A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Quebec had 120 designated places,[3] an increase from 117 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Quebec include 14 retired population centres, 94 dissolved municipalities (municipalité dissoute), and 12 unconstituted localities (localité non constituée).[5] In 2021, the 120 designated places had a cumulative population of 80,697 and an average population of 672. Quebec's largest designated place is Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts with a population of 6,740.[6]
List
edit| Name[6] | Type[5] | 2021 Census of Population[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2) |
Population density (per km2) | ||
| Amqui | Dissolved municipality | 272 | 266 | +2.3% | 2.45 | 111.0/km2 |
| Amulet | Retired population centre | 1,350 | 1,340 | +0.7% | 1.86 | 725.8/km2 |
| Andréville | Dissolved municipality | 269 | 263 | +2.3% | 4.24 | 63.4/km2 |
| Armagh | Dissolved municipality | 733 | 739 | −0.8% | 0.92 | 796.7/km2 |
| Aston-Jonction | Dissolved municipality | 281 | 261 | +7.7% | 1.55 | 181.3/km2 |
| Baie du Milieu | Dissolved municipality | 15 | 33 | −54.5% | 9.61 | 1.6/km2 |
| Beaucanton | Unconstituted locality | 153 | 152 | +0.7% | 28.21 | 5.4/km2 |
| Beaulac | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 434 | +3.9% | 8.35 | 54.0/km2 |
| Beebe Plain | Dissolved municipality | 867 | 854 | +1.5% | 7.87 | 110.2/km2 |
| Bernierville | Retired population centre | 977 | 994 | −1.7% | 1.99 | 491.0/km2 |
| Bishopton | Dissolved municipality | 450 | 441 | +2.0% | 9.82 | 45.8/km2 |
| Blanc-Sablon | Dissolved municipality | 112 | 116 | −3.4% | 0.54 | 207.4/km2 |
| Calumet | Dissolved municipality | 521 | 550 | −5.3% | 4.75 | 109.7/km2 |
| Cap-Chat | Retired population centre | 955 | 1,072 | −10.9% | 1.15 | 830.4/km2 |
| Carillon | Dissolved municipality | 266 | 207 | +28.5% | 6.17 | 43.1/km2 |
| Chapeau | Dissolved municipality | 325 | 373 | −12.9% | 5.75 | 56.5/km2 |
| Chevery | Unconstituted locality | 226 | 236 | −4.2% | 3.93 | 57.5/km2 |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | Retired population centre | 924 | 1,059 | −12.7% | 0.48 | 1,925.0/km2 |
| Clarenceville | Dissolved municipality | 177 | 217 | −18.4% | 4.17 | 42.4/km2 |
| Coleraine | Retired population centre | 1,067 | 1,043 | +2.3% | 4.17 | 255.9/km2 |
| Cookshire | Retired population centre | 950 | 1,021 | −7.0% | 2.02 | 470.3/km2 |
| De Grasse | Dissolved municipality | 10 | 0 | NA | 1.38 | 7.2/km2 |
| Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | Dissolved municipality | 633 | 649 | −2.5% | 6.48 | 97.7/km2 |
| Eastman | Dissolved municipality | 961 | 880 | +9.2% | 12.48 | 77.0/km2 |
| Fortierville | Dissolved municipality | 396 | 398 | −0.5% | 1.16 | 341.4/km2 |
| Frelighsburg | Dissolved municipality | 285 | 267 | +6.7% | 1.76 | 161.9/km2 |
| Gracefield | Dissolved municipality | 620 | 631 | −1.7% | 3 | 206.7/km2 |
| Grandes-Bergeronnes | Dissolved municipality | 453 | 492 | −7.9% | 4.82 | 94.0/km2 |
| Harrington Harbour | Unconstituted locality | 205 | 229 | −10.5% | 2.31 | 88.7/km2 |
| Hébertville | Retired population centre | 981 | 1,085 | −9.6% | 0.75 | 1,308.0/km2 |
| Henryville | Dissolved municipality | 655 | 596 | +9.9% | 0.76 | 861.8/km2 |
| Inverness | Dissolved municipality | 246 | 227 | +8.4% | 4 | 61.5/km2 |
| Kamouraska | Dissolved municipality | 328 | 349 | −6.0% | 7.33 | 44.7/km2 |
| Kegashka | Unconstituted locality | 124 | 95 | +30.5% | 3.06 | 40.5/km2 |
| La Baleine | Dissolved municipality | 233 | 232 | +0.4% | 10.52 | 22.1/km2 |
| La Patrie | Dissolved municipality | 317 | 299 | +6.0% | 0.78 | 406.4/km2 |
| La Pérade | Dissolved municipality | 820 | 819 | +0.1% | 6.1 | 134.4/km2 |
| La Romaine | Unconstituted locality | 63 | 5 | +1,160.0% | 1.02 | 61.8/km2 |
| Lac-Carré | Dissolved municipality | 1,031 | 976 | +5.6% | 1.79 | 576.0/km2 |
