Nord-du-Québec is a region of Quebec in the north.
Nord-du-Québec ( [ nɔʁ dy kebɛk ] ; Northern Quebec ) is the largest , but the least populous , of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec , Canada . It is bordered by Hudson Bay and James Bay in the west , Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay in the north , Labrador in the northeast , and the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue , Mauricie , Saguenay -- Lac-Saint-Jean , and Côte-Nord in the south and southeast . Quebec . The Nord-du-Québec region , occupying the northern half of the province , is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples .