Category: Quebec

The First Quebec Conference, codenamed “Quadrant”, was a highly secret military conference held during World War II by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It took place in Quebec City on August 17–24, 1943, at both the Citadelle and the Château Frontenac. What was the purpose of the Quebec Conference? […]

The Québécois accent is known in the Francophone community to be “chantant” (sing-songy) when compared to other French accents. However, there is no standard “Québec accent” because every city and town will have its own distinct differences in pronunciation and phrasing as is the case with any language. Does Quebec French sound different? Quebecois has […]

The province of Quebec is composed of three of Canada’s sevenphysiographic regions. These regions are the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield and the Appalachian region. Geography of Quebec. Published Online March 30, 2021 Last Edited March 30, 2021 Is Quebec regional or national? National regions All provinces and territories Senate divisions Five-region model Ontario […]

World-Famous Filipino Chain Jollibee Will Finally Open Its First Quebec Location. This Filipino fast-food restaurant plans to open numerous Canadian locations by 2023! The world-famous Filipino fast-food restaurant, Jollibee, has announced its plan to come to Quebec and other provinces of Canada! Is there Jollibee in Canada? The first outlet in Toronto opened in Scarborough […]

It banned some civil servants, including teachers, police officers and government prosecutors, from wearing religious symbols at work within the province. The study acknowledged the sample size is “relatively small” — 629 respondents, polled from Oct. What’s behind Quebec’s ban on religious symbols? François Legault, the right-leaning Quebec premier, has said that the law is […]

The bill died on the order paper as of March 5, 2014. During the subsequent election campaign Premier Pauline Marois promised that if elected she would apply the notwithstanding clause to shield the Charter from legal challenges. What is bill 60 about? Bill 60: The Québec Charter of Values The Charter, also known as Bill […]

Cheese curds are a main ingredient in poutine, which originated in the 1950s in rural Quebec, Canada. Where did cheese curds originate? We also talked about the origin of fried cheese curds and no they didn’t originate here in Wisconsin. Matter of fact, fried cheese curds origins begins in Ancient Rome with a dish called […]

For example, Montreal is pronounced by essentially all English-speaking Canadians as MUN-tree-ALL (not mõ-ré-AL as a French speaker would say). As for “Quebec”, some anglophone Canadians say “kay-BECK”, while others say “kwuh-BECK” — these are both widely heard and are fully interchangeable. How do Quebecers say Montreal? The correct Anglo-Canadian pronunciation is “MUNTREAL“. How do […]

The Quebec French pronunciation is “poo-tin”. This sounds a lot like the Russian president’s name, which can help you remember it correctly. Or in other parts of Canada, “put-sin” is acceptable. The dish of French fries and cheese curds topped with gravy is from Quebec Canada, likely in the late 1950s. How do Quebecers say […]

Ville de Québec. Quebec City (/kwɪˈbɛk/ ( listen) or /kəˈbɛk/; French: Ville de Québec), officially Québec ([kebɛk] ( listen)), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. What do locals call Québec? Quebec City, which is confusingly often called simply Quebec by locals, is the province’s second-largest city and the provincial capital. Unlike […]