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Quebec is Canada's largest province in terms of area, and is the second most populous. It is the only Canadian province with French as its official language. Its capital is Quebec City.

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What was the purpose of the Pont de Quebec bridge?

The purpose of the George Washington Bridge was to make it easier to travel between New Jersey and New York City.

The Holland Tunnel opened in 1927, while the George Washington Bridge opened in 1931. Before the Holland Tunnel and GWB were built, there was no way to travel across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York, except by boat.

Traveling across the Hudson River by boat was inconvenient enough, but it became doubly inconvenient when automobiles became popular. Before the 1920s, nobody had cars except the rich. But as the 1920s progressed, the price of an automobile went down, and average people were able to buy cars, too.

But you couldn't take your car across the river by boat. So, it became necessary to build the Holland Tunnel and the GWB (and the Lincoln Tunnel, which opened several years after the GWB), so people could drive across the Hudson River.

Why do some Quebecois want secede from Canada?

Canada does not want Quebec to separate. Quebec wants to separate from Canada, although if they were to separate from them, their economic structure would fail.

"their economic structure would fail" There is not yet any serious studies on that matter only opinions. This statement is only based on speculation and biased subjective ideas. Although the possibly of Quebec's economy being downed by its independence exists there are no way to accurately predict the consequences and the complete opposite could be also true. It is known that Quebec would have to take its share of the federal debt and that would result in its public debt raising from +/-75% of its GDP to +/-94.5% of its GDP but considering that the United-States-Of-America (a country that may not be in the best shape as possible but still can stand strong anyway) has a public debt of 99% of its GDP the impossible to overcome debt theory is not likely to be right. There is also the idea that Quebec receives more from federal government that it sends. Again this is a misconception. Quebec sends to federal government roughly 40 billion dollars every year in Government Sales Taxes while it receives about 36 to 38 billion dollars of investments by the federal government including the equalization payments. This being said if Quebec was to become independent it would get back about 2 billions which would not be a major advantage and all the money from the federal taxes that would now be only to Quebec would be invested in pretty much (more or less) the same way it was by Canada's government but instead by Quebec's government.

So to conclude, Quebec's economic future would solely depend of its relations with its neighbors, the kind of government it chooses and its foreign industrial/commercial investors tax rate.

Why do most of Canada's people live in southern Ontario an Quebec?

The settlements have been there for centuries, so cities sprang up in that part of the country.

How are Nunavut and quebec similar?

Quebec is in Canada, if that's what you're asking.

When was Quebec bridge completed?

On 29 August 1907, the south arm and part of the central section of the Quebec bridge collapsed into the river in a matter of seconds. Of the 86 workers on the bridge at the time, 75 were killed.

A second collapse during construction in 1916 killed another 11 people. The bridge was finally completed in 1919.

What do you call a person who lives in Quebec and Montreal?

If someone lives in Quebec (the province) or Quebec City, he/she would be a Quebecker in English, but more commonly a quebecois (pronounced kay-beck-quaw) in either English or French. A female is a quebecoise (kay-beck-qwawz). Someone from Montreal is a Montrealer in English or a montrealais (moe-ree-all-ay), or in the feminine form, montrealaise (moe-ree-all-aise (rhymes with mayonnaise)).

What kind of land does Quebec have?

The kind of land that Quebec has is cold and snowy. The temperature is very low there.

Who won the battle of quebec in 1759?

The battle of Quebec in 1759 ended with the French losing control of the city to the British.

What are facts about Quebec?

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Quebec is mainly a french speaking province,Samuel de Champlain was the founder of quebec.

· The most photographed hotel in the world is the Château Frontenac in Quebec city

· The thinnest house n North America, at only 12 feet (3.7 meters) long, is located on Rue Donnaconna n Quebec City.

· Quebec is where over 3% of the world's fresh water reserves come from.

· The largest province in Canada is Quebec

· The word quebec comes from the Algonquin word meaning "Where the river narrows", referring to St. Lawrence river.

· Quebec City was the capital of Canada for 6 years, from 1859 to 1865.

The name Quebec means "Where the River Narrows"
Quebec is Canada's oldest city and the most visited city. The city derives its name from "Kebec" which is Algonquin meaning the river that narrows.

Is Quebec an independent country?

No, Quebec is not a country, Quebec is a Province of Canada. Quebec City is the capital of that province. In 1980 and 1995 referendums were held to have the province become it's own country within the borders of Canada, and both times the majority of the vote was to remain a part of Canada.

How many does does Walmart have in Quebec?

There is only one Walmart store located in Quebec.

What were the pros and cons of Canadian Confederation?

Some pros were that the colonies would be stronger and more independent. the colonies would have strong central government to control the defense, taxation, postage, currency etc. also the Britain abandoned the mercantilism so the colonies would have to unite in order to survive because Britain no longer provided the colonies with the guarantee on market and it got its material from other countries for a lower price. this made the colonies go in depression because people had no jobs and they needed someone to buy their goods and products .

The reason for lack of support in England, of the colonies, was money. England set the economies up where raw materials were imported form the colonies and the industries of England manufactured the goods selling them manufactured goods back to the colonies. They even imposed a manufacturing tax on anything manufactured in the colonies. This manufacturing tax existed through too and was replaced by the GST. When the economics of this old system no longer benefited England they terminated the arrangement.

The Civil war had just ended in the US and the international boarder between the US and what is now Canada had not been settled. There was a very strong movement in the US --54 forty or fight emerged in the US.

This movement wanted the boarder at 54 degrees north 40 minutes which is roughly through the now community of McLeod Lake-nee Fort McLeod.

For their part England wanted to retain their interest land and saw the formation of a new country, loyal to them, as their way out. The problem for them was they had little or no presence in the area west of the great lakes except for the the coast of what is now BC. "Victoria & Westminster"

The mealtimes "PEI Nova Scotia & New Brunswick " were an economic disaster having lost their secure market in England, Upper Canada. "Ontario" was land locked in many respects and France had lost their interest in the new world. They lost Lower Canada at the battle of "The Plains of Abraham" and then sold their claimed land in the south to the US, "The Louisiana Purchase" for something like 3 to 5 million dollars.

Upper Canada was very loyal to the English crown. Lower Canada was a orphan and the maritime needed the market access to Upper and Lower Canada.

The benefit for the maritimes was a secure market, for Upper Canada and the Colonies in what is now BC was to keep ties with England and the Crown and for Lower Canada Quebec, a way to maintain their culture.

Lower Canada was a strip of Land along the St Laurence River. The options for the people of lower Canada were very limited. The were too small to stand on their own, if US took over, their French Language, Laws based on the Napoleonic code would most likely be lost. Under Confederation they were guarantied the right to their legal system, Language and religion.

The west joined upon being promised a railway connection, all in Canada to the east.

The great pro of Confederation was that a country was created, Canada in what would surely been annexed by the US and for Lower Canada their language and Laws were preserved.

I am of the opinion that if Quebec were to separate, in short order they would become a quaint Little puddle in a sea of 360 million non Quebecers and the sooner the better.

What region is Quebec city in?

Quebec is a province located in Canada, east of Ontario. AND MY HOUSE

Resources in Quebec?

There are minerals such as Gold which people have found naturally in Quebec. The mines themselves aren't natural, but the mineral is.
There are also forests, lakes and other natural resources in Quebec, I don't know all of them specifically but maybe search Natural Resources in Quebec on Google.

Where does the carnival of Quebec takes place?

Since the beginning of our French colony, the habitats of New France created a rowdy tradition of getting together just before Lent to eat, drink and be merry. The custom of celebrating from the end of January until mid-February has long been popular.

Is there a Macy's store in Quebec?

where is the closest macys from montreal canada

Who was the bishop of Quebec?

The first bishop of New France was François de Laval.