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Quebec City

Québec
City
Ville de Québec (French)
From top, left to right: Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River, the Ramparts of Quebec City, waterfront in Old Quebec, skyscrapers in Vieux-Québec, Parliament Building, Château Frontenac, Pierre Laporte Bridge
From top, left to right: Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River, the Ramparts of Quebec City, waterfront in Old Quebec, skyscrapers in Vieux-Québec, Parliament Building, Château Frontenac, Pierre Laporte Bridge
Flag of Québec
Flag
Coat of arms of Québec
Coat of arms
Official logo of Québec
Logo
Nicknames: 
La Vieille Capitale[1]
Motto(s): 
Don de Dieu feray valoir
("I shall put God's gift to good use"; the Don de Dieu was Champlain's ship)
Quebec City map
Quebec City map
Québec is located in Quebec
Québec
Québec
Location in Quebec
Québec is located in Canada
Québec
Québec
Location in Canada
Coordinates: 46°48′50″N 71°12′29″W / 46.81389°N 71.20806°W / 46.81389; -71.20806[2][3]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Metropolitan communityCommunauté métropolitaine de Québec
AgglomerationAgglomeration of Quebec City
Historic countriesKingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
First settled11 October 1535,
by Jacques Cartier
Founded3 July 1608,
by Samuel de Champlain
Constituted1 January 2002
Incorporated1832[4]
Boroughs
List
Government
[5]
 • TypeQuebec City Council
 • MayorBruno Marchand
 • MPs
List of MPs
 • MNAs
List
Area
[5][6][7]
 • City485.77 km2 (187.56 sq mi)
 • Land453.38 km2 (175.05 sq mi)
 • Urban
427.66 km2 (165.12 sq mi)
 • Metro
[9]
3,408.70 km2 (1,316.11 sq mi)
Elevation
[10]
98 m (322 ft)
Population
 (2021)[6]
 • City549,459 (11th)
 • Density1,210/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
839,311[8]
 • Urban density1,648.7/km2 (4,270/sq mi)
 • Metro
[7]
839,311 (7th)
 • Metro density234.8/km2 (608/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011–2016
Increase 3.0%
DemonymQuébécois or Québécois de Québec (to distinguish residents of the city from those of the province)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal codes
G1A to G2N
Area codes
  • 418
  • 581
  • 367
GDP (Québec CMA)CA$42.8 billion (2016)[11]
GDP per capita (Québec CMA)CA$53,477 (2016)
Websiteville.quebec.qc.ca/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
Official nameHistoric District of Old Quebec
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv, vi
Designated1985 (9th session)
Reference no.300
RegionEurope and North America

Quebec City (/kwɪˈbɛk/ ⓘ or /kəˈbɛk/;[12] French: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (French pronunciation: [kebɛk]),[13] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459,[14] and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311.[15] It is the eleventh-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters.

Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico. This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".[16][17]

  1. ^ Marceau, Stéphane G.; Rémillard, François (2002). Ville de Québec (in French) (4th ed.). Montreal: Guides de voyage Ulysse. p. 14. ISBN 2-89464-510-4.
  2. ^ "Quebec City". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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  4. ^ "Incorporation de Québec". 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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  6. ^ a b Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (8 February 2017). "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (8 February 2017). "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 2021). "Census Profile, 2021 Census – Québec [Population centre]".
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  10. ^ Vallières, Marc. "Québec City". Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Quebec". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  13. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names – Québec". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Québec, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Québec, Territoire équivalent [Census division], Quebec". Census 2016. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  15. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (8 February 2017). "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Historic District of Old Québec Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine". World Heritage; UNESCO. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  17. ^ "Old Quebec City, Seven Wonders of Canada". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.