Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Odanak – Proposal – Quebec
- (Population: 100,252)
- (Maps 3 and 4)
Reason: The name of the Odanak Indian Reserve is added to the current name of the district to reflect the presence of the Waban-Aki First Nation on this territory. Members of the large Algonquian linguistic and cultural family, the Abenaki of Quebec are originally from the present-day American states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Consists of:
- the Regional County Municipality of Nicolet-Yamaska, including Odanak Indian Reserve No. 12;
- the Regional County Municipality of Pierre-De Saurel;
- the Regional County Municipality of Bécancour, including Wôlinak Indian Reserve No. 11; and
- that part of the Regional County Municipality of Drummond comprising: the municipalities of Saint-Eugène and Saint-Guillaume; the parish municipalities of Saint-Pie-de-Guire and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.