Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec | |
|---|---|
Region; also Census division | |
Location within Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 56°10′N 74°25′W / 56.167°N 74.417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Area | |
| • Land | 747,191.93 km2 (288,492.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 45,740 |
| • Density | 0.06/km2 (0.16/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016–2021) | 2.6% |
| • Dwellings | 17,325 |
| Website | Services Québec: Nord-du-Québec |
Nord-du-Québec (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ d͜zy kebɛk]; English: Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada.
Spread over nearly 14 degrees of latitude, north of the 49th parallel, the region covers 860,692 km2 (332,315 sq mi) on the Labrador Peninsula, making it larger than Alberta, and slightly smaller than British Columbia or Ontario. It is just over half of the province's total land area.