Nord-du-Québec

Nord-du-Québec (; , ) is the lairgest o the seiventeen admeenistrative regions o Quebec, Canadae. Wi nearly  o land aurie, an vera extensive lakes an rivers, it covers hintle o the Labrador Peninsulae an aboot 55% o the tot land surface aurie o Quebec an is lairger than the U.S. state o Texas.

Afore 1912, the northmoaist pairt o this region wis kent as the Ungava Destrict o the Northwast Territories, an till 1987 it wis referred tae as Nouveau-Québec, or New Quebec. It is bordered bi Hudson Bay an James Bay in the wast, Hudson Strait an Ungava Bay in the north, Labrador in the northeast, an the admeenistrative regions o Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, an Côte-Nord in the sooth an sootheast.

The Nord-du-Québec region is pairt o the territory covered bi the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement o 1975; ither regions covered (in pairt) bi this greement include Côte-Nord, Mauricie an Abitibi-Témiscamingue admeenistrative regions.

Geografie
Nord-du-Québec region is dividit for statistical an ither purposes intae three territories equivalent tae a regional coonty municipality:
 Jamésie sooth o the 55t parallel
 Kativik north o the 55t parallel, predominantly Inuit
 Eeyou Istchee (scattered enclaves athin the abuin twa), Cree

The territory north o the 55t parallel is referred tae as Nunavik an aw.

Frae the Canadae 2011 Census, Eeyou Istchee haes a land aurie o 5,586.25 km2 an a population o 16,350; Jamésie haes a land aurie o 298,202.78 km2 an a population o 14,139; Kativik haes a land aurie o 443372.20 km2 an a population o 12,090. Housomeivver, when the Grand Cooncil o the Crees speaks o "Eeyou Istchee", thay refer tae a hintle lairger an contiguous traditional territory an hameland that covers hintle o Jamésie.

The maist populous commonty oweraw is the ceety o Chibougamau, which is in Jamésie; the maist populous commonty in Eeyou Istchee is Chisasibi; the maist populous commonty in Kativik is Kuujjuaq.

Jamésie, which extends frae the eastren shore o James Bay tae the Otish Mountains o the Laurentian Plateau, is mainly boreal forest. Nearly aw o the Eeyou Istchee territory is enclavit athin Jamésie an therefore seemilar, awtho ane commonty is slichtly tae the north o the 55t parallel.  Kativik haes some boreal forest in its soothren portion but is mainly tundra which covers the entire Ungava Peninsulae.

Population an local govrenment
The 42,579 indwallers o Nord-du-Québec as o the 2011 census include aboot 16,000 Cree an aboot 12,000 Inuit. The remainin population, concentratit in the sooth, are mainly o European strynd.

The admeenistrative structur o Nord-du-Québec is dividit atween 2 native semi-autonomous govrenments an 5 municipalities. The Cree Regional Authority, which in practice haes been incorporatit intae the Grand Cooncil o the Crees, represents aw 9 Cree veelages o northren Quebec in a territory offeecially kent syne 2007 as Eeyou Istchee ("The Fowk Land"). The Kativik Regional Govrenment affers local services tae aw residents o the 14 veelages o the Nunavik region, baith Inuit an nan-Inuit, wi the exception o the Cree veelage o Whapmagoostui whose residents pairticipate in the Cree Regional Authority. The lairgest o the 5 municipalities is Baie-James, amaist entirely coverin the Jamésie Territory.

The principal touns an veelages o Nord-du-Québec are Chibougamau (lairgest toun in this region), Chisasibi, Mistissini an Kuujjuaq.  Awtho less populous, Nemaska is significant as the admeenistrative centre o Eeyou Istchee.

Transportation an access
Thare is a limitit netwirk o roads in the Jamésie region which reaches maist o the few, sma commonties. Maist wur constructit as pairt o the James Bay Project. The "main road" o the region is the  lang James Bay Road, a pavit (albeit remote) extension o Route 109 frae Matagami tae Radisson. The  lang gravel Route du Nord connects the James Bay Road tae Route 167 near Chibougamau. The  gravel Trans-Taiga Road branches aff the James Bay Road tae Caniapiscau, the northmoaist connectin road in eastren North Americae.

The few provincial routes are concentratit in the far sooth o the region, includin Route 109 tae Matagami, Route 113, which ends near Chibougamau, an Route 167 tae Mistissini.

Thare are nae roads tae Nunavik frae the sooth. Thare are isolatit roads in an aroond veelages, as well as an isolatit road runnin frae the Raglan Mines taeDeception Bay, connectin tae Salluit. Access is limitit tae air traivel, sea traivel tae coastal auries, or hikin great distances. Aw veelages hae thair awn airport, wi the Kuujjuaq Airport functionin as a regional hub.

