Quebec

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Quebec Québec (French)
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Je me souviens (French: "I remember")
Anthem: "Gens du Pays" People of my Country"
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Coordinates: 52°N 72°W / 52°N 72°W / 52; -72
Country	Canada
Confederation	July 1, 1867 (1st, with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario)
Capital	Quebec City
Largest city	Montreal
Largest metro	Greater Montreal
Government
• Type	Constitutional monarchy
• Body	Government of Quebec
• Lieutenant Governor	J. Michel Doyon
• Premier	François Legault (CAQ)
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
Federal representation	Parliament of Canada
House seats	78 of 338 (23.1%)
Senate seats	24 of 105 (22.9%)
Area
• Total	1,542,056 km2 (595,391 sq mi)
• Land	1,365,128 km2 (527,079 sq mi)
• Water	176,928 km2 (68,312 sq mi)  11.5%
• Rank	Ranked 2nd
	15.4% of Canada
Population  (2016)
• Total	8,164,361 [1]
• Estimate  (Q4 2021)	8,631,147 [2]
• Rank	Ranked 2nd
• Density	5.98/km2 (15.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	in French: Quebecer or Quebecker, in French: Québécois (m),[3] Québécoise (f)[3]
Official languages	French[4]
GDP
• Rank	2nd
• Total (2015)	C$380.972 billion[5]
• Per capita	C$46,126 (10th)
HDI
• HDI (2019)	0.916[6] — Very high ([[List of Canadian provinces and territories by Human Development Index|9th]])
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone for most of the province[7])
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Quebec (/kəˈbɛk/ or /kwɪˈbɛk/; French: Québec [kebɛk] (listen))^[8] is a province in the eastern part of Canada located between the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is the largest of Canada's ten provinces by size. It also has the second largest number of people, after Ontario. Most of Quebec's inhabitants live along or close to the banks of the Saint Lawrence River. Not many people live in the north part of the province.

Unlike the other provinces, most people in Quebec speak French (Canadian French) and French is the only official language. There is a strong French-language culture, which includes French-language newspapers, magazines, movies, television and radio shows. Their culture and language, though, is quite different from that of France, mainly because of Quebec's isolation from France since the 17th century, and the separate evolutions of the French language in Quebec and in France. Their culture was also influenced by English-speaking Canada.

The government of Quebec has its offices in the capital, Quebec City, which is one of the oldest cities in North America. The city with the most people in the province is Montreal, which is also the second-largest city in Canada.

Quebec has many natural resources that are used to create jobs. Quebec also has many companies that create products for information and communication technologies, aerospace, biotechnology, and health industries. It has also developed close relations with the Northeastern United States.

1. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017.
2. ↑ "Population estimates, quarterly". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Fee, Margery; McAlpine, Janice (2001). Oxford Guide to Canadian French Usage. Oxford University Press. p. 335. ISBN 0-19-541619-8.
4. ↑ "Status of the French language". Government of Quebec. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
5. ↑ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory (2015)". Statistics Canada. November 9, 2016. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012.
6. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab".
7. ↑ See Time in Canada
8. ↑ According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in French; the name is one of 81 places of pan-Canadian significance with official forms in both languages. In this system, the official name of the capital is Québec in both official languages. The Quebec government renders both names as Québec in both languages.