| Lac-des-Écorces | Dissolved municipality | 800 | 824 | −2.9% | 4.34 | 184.3/km2 |
| L'Annonciation | Retired population centre | 1,735 | 1,598 | +8.6% | 10.12 | 171.4/km2 |
| L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur | Retired population centre | 1,116 | 1,134 | −1.6% | 2.37 | 470.9/km2 |
| Laurierville | Dissolved municipality | 701 | 718 | −2.4% | 3.58 | 195.8/km2 |
| Leclercville | Dissolved municipality | 252 | 242 | +4.1% | 3.05 | 82.6/km2 |
| Les Becquets | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 457 | −1.3% | 3.03 | 148.8/km2 |
| Les Cèdres | Dissolved municipality | 35 | 41 | −14.6% | 0.14 | 250.0/km2 |
| L'Île-d'Entrée | Dissolved municipality | 74 | 90 | −17.8% | 3.98 | 18.6/km2 |
| L'Islet | Dissolved municipality | 910 | 842 | +8.1% | 1.49 | 610.7/km2 |
| L'Islet-sur-Mer | Dissolved municipality | 652 | 639 | +2.0% | 1.69 | 385.8/km2 |
| L'Isle-Verte | Dissolved municipality | 888 | 861 | +3.1% | 8.71 | 102.0/km2 |
| Lorrainville | Dissolved municipality | 977 | 964 | +1.3% | 3.65 | 267.7/km2 |
| Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon | Unconstituted locality | 827 | 849 | −2.6% | 9.25 | 89.4/km2 |
| Manseau | Dissolved municipality | 438 | 424 | +3.3% | 2.53 | 173.1/km2 |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | Dissolved municipality | 795 | 939 | −15.3% | 1.74 | 456.9/km2 |
| Neuville | Dissolved municipality | 1,116 | 1,115 | +0.1% | 6.87 | 162.4/km2 |
| Old Fort | Unconstituted locality | 256 | 234 | +9.4% | 3.43 | 74.6/km2 |
| Philipsburg | Dissolved municipality | 292 | 280 | +4.3% | 1.76 | 165.9/km2 |
| Radisson | Unconstituted locality | 203 | 468 | −56.6% | 4.83 | 42.0/km2 |
| Ripon | Dissolved municipality | 684 | 703 | −2.7% | 4.87 | 140.5/km2 |
| Rivière-Beaudette | Dissolved municipality | 148 | 155 | −4.5% | 0.36 | 411.1/km2 |
| Rivière-Saint-Paul | Dissolved municipality | 147 | 100 | +47.0% | 0.2 | 735.0/km2 |
| Rock Island | Dissolved municipality | 927 | 897 | +3.3% | 7.36 | 126.0/km2 |
| Saint-Alban | Dissolved municipality | 618 | 548 | +12.8% | 1.64 | 376.8/km2 |
| Saint-Bernard | Dissolved municipality | 476 | 476 | 0.0% | 0.37 | 1,286.5/km2 |
| Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres | Dissolved municipality | 541 | 576 | −6.1% | 7.82 | 69.2/km2 |
| Saint-Charles-des-Grondines | Dissolved municipality | 475 | 466 | +1.9% | 7.07 | 67.2/km2 |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | Dissolved municipality | 556 | 553 | +0.5% | 2.95 | 188.5/km2 |
| Saint-Chrysostome | Dissolved municipality | 683 | 793 | −13.9% | 0.57 | 1,198.2/km2 |
| Saint-Elzéar | Dissolved municipality | 1,945 | 1,776 | +9.5% | 6.17 | 315.2/km2 |
| Saint-Flavien | Dissolved municipality | 984 | 975 | +0.9% | 6.3 | 156.2/km2 |
| Saint-Gabriel | Dissolved municipality | 616 | 582 | +5.8% | 9.93 | 62.0/km2 |
| Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna | Dissolved municipality | 1,098 | 1,099 | −0.1% | 6.99 | 157.1/km2 |
| Saint-Guillaume | Dissolved municipality | 767 | 744 | +3.1% | 1.52 | 504.6/km2 |
| Saint-Herménégilde | Dissolved municipality | 163 | 156 | +4.5% | 9.72 | 16.8/km2 |
| Saint-Isidore | Dissolved municipality | 1,333 | 1,122 | +18.8% | 7.44 | 179.2/km2 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Dieu | Unconstituted locality | 1,027 | 987 | +4.1% | 3.35 | 306.6/km2 |
| Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Dissolved municipality | 231 | 189 | +22.2% | 4.03 | 57.3/km2 |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | Dissolved municipality | 1,088 | 1,062 | +2.4% | 1.28 | 850.0/km2 |
| Saint-Liboire | Dissolved municipality | 399 | 258 | +54.7% | 0.84 | 475.0/km2 |
| Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres | Dissolved municipality | 342 | 335 | +2.1% | 11.13 | 30.7/km2 |
| Saint-Ludger | Dissolved municipality | 120 | 133 | −9.8% | 0.14 | 857.1/km2 |
