Quebec
Québec (
French)
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Motto(s): | |
Coordinates: 52°N 72°W / 52°N 72°W / 52; -72[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Before confederation | Canada East |
Confederation | July 1, 1867 (1st, with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario) |
Capital | Quebec City |
Largest city | Montreal |
Largest metro | Greater Montreal |
Government | |
• Type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Lieutenant Governor | Manon Jeannotte |
• Premier | François Legault |
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 | 2nd |
15.4% of Canada | |
Population
(
2021)
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• Total | 8,501,833[2] |
• Estimate
(Q3 2024)
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9,056,044[3] |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 6.23/km2 (16.1/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | in English: Quebecer, Quebecker, Québécois in French: Québécois (m),[4] Québécoise (f)[4] |
Official languages | French[5] |
GDP | |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Total (2022) | C$552.737 billion[6] |
• Per capita | C$63,651 (9th) |
HDI | |
• HDI (2019) | 0.916[7]—Very high (9th) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone for most of the province[8]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 |
Canadian postal abbr. |
QC
[9]
|
Rankings include all provinces and territories |
Quebec
Québec (
French)
|
|
---|---|
Motto(s): | |
Coordinates: 52°N 72°W / 52°N 72°W / 52; -72[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Before confederation | Canada East |
Confederation | July 1, 1867 (1st, with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario) |
Capital | Quebec City |
Largest city | Montreal |
Largest metro | Greater Montreal |
Government | |
• Type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Lieutenant Governor | Manon Jeannotte |
• Premier | François Legault |
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 | 2nd |
15.4% of Canada | |
Population
(
2021)
|
|
• Total | 8,501,833[2] |
• Estimate
(Q3 2024)
|
9,056,044[3] |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 6.23/km2 (16.1/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | in English: Quebecer, Quebecker, Québécois in French: Québécois (m),[4] Québécoise (f)[4] |
Official languages | French[5] |
GDP | |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Total (2022) | C$552.737 billion[6] |
• Per capita | C$63,651 (9th) |
HDI | |
• HDI (2019) | 0.916[7]—Very high (9th) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone for most of the province[8]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 |
Canadian postal abbr. |
QC
[9]
|
Rankings include all provinces and territories |