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&nbsp;km2 an a population o 16,350; Jamésie haes a land aurie o 298,202.78&nbsp;km2 an a population o 14,139; Kativik haes a land aurie o 443372.20&nbsp;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

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
*Matagami

*Mistissini
*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)