Nord-du-Québec
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Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the 17 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.
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.
Population and Local Government
The 40,000 inhabitants of Nord-du-Québec include 13,000 Cree Indians, mostly living is 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.
Subidivisions
Regional Government Independant Cities- Chapais, Quebec
- Chibougamau, Quebec
- Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec
- Matagami, Quebec
- Lac-John, Quebec
- Chisasibi, Quebec
- Eastmain, Quebec
- Mistissini, Quebec
- Nemiscau, Quebec
- Waskaganish, Quebec
- Waswanipi, Quebec
- Wemindji, Quebec
- Whapmagoostui, Quebec
- Chisasibi Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Eastmain Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Mistissini Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Nemiscau Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Waskaganish Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Waswanipi Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Wemindji Reserved Territory, Quebec
- Whapmagoostui Reserved Territory, Quebec
External links
- [Official site of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region]
- [Officiale site of the Kativik Regional Government (Nunavik)]
- [Officiel site of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)]
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| Quebec |
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| Regions | Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Bas-Saint-Laurent - Capitale-Nationale - Centre-du-Québec - Chaudière-Appalaches - Côte-Nord - Estrie - Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine>Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Lanaudière - Laurentides - Laval - Mauricie - Montérégie - Montréal - Nord-du-Québec - Outaouais - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| List of Quebec Regional County Municipalities | |
| 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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