The following is a list of the types of local

Local government in Quebec

The lowest unit of local government in Quebec is the municipality, also called local municipality to distinguish it from the higher-level regional county municipality or RCM, which is also a municipal government at the supralocal level....

 and supralocal territorial units in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.

Not included are the urban agglomerations of Quebec

Urban agglomerations of Quebec

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.Urban agglomerations have certain powers that...

, which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers.

A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality

Regional county municipality

The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...

 can be found here: http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire_mun/repertoire/repertoi.asp? or in the article List of municipalities in Quebec.

Local municipalities

All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically-named municipalities, often neighbouring ones. Many such cases have had their names changed, or merged with the identically-named nearby municipality since the 1950s, such as the former city and canton of Granby

Granby, Quebec

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...

, which merged in 2007.

Municipalities are governed primarily by the Code municipal du Québec (Municipal Code of Québec, R.S.Q. c. C-27.1), whereas cities are governed by the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q. c. C-19) as well as (in the case of the older ones) various individual charters.

Until the late 1990s, the title cité retained a few minor differences from that of ville. Dorval is the only remaining cité but has the same status and is often called ville.

Abbreviation	French term	English translation	Description	Lists
CT	Municipalité de canton	Township municipality	All or part of the territory of a township (a territorial division in a surveying system, generally rectangular, used for freehold concessions) set up as a municipality.	List of township and united township municipalities in Quebec
CU	Municipalité de cantons unis	United townships municipality	Municipality composed of several townships.	List of township and united township municipalities in Quebec
M	Municipalité	Municipality	Territory administered by an authority established under the laws governing municipalities.	List of municipalities (not otherwise specified) in Quebec
P	Municipalité de paroisse	Parish municipality	The territory of a religious parish Parish A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...  established as a municipality.	List of parish municipalities in Quebec
V	Ville	City	Municipality established as a city by law.	List of cities in Quebec
VL	Municipalité de village	Village municipality	Territory of a village established as a municipality separate from a surrounding parish or township municipality.	List of village municipalities in Quebec

Aboriginal local municipal units

Abbreviation	French term	English translation	Description	Lists
RI	Réserve indienne	Indian reserve	Territory reserved for Indians under the Indian Act Indian Act The Indian Act , R.S., 1951, c. I-5, is a Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves... .	List of Indian reserves in Quebec
TC	Terre réservée aux Cris (1-A)	Land reserved for the Cree	Territory reserved for the use and benefit of the Cree Cree The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...  population. Associated with a Cree village (VC) of the same name.
TI	Terre de la catégorie I pour les Inuits	Category I land for the Inuit	Territory reserved for the use and benefit of the Inuit Inuit The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...  population. Associated with a northern village (VN) of the same name.
TK	Terre réservée aux Naskapis (1-AN)	Land reserved for the Naskapi	Territory reserved for the use and benefit of the Naskapi Naskapi The Naskapi are the indigenous Innu inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of what other Canadians refer to as eastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada....  (Innu Innu The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan , which comprises most of the northeastern portions of the provinces of Quebec and some western portions of Labrador... ) population. Associated with a Naskapi village (VK) of the same name.
VC	Municipalité de village cri (Terre 1-B)	Cree village municipality	A primarily Cree Cree The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...  village with a Cree local authority established by the Cree Villages and the Naskapi Village Act.	List of Cree villages in Quebec
VK	Municipalité de village naskapi (Terre 1-BN)	Naskapi village municipality	A primarily Naskapi (Innu Innu The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan , which comprises most of the northeastern portions of the provinces of Quebec and some western portions of Labrador... ) village with a Naskapi local authority established by the Cree Villages and the Naskapi Village Act.	List of Naskapi villages in Quebec
VN	Municipalité de village nordique	Northern village municipality	A village with an Inuit Inuit The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...  local authority established by the Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government.	List of northern villages in Quebec

Territories equivalent to local municipalities

Abbreviation	French term	English translation	Description	Lists
NO	Territoire non organisé	Unorganized territory	A territory that has not been organized under a local municipality. Administered directly by a supralocal authority.	List of unorganized territories in Quebec

Submunicipal units

Abbreviation	French term	English translation	Description	Lists
A	Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, certain other Francophone countries, and the Netherlands.-France:The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The capital of an arrondissement is called a...	Borough Borough A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....	Subdivision of some local municipalities.	List of boroughs in Quebec
EI	Établissement amérindien	Indian settlement Indian settlement An Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for census purposes. These areas have at least 10 Indian people who live, more or less, permanently in the given area...	Village or hamlet the majority of whose population is Amerindian and situated on lands without any particular legal status.	List of Indian settlements in Quebec

Supralocal units

Abbreviation	French term	English translation	Description	Lists
ARg	Administration régionale	Regional government	Regional civil administration of a large, sparsely populated, Aboriginal area. Represents Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents alike. Only one: the Kativik Regional Government Kativik Regional Government Kativik redirects here. For the statistical area, see Kativik .The Kativik Regional Government encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec. Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of the 55th parallel... .
CM	Communauté métropolitaine	Metropolitan community	Administration bringing together the municipalities of a metropolitan area, larger than an urban agglomeration Urban agglomerations of Quebec 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.Urban agglomerations have certain powers that... . Not necessarily a multiple of RCMs and TEs. Only two: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and Communauté métropolitaine de Québec.
MRC	Municipalité régionale de comté	Regional county municipality Regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...  (RCM)	A territory comprising municipalities and sometimes unorganized territories, governed by an authority determined by law.	List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
TÉ	Territoire équivalent à une MRC	Territory equivalent to an RCM	A statistical unit created to cover areas of Quebec not belonging to an RCM	List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec