Nord-du-Québec

Also known as Nord-du-Quebec, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec

Nord-du-Québec (; ) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Nord-du-Québec
Settlement.settlement_type: Region; also Census division
Settlement.image_map: Nord-du-Québec in Quebec.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Quebec
Settlement.area_land_km2: 747,191.93
Settlement.population_total: 45,740
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_density_km2: 0.06

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Contents

History
Geography
Subdivisions
Local government
Demographics
Transportation and access
Geographic hierarchy of census division
Administrative divisions
Regional governments
Independent cities
Cree villages
Native Reserve
Major communities
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Nord-du-Québec (; ) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada.

Spread over nearly 14 degrees of latitude, north of the 49th parallel, the region covers on the Labrador Peninsula, making it larger than Alberta, and slightly smaller than British Columbia or Ontario. It is just over half of the province's total land area.