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| Québec (French) | |
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 Flag | |
| Anthem: "Gens du Pays" People of my Country" | |
| Coordinates: 52°N 72°W / 52°N 72°WCoordinates: 52°N 72°W / 52°N 72°W | |
| 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 |
| • Estimate (Q4 2021) | 8,631,147 |
| • Rank | Ranked 2nd |
| • Density | 5.98/km2 (15.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Total (2015) | C$380.972 billion |
| • Per capita | C$46,126 (10th) |
| HDI | |
| • HDI (2019) | 0.916 — 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) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 |
| Rankings include all provinces and territories | |
Quebec (/kəˈbɛk/ or /kwɪˈbɛk/; French: Québec [kebɛk] (
listen)) 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.
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