Outaouais
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Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. Population: 338 491 (2004). It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull, Aylmer), Montebello, Pontiac, and Maniwaki and is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. Outaouais is the third-largest region in Quebec (Population) It is home to the Gatineau Olympiques, a junior hockey team in the Quebec Junior hockey league.
Other meanings
Outaouais is also the French-language name for the Ottawa River, rivière des Outaouais, and the name of the Outaouais First Nation.Subdivisions
Regional County Municipalities- La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- Kitigan Zibi, Quebec
- Lac-Rapide, Quebec
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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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