# Communauté métropolitaine de Québec

The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (French pronunciation:, CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City and Lévis. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.

## Predecessor

Effective January 1, 1970, the Québec Urban Community (French: Communauté urbaine de Québec) ("CUQ") was established, which governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Together with the CUQ, the Québec Urban Community Transit Commission (French: Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Québec) ("CTCUQ") and the Greater Québec Water Purification Board (French: Bureau d'assainissement des eaux du Québec Métropolitain) ("BAEQM") were also established. Each of the three covered different groups of municipalities:
Québec area municipalities served by new agencies (1970) :
| Historical county | Municipality | CUQ | CTCUQ | BAEQM |
| Quebec County | Town of L'Ancienne-Lorette | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Beauport | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Bélair | Y | | Y |
| Quebec County | Charlesbourg | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Charlesbourg-Est | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Charlesbourg-Ouest | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Courville | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Duberger | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Giffard | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Lac-Saint-Charles | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Loretteville | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Montmorency | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Neufchâtel | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Orsainville | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Quebec | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport | | | Y |
| Quebec County | Sainte-Foy | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Saint-Émile | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge | Y | Y | |
| Quebec County | Sillery | Y | Y | |
| Quebec County | Val-St-Michel | Y | | Y |
| Quebec County | Vanier | Y | Y | Y |
| Quebec County | Villeneuve | Y | Y | Y |
| Portneuf County | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | Y | | |
| Montmorency No 1 County | Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel | | Y | |

## Formation

The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002. The CMQ exercised jurisdiction over a wider geographical area.
Quebec was amalgamated with the cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.
Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.
Municipalities in the Quebec Metropolitan Community and Quebec Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) :
| Regional county municipality or urban agglomeration(where applicable) | In Metropolitan Community | In CMA only |
| Urban agglomeration of Quebec City | Quebec City L'Ancienne-Lorette Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | Notre-Dame-des-Anges Wendake |
| Lévis (Equivalent territory) | Lévis (Equivalent territory) | |
| Bellechasse Regional County Municipality | | Beaumont Saint-Henri |
| La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality | Beaupré Boischatel Château-Richer L'Ange-Gardien Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Saint-Joachim Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente Saint-Tite-des-Caps | |
| L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality | Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Sainte-Pétronille Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | |
| La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Lac-Beauport Lac-Delage Lac-Saint-Joseph Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Shannon Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | |
| La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality | | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon |
| Lotbinière Regional County Municipality | | Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly Saint-Apollinaire |
| Portneuf Regional County Municipality | | Neuville |
* ↑ subdivided into the boroughs of Beauport, Charlesbourg, La Cité-Limoilou, La Haute-Saint-Charles, Les Rivières and Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
* ↑ enclave within the borough of La Cité-Limoilou, not part of the urban agglomeration
* ↑ Huron-Wendat reserve, an enclave within the borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles, not part of the urban agglomeration
* ↑ subdivided into the boroughs of Desjardins, Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 not part of the CMA

## Gallery

* Québec
* Lévis
* Boroughs of Quebec City prior to October 31, 2009.
* Boroughs of Quebec City, effective November 1, 2009.
Canada Census Mother Tongue – Quebec city, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 800,296 | 741,010 | 3.24%% | 92.62% | 10,965 | 1.06% | 1.41% | 3,775 | 14.56% | 0.49% | 29,900 | 35.41% | 5.04% |
| 2011 | 765,706 | 717,770 | 6.94%% | 93,74% | 10,850 | 5.85% | 1.42% | 3,295 | 55.06% | 0.43% | 22,080 | 6.87% | 2.88% |
| 2006 | 704,185 | 671,145 | 3.59% | 95.31% | 10,250 | 5.13% | 1.46% | 2,125 | 21.73% | 0.3% | 20,660 | 77.18% | 2.93% |
| 2001 | 673,100 | 647,920 | 1.7% | 96,14% | 9,750 | 18.31% | 1.44% | 2,715 | 6.6% | 0.40% | 11,665 | 5.19% | 1.73% |
| 1996 | 671,889 | 637,150 | n/a | 94,83% | 11,935 | n/a | 1.77% | 2,545 | n/a | 0.37% | 11,080 | n/a | 1.64% |