Quiet Revolution

British

noun

French name: Révolution tranquille. a period during the 1960s in Quebec, marked by secularization, educational reforms, and rising support for separation from the rest of Canada

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That era ended with the Quiet Revolution in 1960, when Quebecers purged the church from those institutions in favour of secularism.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Once-pervasive church influence over politics and culture has faded almost totally, and in what is known as the Quiet Revolution, it lost its central role in areas such as education and health care.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022

This is a tribute album to guitarist Jim Hall and reedman Jimmy Giuffre, who have rarely been covered, but Quiet Revolution proves they ought to be.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2018

Montreal’s politics in the early sixties were energized by what came to be called Quebec’s Quiet Revolution, which emancipated the city’s bicultural intelligentsia from Church and Anglostocracy.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2015

Quebec's Liberals, the force behind the Quiet Revolution, launched the inquiry as rumors of corruption swirled.

From Reuters • Dec. 11, 2012

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