Quebec

American  

[kwi-bek, ki-] / kwɪˈbɛk, kɪ- /

noun

1. Formerly Lower Canada.  a province in eastern Canada. 594,860 sq. mi. (1,540,685 sq. km).

2. a seaport in and the capital of this province, on the St. Lawrence: capital of New France from 1663 to 1759, when it was taken by the English; wartime conferences 1943, 1944.

3. a word used in communications to represent the letter Q.

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Quebec British  

/ kə-, kwɪˈbɛk, kɛ- /

noun

1.  PQ.  a province of E Canada: the largest Canadian province; a French colony from 1608 to 1763, when it passed to Britain; lying mostly on the Canadian Shield, it has vast areas of forest and extensive tundra and is populated mostly in the plain around the St Lawrence River. Capital: Quebec. Pop: 7 542 760 (2004 est). Area: 1 540 680 sq km (594 860 sq miles)

2. a port in E Canada, capital of the province of Quebec, situated on the St Lawrence River: founded in 1608 by Champlain; scene of the battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759), by which the British won Canada from the French. Pop: 169 076 (2001)

3. communications a code word for the letter q

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Quebec Cultural  

1. Province in eastern Canada, bordered to the east by Newfoundland, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean); to the southeast by New Brunswick and several states of the United States; to the southwest by Ontario; to the west by Ontario and Hudson Bay; and to the north by islands of the Northwest Territories. Its capital is Quebec City, and its largest city is Montreal.

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It is Canada's largest province in area and second largest in population, after Ontario.

With French as its official language, Quebec has experienced tensions between its majority French and minority English cultures.

A French colony from 1663 to 1759, Quebec was then lost to the British.

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Quebec

In Quebec, authorities said assistance from the United States and France arrived at the weekend to "address the significant workload" in the northwest of the province.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

In Montreal, the sky turned yellow on Tuesday morning due to smoke from wildfires burning several hundred miles away in northern Quebec and northwestern Ontario.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

In seeking to bolster the French language, the province of Quebec encouraged immigration from French-speaking but Muslim Algeria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Quebec, a majority French-speaking province, fiercely protects its identity and its culture as a distinct society, and has twice held referenda - in 1980 and 1995 - on whether to seek independence.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

And Dad had driven the family to Canada when I was in the third grade, all the way to Quebec.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam