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2001 Census
(application to the current readjustment)
By applying these rules to the electoral quota of 96,500, the
results should show that the minimum and maximum populations of an electoral
district should be 72,375 and 120,625. However, given the
goal that the legislator aimed for, the Commission maintains that the
greatest possible number of electoral districts should ideally fall within
a maximum variance of 10% of the electoral quota.
According to the 2001 decennial census, the profile of the province of
Quebec is as follows:
| Total Population |
Electoral Districts |
Electoral Quota |
| 7,237,479 |
75 |
96,500 |
Traditionally, Quebec electoral districts are reviewed by dividing the
whole province into three large regions, namely the North Shore of the
St. Lawrence, the South Shore of the St. Lawrence and Montréal.
Given this distribution, the results of this census provide:
| Region |
Population |
Number of Districts |
Regional Quota |
% in relation to the Electoral Quota |
| North Shore* |
3,065,414 |
31 |
98,884 |
+2.47% |
| South Shore |
2,359,342 |
26 |
90,744 |
-5.96% |
| Montréal |
1,812,723 |
18 |
100,707 |
+4.36% |
*Including Laval
Although the regional variances fall relatively within the standards,
the Commission had to make readjustments as the evolution of the Quebec
population had generated significant variances in certain electoral districts,
given the 2001 electoral quota. Thus, according to the 2001 census, seven
(7) electoral districts have a variance in excess of 25% and nine
(9) electoral districts have a negative variance of more than 25%, namely:
| Berthier–Montcalm |
129,230 |
(33.92%) |
| Gatineau |
124,365 |
(28.88%) |
| Laurentides |
133,345 |
(38.18%) |
| Laval West |
120,987 |
(25.38%) |
| Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
125,848 |
(30.41%) |
| Repentigny |
127,150 |
(31.76%) |
| Terrebonne–Blainville |
122,665 |
(27.11%) |
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| Frontenac–Mégantic |
68,547 |
(-28.97%) |
Bonaventure–Gaspé–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine–Pabok |
68,934 |
(-28.57%) |
| Jonquière |
67,348 |
(-30.21%) |
| Lac-Saint-Jean–Saguenay |
69,043 |
(-28.45%) |
| Lotbinière-L'Érable |
69,314 |
(-28.17%) |
| Manicouagan |
52,561 |
(-45.53%) |
| Matapédia–Matane |
70,417 |
(-27.03%) |
| Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis |
71,615 |
(-25.79%) |
| Roberval |
70,077 |
(-27.38%) |
Also, eleven (11) electoral districts have a variance in excess
of 10% to 25% and eleven (11) electoral districts have a negative
variance of 10% to 25%, namely:
| Argenteuil–Papineau–Mirabel |
109,252 |
(13.21%) |
| Charlesbourg–Jacques-Cartier |
107,033 |
(10.92%) |
| Châteauguay |
113,635 |
(17.76%) |
| Lac-Saint-Louis |
110,372 |
(14.38%) |
| Laval Centre |
111,518 |
(15.56%) |
| Laval East |
110,500 |
(14.51%) |
| Papineau–Saint-Denis |
108,748 |
(12.69%) |
| Pierrefonds–Dollard |
112,159 |
(16.23%) |
| Québec East |
109,709 |
(13.69%) |
| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles |
117,198 |
(21.45%) |
| Verchères–Les-Patriotes |
107,658 |
(11.56%) |
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Bellechasse–Etchemins–
Montmagny–L'Islet |
82,436 |
(-14.57%) |
| Champlain |
86,686 |
(-10.17%) |
| Charlevoix |
74,995 |
(-22.28%) |
| Chicoutimi–Le Fjord |
82,189 |
(-14.87%) |
| Compton–Stanstead |
82,801 |
(-14.20%) |
Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup–
Témiscouata–Les Basques |
86,588 |
(-10.27%) |
| Longueuil |
85,222 |
(-11.69%) |
| Bas-Richelieu–Nicolet–Bécancour |
84,759 |
(-12.17%) |
| Témiscamingue |
80,007 |
(-17.09%) |
| Saint-Lambert |
85,678 |
(-11.21%) |
| Saint-Maurice |
77,068 |
(-20.14%) |
Thirty-eight (38) electoral districts out of seventy-five
(75), or 50.66%, thus fall within an unacceptable or undesirable
variance according to the general principles stated and applied by the
Commission.
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