La Côte-de-Gaspé is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.

The regional county has a land area of 4,098.80 square kilometres (1,582.56 sq mi) and its population was 17,117 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 20,903 —     1996 20,851 −0.2% 2001 18,545 −11.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 17,888 −3.5% 2011 17,985 +0.5% 2016 17,117 −4.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		16,855		14,965	5.6%	88.8%		1,600	7.8%	9.5%		185	5.7%	1.1%		105	75.0%	0.6%
2011		17,830		15,860	3.0%	88.95%		1,735	9.6%	9.73%		175	59.1%	0.98%		60	71.4%	0.34%
2006		17,635		15,395	5.2%	87.30%		1,920	4.1%	10.89%		110	18.5%	0.62%		210	281.8%	1.19%
2001		18,275		16,240	9.6%	88.86%		1,845	22.0%	10.10%		135	37.2%	0.74%		55	10.0%	0.30%
1996		20,585		17,955	n/a	87.22%		2,365	n/a	11.49%		215	n/a	1.04%		50	n/a	0.24%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec