Quebec City Area

The Quebec City Area (or Région de Québec in French) is the metropolitan area surrounding Quebec City, in the Canadian province of Quebec. It consists of two administrative regions: Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches.

Population

The Quebec City Area had a population of 682,757 in the 2001 Canadian census.[1] The Quebec City Area had a population of 715,515 in the 2006 Canadian census.[2] The Quebec-Levis area had a population of 1,109,184 in 2006. In 2011, the Quebec City area, consisting of the Capitale Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches census divisions, had a population of 1,111,245 [3]

Members

Capitale-Nationale

• Main city: Quebec City

Baie-Sainte-Catherine Baie-Saint-Paul Beaupré Boischatel Cap-Santé Château-Richer Clermont Deschambault-Grondines Donnacona Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Île d'Orléans ** Lac-Beauport Lac-Delage Lac-Saint-Joseph Lac-Sergent La Malbaie L'Ancienne-Lorette

L'Ange-Gardien Les Éboulements L'Isle-aux-Coudres Neuville Notre-Dame-des-Monts Petite-Rivière-Saint-François Pont-Rouge Portneuf Rivière-à-Pierre Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs Saint-Alban Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Saint-Basile Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Saint-Casimir

Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Saint-Hilarion Saint-Irénée Saint-Joachim Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Saint-Raymond Saint-Siméon Saint-Tite-des-Caps Saint-Ubalde Saint-Urbain Shannon Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Wendake *

* Wendake is an Indian reserve enclaved within Quebec City.
** L'Île d'Orléans contains six parishes.

Chaudières-Appalaches

• Main city: Lévis

MRC de Beauce-Sartignan MRC de Bellechasse MRC de Les Appalaches

MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce MRC de Les Etchemins MRC de L'Islet

MRC de Lotbinière MRC de Montmagny MRC de Robert-Cliche

Demographics

Mother tongue (2011)

Language	Quebec CMA	Quebec	Canada
French	95.6%	79.7%	22.0%
English	1.9%	9.6%	58.6%
Spanish	0.8%	1.8%	1.3%
Arabic	0.5%	2.1%	1.1%
Portuguese	0.2%	0.5%	0.7%
Vietnamese	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%
Unspecified Chinese	0.1%	0.6%	1.3%
Italian	0.1%	1.6%	1.3%
Romanian	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
Bosnian	0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%
German	0.1%	0.2%	1.3%
Nepali	0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%
Russian	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%
Swahili	0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%
Creole	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%
Cambodian	0.1%	0.1%	<0.1%
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Montagnais/Innu	0.04%	0.11%	0.03%