Nord-du-Québec

Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec
	Region; an aw Census diveesion
	Nord-du-Québec (admeenistrative region)
	Coordinates: 56°10′N 74°25′W / 56.167°N 74.417°W
Kintra	Canada
Province	Quebec
Area
• Laund	747161.22 km2 (288,480.56 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	42,579
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Chynge (2006–11)	6.9%
• Dwellins	14515
Website	www.nordduquebec.gouv.qc.ca

Nord-du-Québec (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ dy kebɛk]; Inglis: Northern Quebec, Scots: Northren Quebec) is the lairgest o the seiventeen admeenistrative regions o Quebec, Canadae. Wi nearly 750,000 square kilometre (290,000 sq mi) 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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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 620 kilometre (390 mi) lang James Bay Road, a pavit (albeit remote) extension o Route 109 frae Matagami tae Radisson. The 407 kilometre (253 mi) lang gravel Route du Nord connects the James Bay Road tae Route 167 near Chibougamau. The 666 kilometre (414 mi) 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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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Census Code	E/J/K?	Name	Type	Population 2011	Population 2006	Tot dwellins	Dwellins uisual res.	Land Aurie
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