 | Alma | Small | 21,406 | 19,965 | +7.2% |
26 | Magog | Small | 20,830 | 19,997 | +4.2% |
27 | Varennes | Small | 20,575 | 20,300 | +1.4% |
28 | Rivière-du-Loup | Small | 17,973 | 17,747 | +1.3% |
29 | Les Coteaux | Small | 17,396 | 15,694 | +10.8% |
30 | Buckingham | Small | 16,685 | 15,685 | +6.4% |
31 | Thetford Mines | Small | 16,174 | 16,440 | -1.6% |
32 | L'Assomption | Small | 15,906 | 15,154 | +5.0% |
33 | Port-Alfred-Bagotville | Small | 13,865 | 13,817 | +0.3% |
34 | Laurentides | Small | 12,710 | 9,834 | +29.2% |
35 | Cowansville | Small | 11,809 | 10,947 | +7.9% |
36 | Hawkesbury (QC/ON) | Small | 11,715 | 11,894 | -1.5% |
37 | Hauterive | Small | 11,549 | 11,844 | -2.5% |
38 | Dolbeau | Small | 11,388 | 11,476 | -0.8% |
39 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts -Val-David | Small | 11,108 | 10,567 | +5.1% |
40 | Sainte-Marie | Small | 11,083 | 10,409 | +6.5% |
41 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | Small | 10,865 | 10,917 | -0.5% |
42 | Matane | Small | 10,787 | 10,890 | -0.9% |
43 | Lavaltrie | Small | 10,767 | 10,380 | +3.7% |
44 | Campbellton (QC/NB) | Small | 10,716 | 11,990 | -10.6% |
45 | Saint-Canut | Small | 10,643 | 9,118 | +16.7% |
46 | Lachute | Small | 10,082 | 10,121 | -0.4% |
47 | Amos | Small | 10,005 | 9,862 | +1.5% |
48 | Baie-Comeau | Small | 9,610 | 9,917 | -3.1% |
49 | Saint-Amable | Small | 9,486 | 8,295 | +14.4% |
50 | Saint-Augustin | Small | 9,399 | 7,457 | +26.0% |
51 | Montmagny | Small | 9,041 | 9,191 | -1.6% |
52 | Marieville | Small | 8,891 | 8,238 | +7.9% |
53 | Donnacona | Small | 8,418 | 7,328 | +14.9% |
54 | Roberval | Small | 8,204 | 8,540 | -3.9% |
55 | Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts | Small | 7,849 | 7,599 | +3.3% |
56 | La Tuque | Small | 7,751 | 8,062 | -3.9% |
57 | Mont-Laurier | Small | 7,644 | 7,569 | +1.0% |
58 | L'Épiphanie | Small | 7,225 | 7,090 | +1.9% |
59 | Plessisville | Small | 7,195 | 7,309 | -1.6% |
60 | Pointe-du-lac | Small | 7,104 | 6,404 | +10.9% |
61 | Saint-Félicien | Small | 7,096 | 7,111 | -0.2% |
62 | Angers | Small | 6,973 | 6,625 | +5.3% |
63 | Saint-Rémi | Small | 6,891 | 5,535 | +24.5% |
64 | Chibougamau | Small | 6,862 | 6,948 | -1.2% |
65 | Farnham | Small | 6,731 | 6,275 | +7.3% |
66 | Coaticook | Small | 6,524 | 6,780 | -3.8% |
67 | Pont-Rouge | Small | 6,239 | 5,711 | +9.2% |
68 | Contrecoeur | Small | 6,236 | 4,311 | +44.7% |
69 | Beaupré | Small | 5,889 | 5,705 | +3.2% |
70 | Sainte-Adèle | Small | 5,786 | 5,592 | +3.5% |
71 | Nicolet | Small | 5,669 | 5,212 | +8.8% |
72 | Lac-Mégantic | Small | 5,647 | 5,954 | -5.2% |
73 | Port-Cartier | Small | 5,609 | 5,704 | -1.7% |
74 | Mont-Joli | Small | 5,604 | 5,569 | +0.6% |
75 | Saint-Jovite | Small | 5,515 | 5,464 | +0.9% |
76 | Acton Vale | Small | 5,399 | 5,133 | +5.2% |
