Author: Clint Curtis

Public Insurance The plan covers all residents of Quebec, whether or not they have a driver’s licence. Can you insure a car without a driver’s license in Canada? Do I need a valid driver’s licence to insure a vehicle? No. There are situations when you can insure a vehicle without a valid driver’s licence. For […]

The blue flag (Iris versicolor) is the floral emblem of Quebec, as per An Act respecting the flag and emblems of Québec, which came into force on November 5, 1999. An indigenous spring flower, the blue flag grows on over half of Quebec’s territory, from the St. Lawrence Valley to the shores of James Bay. […]

“Gens du pays” has been called the unofficial “national” anthem of Quebec. What is the national anthem for Quebec? Gens du pays‘Gens du pays’. Song written by Gilles Vigneault and Gaston Rochon for the 1975 St-Jean-Baptiste celebrations on Mount Royal, Montreal. Its popularity has made it almost a national anthem in Quebec, where it is […]

The St. Lawrence Iroquoians were an Iroquoian Indigenous people who existed from the 14th century to about 1580. They concentrated along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and in the American states of New York and northernmost Vermont. What Native American tribes lived in Quebec? The First Nations […]

Eligible players across the province can now register for an account, play games and fully experience PlayOLG. With the launch of PlayOLG, Ontario joins British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and all of the Atlantic Provinces in offering online gaming. Can I play OLG from Quebec? OLG.ca is only available to players located in Ontario. Can I […]

“Je me souviens” means that Quebec history began when Champlain came to Canada. Why do license plates in Quebec say Je me souviens? If you moved to Quebec after 1978 you will have noticed that, in Québec, vehicle license plates carry the slogan “Je me souviens”. “Je me souviens” is the motto of the province […]

French traders established settlements at Québec and Montreal along the St. Lawrence River in the early 1600s. French Jesuits also traveled to the colony to bring Catholicism to Native peoples. But New France focused primarily on the fur trade. What was the French settlement of Quebec? Permanent European settlement of the region began only in […]

Proponents believed Confederation would allow a new federal government to make national decisions, while letting individual provinces find local solutions. As a self-governing province, Québec could safeguard French Canadian interests. Confederation would strengthen the wider economy. How did the Confederation affect Quebec? Confederation confirmed French Canadians as a minority but gave them in return — […]

Vive le Québec libre !. “Vive le Québec libre !” (French: [viv lə ke. bɛk libʁ], ‘Long live free Quebec!’) was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada for the Expo 67 world’s fair. When did Charles […]

The Lower Canada Rebellion (French: rébellion du Bas-Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots’ War (Guerre des patriotes) in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec). Who are the Patriots in Quebec? The patriotes movement was a political movement […]