Category: Quebec

Tourtière is a French-Canadian Christmas dish hails from the province of Quebec. It is a double-crusted meat pie often made from a blend of meats – often minced beef, veal and pork. Usually accompanied by a relish. How is Christmas celebrated in Quebec? When people are at Midnight Mass, they hope that ‘Père Noel’ (Santa) […]

poutine. Québec is home to many unique dishes and is most famous for its poutine, tourtières, pâté chinois, pea soup, fèves au lard, cretons and desserts such as grands-pères, pouding chômeur and St. Catherine’s taffy. What is the most popular food in Quebec? PoutinePoutine. Poutine is perhaps Quebec’s signature dish, consisting of French fries topped […]

Best restaurants open christmas day near me in Quebec City, QC Le Lapin Sauté 4.3 (664 reviews) Le Hobbit. 4.1 (428 reviews) La Bûche. 4.2 (585 reviews) Le Billig. 4.4 (552 reviews) Le Saint-Amour. 4.6 (193 reviews) Le Continental. 4.3 (183 reviews) Q-de-Sac Resto-Pub. 4.4 (85 reviews) L’ENTRECOTE SAINT-JEAN. 3.9 (161 reviews) Where to eat […]

When it is snowing it becomes an actual winter wonderland! Christmas food market. Take the Ferry to Levis. Rue de petit Champlain. Place Royale. Ride the Funicular. The German Christmas market. The Chateau Frontenac at Christmas. Terrase Dufferin and the Ice slide. What is there to do in Quebec City at Christmas? Take on the […]

December is not traditionally a time for tourists in Quebec City and as such it’s a great time to go. Prices are lower, there’s lots to do both inside and out and there’s a real magic to the city – especially with so many Christmas lights and beautiful decorations. How can I spend Christmas in […]

Sugar Shacks (“cabanes à sucre” in French) are small cabins in the woods where sap is collected from the nearby maple trees and boiled into maple syrup through a technique originally developed by the Indigenous and passed on to the French colonizers of New-France. What is a sugar shack used for? As the name implies, […]

Pay parking is generally in effect Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Use the COPILOTE mobile app to pay for any Québec City parking spot equipped with a meter or pay station, whether it’s on the street or in a parking lot. Can I […]

Val-des-Sources. The town has voted to change its name to Val-des-Sources. The residents of Asbestos, Quebec, have selected a new name. Going forward, the town will be known as Val-des-Sources — valley of the springs — rather than the name of the carcinogenic mineral mined in the town until 2011. What is the new name […]

The réseau routier québécois (Quebec provincial road network) is managed by the Quebec Ministry of Transportation and consists of about 185,000 kilometres (115,000 mi) of highways and roads. Classes of highways. Class Definition Level 2 local roads Roads giving access to permanently inhabited rural properties. What is considered a highway in Quebec? The Autoroutes are […]

Le MagasinWalmart. In Quebec, Walmart could be known one day as Le MagasinWalmart (The Walmart Store). What is the equivalent of Walmart in Canada? Walmart Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Walmart which is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. It was founded on March 17, 1994, with the purchase of the Woolco Canada chain from the […]