77 | Louiseville | Small | 5,396 | 5,537 | -2.5% |
78 | Val-des-Sources | Small | 5,205 | 5,401 | -3.6% |
79 | Rawdon | Small | 5,188 | 4,922 | +5.4% |
80 | Windsor | Small | 5,064 | 4,970 | +1.9% |
81 | Baie-Saint-Paul | Small | 4,868 | 4,323 | +12.6% |
82 | Berthierville | Small | 4,715 | 4,495 | +4.9% |
83 | Napierville | Small | 4,708 | 4,192 | +12.3% |
84 | La Sarre | Small | 4,570 | 4,876 | -6.3% |
85 | Amqui | Small | 4,511 | 4,657 | -3.1% |
86 | Lac-Alouette | Small | 4,473 | 3,970 | +12.7% |
87 | Verchères | Small | 4,429 | 4,256 | +4.1% |
88 | Princeville | Small | 4,384 | 3,935 | +11.4% |
89 | Terrasse-des-Pins | Small | 4,268 | 3,880 | +10.0% |
90 | Sainte-Martine | Small | 3,931 | 3,706 | +6.1% |
91 | La Pocatière | Small | 3,928 | 4,052 | -3.1% |
92 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | Small | 3,917 | 2,755 | +42.2% |
93 | Bromont | Small | 3,895 | 3,055 | +27.5% |
94 | Saint-Césaire | Small | 3,815 | 3,522 | +8.3% |
95 | Maniwaki | Small | 3,778 | 3,865 | -2.3% |
96 | Beauceville | Small | 3,769 | 3,652 | +3.2% |
97 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | Small | 3,695 | 3,360 | +10.0% |
98 | Rigaud | Small | 3,613 | 2,707 | +33.5% |
99 | La Malbaie | Small | 3,520 | 3,868 | -9.0% |
100 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | Small | 3,485 | 3,098 | +12.5% |
101 | East Angus | Small | 3,472 | 3,540 | -1.9% |
102 | Waterloo | Small | 3,401 | 3,464 | -1.8% |
103 | Saint-Apollinaire | Small | 3,335 | 2,646 | +26.0% |
104 | Filion | Small | 3,334 | 2,213 | +50.7% |
105 | Black Lake | Small | 3,298 | 3,326 | -0.8% |
106 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | Small | 3,277 | 3,276 | +0.0% |
107 | Sainte-Julienne | Small | 3,263 | 3,192 | +2.2% |
108 | Saint-Raymond | Small | 3,227 | 3,292 | -2.0% |
109 | Warwick | Small | 3,200 | 3,305 | -3.2% |
110 | Trois-Pistoles | Small | 3,058 | 3,253 | -6.0% |
111 | Richmond | Small | 3,046 | 3,125 | -2.5% |
112 | Crabtree | Small | 3,004 | 2,428 | +23.7% |
113 | Saint-Pie | Small | 2,980 | 2,779 | +7.2% |
114 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois | Small | 2,978 | 2,793 | +6.6% |
115 | Malartic | Small | 2,972 | 3,015 | -1.4% |
116 | Chisasibi | Small | 2,967 | 42 | +6,964.3% |
117 | Havre-Saint-Pierre | Small | 2,925 | 2,851 | +2.6% |
118 | Saint-Agapit | Small | 2,906 | 2,261 | +28.5% |
119 | Domaine-Ouellet | Small | 2,894 | 1,988 | +45.6% |
120 | Mistissini | Small | 2,869 | 3,040 | -5.6% |
121 | Shannon | Small | 2,846 | 2,840 | +0.2% |
122 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | Small | 2,769 | 2,151 | +28.7% |
123 | Clermont | Small | 2,765 | 2,805 | -1.4% |
124 | Bromptonville | Small | 2,725 | 2,584 | +5.5% |
125 | Saint-Gabriel | Small | 2,664 | 2,849 | -6.5% |
126 | Melocheville | Small | 2,621 | 2,517 | +4.1% |
