Capitale-Nationale

Not to be confused with National Capital Region (Canada).

Capitale-Nationale (French pronunciation: [kapital nɑsjɔnal]; English: National Capital region) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km². It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census,^[1] with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.

Capitale-Nationale
Administrative region
Coordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)	6 RCM, 1 ET Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré L'Île-d'Orléans La Jacques-Cartier Portneuf Agglomeration of Quebec City (ET)
Government
• Forum des élus de la région de la Capitale-Nationale (Regional conference of elected officers)	Jean Fortin (President)
Area [1]
• Land	18,684.78 km2 (7,214.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	757,950
• Density	40.6/km2 (105/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code prefix	G
Area codes	418, 581
Website	www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/organisation-municipale/organisation-territoriale/regions-administratives/capitale-nationale/

Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Regional county municipalities

Regional County Municipality (RCM)	Population 2021 Canadian census[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km2)	Seat of RCM
Charlevoix	13,371	3,736.80 km2 (1,442.79 sq mi)	3.6	Baie-Saint-Paul
Charlevoix-Est	15,409	2,288.97 km2 (883.78 sq mi)	6.7	Clermont
La Côte-de-Beaupré	30,240	4,845.19 km2 (1,870.74 sq mi)	6.2	Château-Richer
L'Île-d'Orléans	6,817	194.58 km2 (75.13 sq mi)	35.0	Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
La Jacques-Cartier	47,813	3,183.75 km2 (1,229.25 sq mi)	15.0	Shannon
Portneuf	55,523	3,887.88 km2 (1,501.12 sq mi)	14.3	Cap-Santé

Equivalent territory

Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE)	Population Canada 2021 Census[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km2)	Seat of RCM
Agglomeration of Quebec City	588,777	547.60 km2 (211.43 sq mi)	1,075.2	Quebec City

Independent parish municipality

• Notre-Dame-des-Anges

Native People's Reserve

• Wendake

Major communities

• Baie-Saint-Paul
• Boischatel
• Donnacona
• L'Ancienne-Lorette
• La Malbaie
• Lac-Beauport
• Pont-Rouge

• Quebec City (Ville de Québec)
• Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
• Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
• Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
• Saint-Raymond
• Shannon
• Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

School Districts

25 francophone districts managed by 5 school service centres:

• 5 of Commission scolaire de Charlevoix (Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est).^[4]
• 5 of Commission scolaire des Découvreurs
• 5 of Commission scolaire de la Capitale
• 5 of Commission scolaire de Portneuf
• 5 of Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries

Anglophone district:

• Central Quebec School Board

See also

• List of Quebec regions