Quebec City

Older part of Québec City

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Quebec City (Ville de Québec in French) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the second largest city in Quebec, behind Montreal. It is known for its winter fair, beautiful churches, and an old hotel called Château Frontenac. It is next to the Saint Lawrence River. There are almost 700,000 people in the whole area.

The city was created in 1608 at a First Nations (native) Canadian place called Stadacona. People came from France to live there. The English captured the city in 1759 during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. The walls made to keep the city safe are still there. The walls that surrounded Old Quebec are the only remaining fortified city walls that still exist in the Americas north of Mexico. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Quebec City has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Most people in Quebec City speak French.

Media

Quebec City Stations

SRC Radio

CFCM TVA

CBVT SRC

CIVQ Tele-Quebec

CFAP TQS

CHMG Telemag

Quebec City Media

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  Depiction of Jacques Cartier's meeting with the indigenous people of Stadacona in 1535

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  Plaque honouring the first settlers of Québec City. (affixed to back of monument to Guillaume Couillard, which accompanies those to Louis Hébert and Marie Rollet). Parc Montmorency, Québec City.

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  After a campaign of three months British forces captured Quebec City after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.

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  British regulars and Canadian militia engage the Continental Army in the streets of the city. The Americans' failure to take Quebec in 1775 led to the end of their campaign in Canada.

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  Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the Earl of Athlone (left to right) at the First Quebec Conference, a secret military conference held in World War II

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  The Promontory of Quebec at the narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River and surrounded by the Laurentian Mountains

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  Winter scene at the Château Frontenac

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  Map of the six boroughs that make up Quebec City

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  Québec City - Saint Louis - panoramio (cropped)

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  Hôtel-Dieu de Québec is one of three hospitals operated by CHUQ, the largest employer in Quebec City.

Other websites

• Official website