Outaouais

Outaouais
Outaouais
Administrative region
	Coordinates: 45°47′N 75°05′W / 45.783°N 75.083°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County ; Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent; Territories (ET)	4 RCM, 1 ET La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau; Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais; Papineau; Pontiac; Gatineau (ET);
Government
• Regional conference of elected officers	Paulette Lalande (President)
Area
• Total	33,442 km2 (12,912 sq mi)
• Land	30,467 km2 (11,763 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	404,265
• Density	13.3/km2 (34/sq mi)
Demonym	Outaouaien(ne)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	J
Area code(s)	819, 873
Website	outaouais.gouv.qc.ca

Outaouais (/uːtəweɪ/, French pronunciation: [utawɛ]; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. It has a land area of 30,467 square kilometres (11,763 sq mi) ^[3] and its population was 404,265 inhabitants as of 2021.^[3]

From 2016 to 2020, the Outaouais has a lower per capita disposable income than the rest of Quebec.

It was $31,055 in 2020, compared to $33,093 in Quebec overall.

In 2020, the unfavourable margin grew to 6.2%.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Outaouais [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference QuebecStat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Occupation du territoire". Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
^ "Conditions de vie". Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-02-24.

[census2016-1] "Census Profile, 2016 Census Outaouais [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.

[QuebecStat-2] Cite error: The named reference QuebecStat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Occupation_du_territoire-3] "Occupation du territoire". Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-02-24.

[4] "Conditions de vie". Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-02-24.

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