127 | Gaspé | Small | 2,609 | 2,823 | -7.6% |
128 | Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie | Small | 2,576 | 2,465 | +4.5% |
129 | Bedford | Small | 2,550 | 2,669 | -4.5% |
130 | Saint-Anselme | Small | 2,541 | 2,097 | +21.2% |
131 | Thurso | Small | 2,533 | 2,198 | +15.2% |
132 | Huntingdon | Small | 2,525 | 2,538 | -0.5% |
133 | Lac-Lapierre | Small | 2,480 | 2,435 | +1.8% |
134 | Saint-Pascal | Small | 2,471 | 2,447 | +1.0% |
135 | Ville Lambert | Small | 2,443 | 2,277 | +7.3% |
136 | Cabano | Small | 2,438 | 2,470 | -1.3% |
137 | Neuville | Small | 2,435 | 2015 | +20.8% |
138 | Évain | Small | 2,426 | 2,073 | +17.0% |
139 | Sainte-Claire | Small | 2,389 | 2,032 | +17.6% |
140 | Saint-Tite | Small | 2,381 | 2,276 | +4.6% |
141 | Fort-Coulonge | Small | 2,359 | 2,235 | +5.5% |
142 | Forestville | Small | 2,333 | 2,496 | -6.5% |
143 | Saint-Prosper | Small | 2,319 | 2,195 | +5.6% |
144 | Roxton Pond | Small | 2,301 | 2,265 | +1.6% |
145 | Fermont | Small | 2,288 | 2,707 | -15.5% |
146 | Chandler | Small | 2,285 | 2,273 | +0.5% |
147 | Saint-Honoré | Small | 2,265 | 1,966 | +15.2% |
148 | Senneterre | Small | 2,239 | 2,370 | -5.5% |
149 | Les Cèdres | Small | 2,233 | 2,138 | +4.4% |
150 | Disraeli | Small | 2,212 | 2,375 | -6.9% |
151 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | Small | 2,134 | 1,926 | +10.8% |
152 | Saint-Jacques | Small | 2,126 | 2,184 | -2.7% |
153 | Métabetchouan | Small | 2,123 | 2,209 | -3.9% |
154 | Ville-Marie | Small | 2,113 | 2,161 | -2.2% |
155 | Betsiamites | Small | 2,105 | 2,251 | -6.5% |
156 | Cap-aux-Meules | Small | 2,028 | 1,952 | +3.9% |
157 | Lebel-sur-Quévillon | Small | 2,015 | 1,964 | +2.6% |
158 | Portneuf | Small | 2,004 | 1,994 | +0.5% |
159 | Sainte-Madeleine | Small | 1,959 | 2,050 | -4.4% |
160 | Normandin | Small | 1,910 | 1,970 | -3.0% |
161 | Saint-André-Avellin | Small | 1,903 | 1,876 | +1.4% |
162 | New Richmond | Small | 1,901 | 1,940 | -2.0% |
163 | Laurier-Station | Small | 1,894 | 2,016 | -6.1% |
164 | Stoneham | Small | 1,854 | 1,522 | +21.8% |
165 | Waskaganish | Small | 1,839 | 1,899 | -3.2% |
166 | East Broughton | Small | 1,832 | 1,835 | -0.2% |
167 | Valcourt | Small | 1,806 | 2,003 | -9.8% |
168 | Dégelis | Small | 1,798 | 1,874 | -4.1% |
169 | Lac-Etchemin | Small | 1,782 | 1,685 | +5.8% |
170 | Saint-Liboire | Small | 1,775 | 1,760 | +0.9% |
171 | Saint-Bruno | Small | 1,756 | 1,681 | +4.5% |
172 | Saint-Sulpice | Small | 1,753 | 1,867 | -6.1% |
173 | Saint-Henri-de-Lévis | Small | 1,735 | 1,669 | +4.0% |
174 | Ormstown | Small | 1,730 | 1,724 | +0.3% |
175 | Ferme-Neuve | Small | 1,706 | 1,785 | -4.4% |
176 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste | Small | 1,703 | 1,745 | -2.4% |
177 | Price | Small | 1,679 | 1,592 | +5.5% |
178 | Saint-Ambroise | Small | 1,678 | 1,681 | -0.2% |
179 | Gentilly | Small | 1,673 | 1,756 | -4.7% |
180 | Val-Maher | Small | 1,668 | 1,661 | +2.3% |
181 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare | Small | 1,655 | 1,655 | +0.0% |
182 | Manawan | Small | 1,648 | 1,639 | +0.5% |
183 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | Small | 1,633 | 1,107 | +47.5% |
184 | L'Ange-Gardien | Small | 1,585 | 1,311 | +20.9% |
185 | Saint-Martin | Small | 1,582 | 1,654 | -4.4% |
186 | Danville | Small | 1,577 | 1,852 | -14.8% |
187 | Alençon | Small | 1,562 | 1,590 | -1.8% |
188 | Saint-Michel | Small | 1,558 | 1,319 | +18.1 |
189 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts | Small | 1,546 | 1,601 | -3.4% |
190 | Saint-Gédéon | Small | 1,542 | 1,553 | -0.7% |
191 | Domaine-C.-L.-C. | Small | 1,521 | 1,367 | +11.3% |
192 | Grande-Rivière | Small | 1,517 | 1,381 | +9.8% |
193 | LeBlanc | Small | 1,513 | 1,035 | +46.2% |
194 | Château-Richer | Small | 1,503 | 1,377 | +9.2% |
195 | Saint-Charles | Small | 1,482 | 1,300 | +14.0% |
196 | Rougemont | Small | 1,481 | 1,500 | -1.3% |
197 | Stanstead | Small | 1,475 | 1,370 | +7.7% |
198 | Kingsey Falls | Small | 1,452 | 1,448 | +0.3% |
199 | Bonaventure | Small | 1,439 | 1,532 | -6.1% |
200 | Brownsburg | Small | 1,425 | 1,461 | -2.5% |
201 | Godefroy | Small | 1,410 | 1,155 | +22.1% |
202 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Small | 1,407 | 1,447 | -2.8% |
203 | Obedjiwan | Small | 1,404 | 735 | +91.0% |
204 | Sainte-Croix | Small | 1,401 | 1,274 | +10.0% |
205 | Saint Grégoire | Small | 1,400 | 1,364 | +2.6% |
206 | Matagami | Small | 1,396 | 1,454 | -4.0% |
207 | Saint-Thomas | Small | 1,395 | 1,354 | +3.0% |
208 | Saint-Basile-Sud | Small | 1,387 | 1,221 | +13.6% |
209 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring | Small | 1,385 | 1,434 | -3.4% |
210 | Linière | Small | 1,385 | 1,493 | -7.2% |
211 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan | Small | 1,373 | 1,383 | -0.7% |
212 | Maskinongé | Small | 1,368 | 1,271 | +7.6% |
213 | Maliotenam | Small | 1,363 | 1,216 | +12.1% |
214 | Témiscaming | Small | 1,361 | 1,299 | +4.8% |
215 | Kuujjuaq | Small | 1,353 | 1,187 | +14.0% |
216 | Les Escoumins | Small | 1,339 | 1,302 | +2.8% |
217 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | Small | 1,336 | 1,264 | +5.7% |
218 | Sainte-Thècle | Small | 1,333 | 1,257 | +6.0% |
219 | Chapais | Small | 1,318 | 1,417 | -7.0% |
220 | Inukjuak | Small | 1,312 | 5 | +26,140.0% |
221 | Macamic | Small | 1,307 | 1,289 | +1.4% |
222 | Saint-Alexandre | Small | 1,304 | 1,207 | +8.0% |
223 | Lacolle | Small | 1,288 | 1,271 | +1.3% |
224 | Vallée-Jonction | Small | 1,268 | 1,254 | +1.1% |
225 | Oka | Small | 1,254 | 1,309 | -4.2% |
226 | Lac-Simon | Small | 1,243 | 1,224 | +1.6% |
227 | Yamachiche | Small | 1,240 | 1,218 | +1.8% |
228 | Daveluyville | Small | 1,236 | 1,217 | +1.6% |
229 | Saint-Chrysostome | Small | 1,218 | 1,098 | +10.9% |
230 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | Small | 1,216 | 1,104 | +10.1% |
231 | Cap-Saint-Ignace | Small | 1,214 | 1,142 | +6.3% |
232 | Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm | Small | 1,213 | 1,336 | -9.2% |
233 | Lac-Connelly | Small | 1,212 | 1,118 | +8.4% |
234 | Beaumont | Small | 1,210 | 1,065 | +13.6% |
235 | Shawville | Small | 1,203 | 1,246 | -3.5% |
236 | Saint-Damien-de-Buckland | Small | 1,203 | 1,481 | -18.8% |
237 | Notre-Dame-du-Lac | Small | 1,184 | 1,281 | -7.6% |
238 | Saint-Polycarpe | Small | 1,165 | 1,037 | -12.3% |
239 | Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | Small | 1,146 | 1,113 | +3.0% |
240 | Saint-Fabien | Small | 1,145 | 1,160 | -1.3% |
241 | Saint-Damase | Small | 1,138 | 1,202 | -5.3% |
242 | Labelle | Small | 1,136 | 1,072 | +6.0% |
243 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints | Small | 1,131 | 1,194 | -5.3% |
244 | Parc-Boutin | Small | 1,127 | 989 | +14.0% |
245 | Maria | Small | 1,124 | 1,043 | +7.8% |
246 | Pierreville | Small | 1,119 | 1,160 | -3.5% |
247 | Le Bic | Small | 1,115 | 1,056 | +5.6% |
248 | Saint-Raphaël | Small | 1,113 | 1,157 | -3.8% |
249 | Luceville | Small | 1,112 | 1,168 | -4.8% |
250 | Papineauville | Small | 1,105 | 1,182 | -6.5% |
251 | Carleton | Small | 1,101 | 1,076 | +2.3% |
252 | Barraute | Small | 1,099 | 1,097 | +0.2% |
253 | Saint-Alexandre | Small | 1,093 | 1,071 | +2.1% |
254 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | Small | 1,091 | 1,065 | +2.4% |
255 | Hébertville | Small | 1,085 | 1,076 | +0.8% |
256 | Sainte-Justine | Small | 1,077 | 1,078 | -0.1% |
257 | Saint-Bernard | Small | 1,075 | 778 | +38.2% |
258 | Salluit | Small | 1,075 | 919 | +17.0% |
259 | Rivière-au-Renard | Small | 1,074 | 1,100 | -2.4% |
260 | Cap-Chat | Small | 1,072 | 1,044 | +2.7% |
261 | Chute-aux-Outardes | Small | 1,059 | 1,065 | -0.6% |
262 | Saint-Elzéar | Small | 1,057 | 949 | +11.4% |
263 | Causapscal | Small | 1,041 | 1,133 | -8.1% |
264 | Puvirnituq | Small | 1,038 | 5 | +20,660.0% |
265 | Wemotaci | Small | 1,038 | 711 | +46.0% |
266 | Saint-Boniface | Small | 1,035 | 915 | +13.1% |
267 | Cookshire | Small | 1,021 | 916 | +11.5% |
268 | Saint-Prime | Small | 1,021 | 978 | +4.1% |
269 | Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil | Small | 1,018 | 978 | +4.1% |
270 | Roxton Falls | Small | 1,003 | 957 | +4.8% |
References
- "From urban areas to population centres" Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Canada, May 5, 2011.
- "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. February 20, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.