Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canadai

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Nord-du-Québec	Administrative Region
Québec	Province
Canada	Country

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Nord-du-Québec (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ dy kebɛk]; English: Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec, while containing a little more than 0.5% of the population.

Before 1912, the northernmost part of this region was part of the Ungava District of the Northwest Territories, and until 1987 it was referred to as Nouveau-Québec, or New Quebec.

It is bordered by Hudson Bay and James Bay in the west, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay in the north, Labrador in the northeast, and the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and Côte-Nord in the south and southeast.

The Nord-du-Québec region is part of the territory covered by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975; other regions covered (in part) by this Agreement include Côte-Nord, Mauricie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative regions.

Nord-du-Québec region is divided for (statistical and other purposes) into three territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (TEs):

- Kativik (or Nunavik), north of the 55th parallel, predominantly Inuit;

- Eeyou Istchee, non-contiguously enclaved within Jamésie (with one community in Kativik), predominantly Cree;

- Jamésie, south of the 55th parallel.

From the Canada 2011 Census, Eeyou Istchee has a land area of 5,586.25 km²; Jamésie has a land area of 298,202.78 km²; Kativik has a land area of 443,372.20 km².

However, when the Grand Council of the Crees speaks of "Eeyou Istchee", they refer to a much larger and contiguous traditional territory and homeland that covers much of Jamésie.

The most populous community overall is the city of Chibougamau, which is in Jamésie. The most populous community in Eeyou Istchee is Chisasibi. And the most populous community in Kativik is Kuujjuaq.

Jamésie, extending from the eastern shore of James Bay to the Otish Mountains of the Laurentian Plateau, is mainly boreal forest.
Eeyou Istchee is largely enclaved within Jamésie, although one of its communities is slightly to the north of the 55th parallel and geographically enclaved within Kativik.
Kativik has some boreal forest in its southern portion but is mainly tundra which covers the entire Ungava Peninsula.

At the local level five municipalities exist: The towns of Chibougamau (the largest town in this region), Chapais, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, and Matagami, and the special municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, which was formerly the local municipality of Baie-James before a 2012 restructure of the government.

Kativik offers regional services to its 14 northern villages and associated Inuit reserved lands, as well as the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach.
Eeyou Istchee offers regional services to its 9 Cree village municipalities and their associated Cree reserved lands.
The four towns of Jamésie are not covered by a regional government, and supply their own services.
The special local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay is governed jointly by the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government, which consists of 11 representatives from Eeyou Istche and 11 representatives from Jamésie.

Commodity List

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Mineral List

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242 valid minerals. 6 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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