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.

Québec City Metropolitan Area
From top, left to right: Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River, the Ramparts of Quebec City, waterfront in Old Quebec, skyscrapers in Vieux-Québec, Parliament Building, Château Frontenac, Pierre Laporte Bridge
Interactive Map of Québec City CMA[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuébec
GDP
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)

Population

The Quebec City Area had a population of 682,757 in the Canada 2001 Census. The Quebec City Area had a population of 715,515 in the Canada 2006 Census. 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

Members

Capitale-Nationale

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

Chaudières-Appalaches

Demographics

Mother tongue (2011)[2]
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%

46.7°N 71.3°W / 46.7; -71.3

References

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