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An agglomeration, or urban agglomeration, is an administrative division of Quebec at the local level that may group together a number of municipalities which were abolished as independent entities on 1 January 2002 but reconstituted on 1 January 2006. Urban agglomerations have certain powers that would ordinarily be exercised by individual municipalities.


History

The 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec proved to be controversial in several municipalities, and in the aftermath, several municipalities voted in a 2004 referendum to reverse their amalgamation. However the supralocal urban agglomeration level of government was retained over each formerly merged region.


Definition

The ''Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations'' defines the expression ''urban agglomeration'' as follows. :An urban agglomeration corresponds to the territory, as it exists on 17 December 2004, of Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Mont-Laurier, Ville de La Tuque, Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Ville de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Ville de Mont-Tremblant, Ville de Cookshire-Eaton, Ville de Rivière-Rouge or Ville de Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel. One municipality in each agglomeration is known as the ''central municipality'' and has special status under the ''Act''. The others are called ''related municipalities''. The ''Act'' defines the powers exercised by the agglomeration and those exercised by the reconstituted municipalities, known as ''agglomeration powers'' (''compétences d'agglomération'') and ''local powers'' (''compétences de proximité'').


Agglomeration councils

Agglomeration powers are exercised by ''agglomeration councils'' (''conseils d'agglomération'').


Agglomeration powers

These are defined b
statute
Many governmental functions are performed by the central city in each agglomeration; for example, the Montreal city police ( SPVM) have jurisdiction in the neighboring communities.


Local powers

A list of these can be found on the websit

of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales.


List of constituent municipalities

In each list, the legally designated central municipality appears first.


Urban agglomeration of Montreal

The
Urban agglomeration of Montreal Montreal is one of the administrative regions of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and a census division (CD), for both of which its geographical code is 66. Prior to the ...
is administered by the Montreal Agglomeration Council. * Ville de Montréal * Ville de Baie-D'Urfé * Ville de Beaconsfield * Ville de Côte Saint-Luc * Ville de Dollard-Des-Ormeaux * Ville de Dorval * Ville de Hampstead * Ville de Kirkland * Ville de L'Île-Dorval * Ville de Montréal-Est * Ville de Montréal-Ouest * Ville de Mont-Royal * Ville de Pointe-Claire * Ville de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue * Village de Senneville * Ville de Westmount


Urban agglomeration of Quebec City

* Ville de Québec * Ville de L'Ancienne-Lorette * Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures


Urban agglomeration of Longueuil The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and sti ...

* Ville de Longueuil * Ville de Boucherville * Ville de Brossard * Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville * Ville de Saint-Lambert


Urban agglomeration of Mont-Laurier The Urban agglomeration of Mont-Laurier is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of: *the city of Mont-Laurier *the municipality of Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the Ci ...

*Ville de
Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto ...
*Municipalité de
Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. The village itself is located just off Quebec Route 309 at the southern end of Lake of Islands ...


Urban agglomeration of La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 ...

*Ville de La Tuque *Municipalité de La Bostonnais *Municipalité de Lac-Édouard


Urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine The Urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of: *the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine *the municipality of Grosse-Île History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganizati ...

*Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine *Municipalité de Grosse-Île


Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts The Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of: *the city of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts *the municipality of Ivry-sur-le-Lac History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Queb ...

*Ville de
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English). ...
*Municipalité d' Ivry-sur-le-Lac


Urban agglomeration of Mont-Tremblant The Urban agglomeration of Mont-Tremblant is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of the city of Mont-Tremblant and the municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord. History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the city ...

*Ville de Mont-Tremblant *Municipalité de Lac-Tremblant-Nord


Urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton The Urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton is an urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of: *the city of Cookshire-Eaton *the municipality of Newport History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the City of Cookshire ...

*Ville de
Cookshire-Eaton Cookshire-Eaton is a city in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is the seat of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. Sherbrooke Airport is located there. As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec The 2000– ...
*Municipalité de Newport


Urban agglomeration of Rivière-Rouge

*Ville de
Rivière-Rouge Rivière-Rouge (English translation: Red River) is a city located in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 4,631. History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorgani ...
*Municipalité de La Macaza


Urban agglomeration of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel

*Ville de Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson *Ville d' Estérel


See also

*
Local government in Quebec The local municipality () is the lowest unit of local government in Quebec and is distinguished from the higher-level regional county municipality, or RCM, a municipal government at the supralocal level. Eight municipalities are further subdivide ...
*
Municipal reorganization in Quebec A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the g ...
* Metropolitan Community (Quebec)


References


External links


Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations
{{Subdivisions of Quebec