Population of the Administrative Regions of Quebec, 1971-1996

%

%

%

%

N

Administrative Region

1971

1981

1991

1996

1996

Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine

1.9

1.8

1.5

1.5

107.836

Lower Saint Lawrence

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.8

208.509

Saguenay/Lac Saint-Jean

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.0

296.906

Quebec

8.8

9.0

8.9

8.9

660.877

Chaudière-Appalaches

5.1

5.4

5.3

5.2

387.891

Mauricie/Bois-Francs

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.6

487.969

Eastern Townships

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

286.579

Montérégie

13.8

16.5

17.5

17.8

1,316,541

Montreal

32.5

27.3

25.7

24.8

1,831,849

Laval

3.8

4.2

4.6

4.7

347.643

Lanaudière

2.9

4.0

4.8

5.3

388.943

Laurentians

4.0

4.8

5.5

6.0

445.878

Ottawa Valley

3.6

3.8

4.1

4.3

319.832

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

157.467

North Shore

1.7

1.8

1.5

1.4

106.856

Northern Quebec

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

37.561

Total for Quebec

100

100

100

100

7,389,137

Source: La Situation démographique au Quebec, 1996

Copyright 1999, Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College