Author: Muriel Schmidt

Why do Canadian contests exclude Quebec? Mainly because all of the rules, regulations, announcements, promotion, and results need to be fully translated into French, AND submitted to and passed by the Régie des Lotteries du Québec, a heavily beauraucratic governmental watchdog body. Why do so many things exclude Quebec? The reason why so many sweepstakes […]

the snowy owl. Quebec decided to select the snowy owl as a symbol of the province’s support for wildlife protection. What is Quebec’s national bird? Snowy OwlSnowy Owl. The National Assembly adopted the snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) as Quebec’s official bird in 1987. What are the 2 national animals of Canada? The beaver and the […]

Every accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law. Are we innocent until proven guilty in Canada? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 11(d) guarantees Canadians the right to be presumed innocent. Specifically, anyone detained or charged with an offence has the right “to be presumed innocent until proven guilty […]

The economy of Quebec represents 20.36% of the total GDP of Canada. Like most industrialized countries, the economy of Quebec is based mainly on the services sector. Economy of Quebec. Statistics GDP CAD$ 365.6 billion (2018) GDP per capita CAD$ 52,384 (2018) Population below poverty line 6.2% Unemployment 4.7 % (2018) What is the economy […]

In other places, like Quebec, common-law relationships offer far fewer protections. There is no division of family assets, and the former spouses have no obligations toward each other. Each party leaves with their own property. How are assets divided in a divorce in Quebec? When a couple gets divorced, the value of the family property […]

In 2021, 4.8 million Quebecers (54 per cent of the population) declared themselves Catholic, compared with 5.8 million (75 per cent) in 2011. There are now 421,710 Muslims in the province, up from 243,430 a decade ago, a 73-per-cent jump. Which province in Canada has most Muslims? OntarioThe majority of Canadian Muslims live in the […]

The end of the MCSC The MCSC and the other confessional school boards were abolished on July 1, 1998 by the Marois reform which secularized the public schools in Montreal and created linguistic school boards. How did Quebec get rid of Catholic schools? Quebec and Newfoundland certainly thought so. Both passed constitutional resolutions to end […]

Only 10 per cent of Quebec respondents said they often go to religious services, compared to the Canadian average of 19 per cent. What percentage of French go to church? Chronological statistics Religious group Population % 1986 Population % 2016 Christianity 82% 51.1% –Catholicism 81% – –Protestantism 1% – –Other and unaffiliated Christians – – […]

Since 1974, French has been the only official language in the province, although some government services remain accessible in English. Quebec has the distinction of being bilingual on constitutional and federal levels, while officially allowing only French in its provincial institutions. Is French compulsory in Quebec schools? French-language instruction will be mandatory, even at English […]