Outaouais

Outaouais
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Gatineau
Residents	368,181 (2011)
surface	30,503.8 km²
Population density	12.5 inhabitants / km²

Outaouais [ utawɛ ] is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into four regional county municipalities ( French municipalités régionales de comté ) and 75 municipalities, reserves and unincorporated areas. The administration is based in Gatineau .

The population is 368,181 (2011) on a land area of ​​30,503.8 km², which corresponds to an average population density of 12.5 inhabitants per km². More than two thirds of the population live in Gatineau. Therefore, the remaining part is only sparsely populated with 3.4 inhabitants / km². 83.5% of the population speak French and 14.8% English as their main language.

Outaouais borders the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in the north, Mauricie in the northeast, Laurentides in the east, and the province of Ontario in the south .

Gatineau Park lies entirely within the region .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
• Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
• Papineau
• Pontiac

Community outside an MRC:

• Gatineau

Reserve outside an MRC:

• Lac-Rapide
• Kitigan Zibi

Web links

Commons : Outaouais  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Outaouais region website
• Statistical data
• Outaouais. Commission de toponymie du Quebec