List of regions of Quebec
Administrative Regions

Code
Region
Population Canada 2016 Census
Land area
Density (pop. per km2)
Seat of RCE (CRÉ)
Other major cities
01
Bas-Saint-Laurent
197,385
22,237.07 km2 (8,585.78 sq mi)
8.9
Rimouski
Riviere-du-Loup
02
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
276,368
98,712.71 km2 (38,113.19 sq mi)
2.8
Saguenay
Alma
03
Capitale-Nationale
729,997
18,797.45 km2 (7,257.74 sq mi)
38.8
Quebec City
-
04
Mauricie
266,112
35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi)
7.4
Trois-Rivières
Shawinigan
05
Estrie
319,004
10,212.00 km2 (3,942.88 sq mi)
31.2
Sherbrooke
Magog
06
Montréal
1,942,044
499.26 km2 (192.77 sq mi)
3,889.8
Montreal
Westmount, Côte Saint-Luc, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
07
Outaouais
382,604
30,808.69 km2 (11,895.30 sq mi)
12.4
Gatineau
-
08
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
146,717
57,736.5 km2 (22,292.2 sq mi)
2.5
Rouyn-Noranda
Val-d'Or, Amos
09
Côte-Nord
92,518
247,655.33 km2 (95,620.26 sq mi)
0.4
Baie-Comeau
Sept-Îles
10
Nord-du-Québec
44,561
747,191.93 km2 (288,492.42 sq mi)
0.1
-
-
-
CRÉ de la Baie-James
-
-
-
-
Matagami
-
Cree Regional Authority
-
-
-
Nemaska
-
-
Kativik Regional Government
-
-
-
Kuujjuaq
-
11
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
90,311
20,318.86 km2 (7,845.16 sq mi)
4.4
Gaspé
-
12
Chaudière-Appalaches
420,082
15,083.25 km2 (5,823.68 sq mi)
27.9
Montmagny
Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines
13
Laval
422,993
247.23 km2 (95.46 sq mi)
1,710.9
Laval
-
14
Lanaudière
494,796
12,423.38 km2 (4,796.69 sq mi)
39.8
Joliette
Repentigny, Terrebonne, Mascouche
15
Laurentides
589,400
20,779.19 km2 (8,022.89 sq mi)
28.4
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville, Mirabel
16
Montérégie
1,507,070
11,132.34 km2 (4,298.22 sq mi)
135.4
-
-
-
CRÉ de Longueuil
-
-
-
Longueuil
Brossard, Saint-Lambert, Boucherville, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
-
CRÉ Montérégie Est
-
-
-
McMasterville
Granby, Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Chambly, McMasterville*, Sainte-Julie, Varennes
-
CRÉ Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent
-
-
-
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Châteauguay, Vaudreuil-Dorion
17
Centre-du-Québec
242,399
6,930.05 km2 (2,675.71 sq mi)
35.0
Drummondville
Victoriaville
-
Total
8,164,361
1,356,625.27 km2 (523,795.95 sq mi)
6.0
-
-

Question: What are the three largest regions of Quebec?
Answer: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest of Quebec regions after the Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord regions in the area.