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The first Governor to arrive in Quebec City directly appointed by the King was Augustin de Saffray de Mésy in 1663. [30] Quebec City became the seat of Sovereign Council which served legislative and legal functions in the colony through its role in the ratification of royal edicts and as final court of appeal. [31]
The official name of Quebec City (used by both the federal and provincial governments) is Québec, with an acute accent, in both official languages of Canada (Canadian English and Canadian French). In English, the acute accent differentiates between the official name of the city named Québec , and the constitutional name of the province named ...
Quebec City [a] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, [ 13 ] and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. [ 14 ] It is the twelfth -largest city and the seventh -largest metropolitan area in Canada.
1647 – The first Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral constructed. 1648 – The first Chateau St. Louis was built under the direction of Charles de Montmagny. 1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people. 1663 – Petit Séminaire of Quebec founded.
Plaque honouring the first settlers of Quebec City. Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Some other towns were founded before, like Tadoussac in 1604 which still exists today, but Quebec was the first to be meant as a permanent settlement and not a simple trading post. Over time, it became a province of Canada and all of New ...
The area is commonly referred to as "the Old City" or "Quebec's Old City" in English. [1] It is sometimes referred to as the Latin Quarter (French: Quartier latin) as well, although this title refers more to area around the Séminaire de Québec, the original site of Laval University.
[84] [85] The settlement's original name, Cataraqui, likely was derived from an Iroquois word meaning "the place where one hides". [86] Kitchener: English Originally named Berlin thanks to the German heritage of many of its citizens, in 1916 the city changed its name to Kitchener in response to anti-German sentiment during the First World War.
The first woman mayor of Quebec City was elected in 2005, 180 years after the creation of the city. Mayor Jean-Paul L'Allier has been the longest-serving mayor in the city's history, serving more than 16 years. The city was administered by a justice of the peace from 1836 to 1840.