An agglomeration, or urban agglomeration, is an administrative subdivision 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.
Contents
- Definition
- Agglomeration councils
- Agglomeration powers
- Local powers
- List of constituent municipalities
- Urban agglomeration of Montreal
- Urban agglomeration of Quebec City
- Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
- Urban agglomeration of Mont Laurier
- Urban agglomeration of La Tuque
- Urban agglomeration of Les les de la Madeleine
- Urban agglomeration of Sainte Agathe des Monts
- Urban agglomeration of Mont Tremblant
- Urban agglomeration of Cookshire Eaton
- Urban agglomeration of Rivire Rouge
- Urban agglomeration of Sainte MargueriteEstrel
- References
Urban agglomerations have certain powers that would ordinarily be exercised by individual municipalities.
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
A list of these can be found on the website [1] of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales.
Local powers
A list of these can be found on the website [2] 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 Montreal urban agglomeration is administered by the Montreal Agglomeration Council, a replacement of the old Montreal Urban Community