Most of the known territorial golden eagle pairs in eastern North America are found in Québec, where the species’ breeding range extends over much of the eastern and northern parts of the province – notably covering the administrative regions of the Gaspé Peninsula, the Côte-Nord and the Nord-du-Québec. Data collected for the period up until 2013, contains information pertaining to 170 breeding territories, over 260 nests and 123 territorial pairs. Extrapolation of this information suggests that the province probably supports somewhere between 300 and 500 territorial pairs.