Global InformationQuebec City information
Québec | |
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City | |
| Ville de Québec (French) | |
 From top, left to right: Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River, the Ramparts of Quebec City, waterfront in Old Quebec, skyscrapers in Vieux-Québec, Parliament Building, Château Frontenac, Pierre Laporte Bridge | |
 Flag  Coat of arms  Logo | |
| Nicknames: La Vieille Capitale[1] | |
| Motto(s): Don de Dieu feray valoir ("I shall put God's gift to good use"; the Don de Dieu was Champlain's ship) | |
 Quebec City map | |
  Québec Location in Quebec  Québec Location in Canada | |
| Coordinates: 46°48′50″N 71°12′29″W / 46.81389°N 71.20806°W[2][3] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Metropolitan community | Communauté métropolitaine de Québec |
| Agglomeration | Agglomeration of Quebec City |
| Historic countries | Kingdom of France Kingdom of Great Britain |
| First settled | 11 October 1535, by Jacques Cartier |
| Founded | 3 July 1608, by Samuel de Champlain |
| Constituted | 1 January 2002 |
| Incorporated | 1832[4] |
| Boroughs | List
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| Government [5] | |
| • Type | Quebec City Council |
| • Mayor | Bruno Marchand |
| • MPs | List of MPs |
| • MNAs | List |
| Area [5][6][7] | |
| • City | 452.30 km2 (174.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 453.38 km2 (175.05 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 442.85 km2 (170.99 sq mi) |
| • Metro [8] | 3,499.46 km2 (1,351.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation [9] | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Population (2021)[6] | |
| • City | 549,459 (12th) |
| • Density | 1,214.8/km2 (3,146/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 733,156 (8th) |
| • Urban density | 1,655.5/km2 (4,288/sq mi) |
| • Metro [7] | 839,311 (7th) |
| • Metro density | 239.8/km2 (621/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  4.1% |
| Demonym | Québécois or Québécois de Québec (to distinguish residents of the city from those of the province) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal codes | G1A to G2N |
| Area codes |
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| GDP (Québec CMA) | CA$42.8 billion (2016)[10] |
| GDP per capita (Québec CMA) | CA$53,477 (2016) |
| Website | ville |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name | Historic District of Old Quebec |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Designated | 1985 (9th session) |
| Reference no. | 300 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
Quebec City (/kwɪˈbɛk/ ⓘ or /kəˈbɛk/;[11] French: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (French pronunciation: [kebɛk]),[12] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459,[13] and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311.[14] It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters.
Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico. This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".[15][16]
- ^ Marceau, Stéphane G.; Rémillard, François (2002). Ville de Québec (in French) (4th ed.). Montreal: Guides de voyage Ulysse. p. 14. ISBN 2-89464-510-4.
- ^ "Quebec City". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Incorporation de Québec". 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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cp2011-CAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Vallières, Marc. "Québec City". Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Quebec". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names – Québec". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Québec, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Québec, Territoire équivalent [Census division], Quebec". Census 2016. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (8 February 2017). "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Historic District of Old Québec Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine". World Heritage; UNESCO. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ "Old Quebec City, Seven Wonders of Canada". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.