Geografic hierarchy o census diveesion
Nord-du-Québec (Census division)
 CensusCode     E/J/K?   Name                  Type  Population2011  Population2006  Totdwellins  Dwellinsuisual res.    LandAurie 2499883  K  Akulivik              TI       0      0      0      0      445.73 2499125  K  Akulivik              VN     615    507    148    137       76.87 2499891  K  Aupaluk               TI       0      0      0      0      544.03 2499105  K  Aupaluk               VN     195    174     59     56       30.12 2499060  J  Baie-James            MÉ    1303   1394    701    591   297332.84 2499904  K  Baie-d'Hudson         NO       0     16      0      0   129712.09 2499020  J  Chapais               V     1610   1630    728    674       63.64 2499025  J  Chibougamau           V     7541   7563   3474   3222      699.31 2499055  E  Chisasibi             VC       0      0      0      0      491.63 2499814  E  Chisasibi             TC    4484   3972   1050    923      828.18 2499045  E  Eastmain              VC       0      0      0      0      316.91 2499810  E  Eastmain              TC     767    650    226    188      147.47 2499879  K  Inukjuak              TI       0      0      0      0      428.39 2499085  K  Inukjuak              VN    1597   1597    444    413       55.63 2499140  K  Ivujivik              VN     370    349     91     86       35.21 2499894  K  Kangiqsualujjuaq      TI       0      0      0      0      538.42 2499090  K  Kangiqsualujjuaq      VN     874    735    191    185       35.05 2499888  K  Kangiqsujuaq          TI       0      0      0      0      572.62 2499130  K  Kangiqsujuaq          VN     696    605    174    170       12.56 2499890  K  Kangirsuk             TI       0      0      0      0      529.40 2499110  K  Kangirsuk             VN     549    466    163    160       57.26 2499065  K  Kawawachikamach       VK       0      0      0      0      242.09 2499893  K  Kuujjuaq              TI       0      0      0      0      320.80 2499095  K  Kuujjuaq              VN    2375   2132    925    799      292.72 2499877  K  Kuujjuarapik          TI       0      0      0      0      293.66 2499075  K  Kuujjuarapik          VN     657    568    204    189        8.16 2499005  J  Lebel-sur-Quévillon   V     2159   2729   1111    917       40.14 2499015  J  Matagami              V     1526   1555    719    625       66.85 2499030  E  Mistissini            VC       0      0      0      0      514.30 2499804  E  Mistissini            TC    3427   2897    952    845      865.76 2499040  E  Nemaska               VC       0      0      0      0       51.18 2499808  E  Nemaska               TC     712    642    226    200       96.57 2499818  E  Oujé-Bougoumou        S-É    725    606    251    183        2.54 2499120  K  Puvirnituq            VN    1692   1457    489    389       85.74 2499889  K  Quaqtaq               TI       0      0      0      0      523.83 2499115  K  Quaqtaq               VN     376    315     91     89       26.54 2499902  K  Rivière-Koksoak       NO       0     15      0      0   307039.90 2499887  K  Salluit               TI       0      0      0      0      596.84 2499135  K  Salluit               VN    1347   1241    315    299       14.39 2499892  K  Tasiujaq              TI       0      0      0      0      502.11 2499100  K  Tasiujaq              VN     303    248     72     72       66.54 2499878  K  Umiujaq               TI       0      0      0      0      257.78 2499080  K  Umiujaq               VN     444    390    104     94       27.72 2499035  E  Waskaganish           VC       0      0      0      0      277.76 2499806  E  Waskaganish           TC    2206   1864    496    467      505.37 2499010  E  Waswanipi             VC       0      0      0      0      211.52 2499802  E  Waswanipi             TC    1777   1473    513    413      415.64 2499050  E  Wemindji              VC       0      0      0      0      171.06 2499812  E  Wemindji              TC    1378   1215    377    333      377.95 2499070  E  Whapmagoostui         VC       0      0      0      0      122.53 2499816  E  Whapmagoostui         TC     874    812    221    206      189.88              Nord-du-Québec        CD   42579  39817  14515  12925   747161.22          E  Eeyou Istchee         TE   16350  14131   4312   3758     5586.25          J  Jamésie               TE   14139  14871   6733   6029   298202.78          K  Kativik               TE   12090  10815   3470   3138   443372.20

In the richtmaist column, summed up aurie adds up tae 747161.23 rather than the correct 747161.22 due tae roondin error.

Subdiveesions
Regional Govrenment
 Kativik Territory
 Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory
Independent Ceeties
 Chapais
 Chibougamau
 Lebel-sur-Quévillon
 Matagami

Native Reserve
 Lac-John

Cree Veelages
 Chisasibi
 Eastmain
 Mistissini
 Nemaska
 Waskaganish
 Waswanipi
 Wemindji
 Whapmagoostui

Major commonties
Chapais
Chibougamau
Chisasibi
Inukjuak
Kuujjuaq
Lebel-sur-Quévillon
MatagamiMistissini
Puvirnituq
Roggan River
Salluit
Waskaganish
Waswanipi
Wemindji

See an aw
Northren Canadae

References

Freemit airtins
Nord-du-Québec  (at wabsteid o the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire)
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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