| Saint-Ours | Dissolved municipality | 482 | 443 | +8.8% | 0.38 | 1,268.4/km2 |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | Dissolved municipality | 377 | 310 | +21.6% | 0.48 | 785.4/km2 |
| Saint-Paulin | Dissolved municipality | 690 | 702 | −1.7% | 1.2 | 575.0/km2 |
| Saint-Placide | Dissolved municipality | 431 | 417 | +3.4% | 0.97 | 444.3/km2 |
| Saint-Polycarpe | Dissolved municipality | 1,421 | 1,228 | +15.7% | 3.31 | 429.3/km2 |
| Saint-Siméon | Dissolved municipality | 753 | 823 | −8.5% | 5.56 | 135.4/km2 |
| Saint-Sylvestre | Dissolved municipality | 459 | 443 | +3.6% | 0.48 | 956.3/km2 |
| Saint-Ulric | Dissolved municipality | 583 | 595 | −2.0% | 2.52 | 231.3/km2 |
| Saint-Vallier | Dissolved municipality | 464 | 485 | −4.3% | 1.85 | 250.8/km2 |
| Saint-Victor | Dissolved municipality | 1,212 | 1,233 | −1.7% | 7.06 | 171.7/km2 |
| Saint-Wenceslas | Dissolved municipality | 368 | 362 | +1.7% | 0.57 | 645.6/km2 |
| Saint-Zacharie | Dissolved municipality | 983 | 955 | +2.9% | 6.63 | 148.3/km2 |
| Sainte-Agathe | Dissolved municipality | 585 | 624 | −6.2% | 4.43 | 132.1/km2 |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | Retired population centre | 6,740 | 6,082 | +10.8% | 15.84 | 425.5/km2 |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | Dissolved municipality | 493 | 465 | +6.0% | 3.39 | 145.4/km2 |
| Sainte-Anne-du-Lac | Dissolved municipality | 375 | 342 | +9.6% | 3.08 | 121.8/km2 |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | Dissolved municipality | 349 | 412 | −15.3% | 1.76 | 198.3/km2 |
| Sainte-Félicité | Dissolved municipality | 552 | 572 | −3.5% | 1.82 | 303.3/km2 |
| Sainte-Monique | Dissolved municipality | 194 | 200 | −3.0% | 0.75 | 258.7/km2 |
| Sault-au-Mouton | Dissolved municipality | 451 | 509 | −11.4% | 4.7 | 96.0/km2 |
| Sawyerville | Dissolved municipality | 782 | 802 | −2.5% | 12.78 | 61.2/km2 |
| Sayabec | Retired population centre | 1,122 | 1,163 | −3.5% | 3.18 | 352.8/km2 |
| Scott | Dissolved municipality | 842 | 813 | +3.6% | 2.31 | 364.5/km2 |
| Shenley | Dissolved municipality | 958 | 916 | +4.6% | 8.88 | 107.9/km2 |
| Stanstead Plain | Dissolved municipality | 1,030 | 1,037 | −0.7% | 6.72 | 153.3/km2 |
| Sutton | Dissolved municipality | 1,787 | 1,782 | +0.3% | 9.04 | 197.7/km2 |
| Taschereau | Dissolved municipality | 469 | 503 | −6.8% | 2.75 | 170.5/km2 |
| Tête-à-la-Baleine | Unconstituted locality | 119 | 145 | −17.9% | 10.69 | 11.1/km2 |
| Upton | Dissolved municipality | 1,092 | 1,135 | −3.8% | 3.13 | 348.9/km2 |
| Val Barrette | Dissolved municipality | 619 | 599 | +3.3% | 4.79 | 129.2/km2 |
| Val-Brillant | Dissolved municipality | 452 | 480 | −5.8% | 3.13 | 144.4/km2 |
| Val-David | Retired population centre | 2,271 | 2,592 | −12.4% | 2.51 | 904.8/km2 |
| Val-Paradis | Unconstituted locality | 186 | 155 | +20.0% | 38.48 | 4.8/km2 |
| Villebois | Unconstituted locality | 173 | 157 | +10.2% | 17.78 | 9.7/km2 |
| Weedon Centre | Retired population centre | 1,022 | 1,059 | −3.5% | 4.83 | 211.6/km2 |
| Wemotaci | Retired population centre | 950 | 1,038 | −8.5% | 0.41 | 2,317.1/km2 |
| Wottonville | Dissolved municipality | 515 | 508 | +1.4% | 6.58 | 78.3/km2 |
| Yamaska | Dissolved municipality | 490 | 461 | +6.3% | 2.04 | 240.2/km2 |
| Yamaska-Est | Dissolved municipality | 268 | 267 | +0.4% | 0.41 | 653.7/km2 |
| Total designated places | — | 80,697 | 80,118 | +0.7% | 565.33 | 142.7/km2 |
| Province of Quebec | — | 8,501,833 | 8,164,361 | +4.1% | 1,298,599.75 | 6.5/km2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2006 Census Dictionary, Figure 20: Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. November 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016: Designated place (DPL)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 – Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Select from a list of geographies, Quebec". Statistics Canada. January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.