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Later still, QC evolved as the second two-letter non-punctuated abbreviation, making Quebec's abbreviation consistent with other provinces insofar as using letters solely from the name of the province, but not the word "province", as PQ did. [citation needed] New York State and New York City use QB to identify Quebec vehicle licence plates. [5]
The letter was translated to French and printed as an 18-page brochure entitled Lettre adressée aux habitans de la Province de Québec, ci-devant le Canada, de la part du Congrès général de l'Amérique Septentrionale, tenu à Philadelphie. [7] The translation is attributed to Pierre Eugene du Simitiere. The final content of the letter is ...
Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] and located in Central Canada.The province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut.
Quebec, a province in the eastern part of Canada, lies between Hudson Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.
The lieutenant governor of Quebec (/ l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ə n t /; French: lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec, pronounced [ljøtnɑ̃t ɡuvɛʁnœʁ dy kebɛk]) [a] is the representative in Quebec of the monarch, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada.
The orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces, in which each province of Canada has devised a system of orders and other awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or province, are in turn subsumed within the Canadian honours system. Each province sets its own rules and criteria for ...
L'Islet (French pronunciation:) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli . Geography