Table 1.
Key sociodemographic characteristics of the 15 health regions in Quebec with a population of at least 50,000 individuals [32-35].
| Health regiona | Population in 2019, n | Population aged ≥65 years in 2019, n (%) | Population density/km2, 2019 | Living in materially deprived areas in the 2016 census (%)b | Living in socially deprived areas in the 2016 census (%)b |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | 197,530 | 51,153 (25.9) | 8.9 | 58.74 | 19.16 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | 278,032 | 63,589 (22.87) | 2.8 | 49.19 | 27.72 |
| Capitale-Nationale | 751,442 | 159,903 (21.28) | 40.4 | 17.49 | 42.63 |
| Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec | 520,711 | 123,564 (23.73) | 12.3 | 55.60 | 33.25 |
| Estrie | 489,986 | 108,984 (22.24) | 38.5 | 43.70 | 38.71 |
| Montréal | 2,066,035 | 337,071 (16.31) | 4140.4 | 42.86 | 63.46 |
| Outaouaisc | 397,007 | 65,561 (16.51) | 13.0 | 37.74 | 42.62 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 147,634 | 28,448 (19.27) | 2.6 | 55.94 | 28.15 |
| Côte-Nord | 90,717 | 17,767 (19.59) | 0.3 | 61.44 | 15.80 |
| Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 90,456 | 24,933 (27.56) | 4.5 | 82.78 | 11.85 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | 428,969 | 94,012 (21.92) | 28.5 | 35.97 | 23.38 |
| Laval | 439,583 | 77,532 (17.64) | 1786.9 | 33.91 | 30.21 |
| Lanaudière | 515,727 | 95,694 (18.56) | 41.9 | 47.00 | 25.87 |
| Laurentides | 620,648 | 117,429 (18.92) | 30.2 | 37.24 | 36.20 |
| Montérégie | 1,423,109 | 266,729 (18.74) | 71.4 | 31.26 | 33.78 |
aThe regions are ordered by official region numbers.
bProportion of the regional population living in dissemination areas that ranked in the bottom 40% (quintiles 4 to 5) of the province for material or social deprivation indices in the 2016 census. Absolute values not included to avoid confusion with 2019 data.
cItalics indicate the implementation site.