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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.
By the 1620s, the square hosted the city's first market, inspiring its original name of Market Square (French: Place du Marché). [4] [5] The settlement would develop rapidly during the 17th century, forming what is now called the Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville) of Quebec City.
Sainte-Foy (English: / s eɪ n t ˈ f w ɑː /; French: [sɛ̃t fwa]) is a former city in central Quebec, Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City at the start of 2002. [3]
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It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km 2 . It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the Canada 2021 Census , [ 1 ] with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.
Located in the eastern part of Canada, and (from a historical and political perspective) part of Central Canada, Quebec occupies a territory nearly three times the size of France or Texas. It is much closer to the size of Alaska. As is the case with Alaska, most of the land in Quebec is very sparsely populated. [1]
The Quebec City authorities moved into the neighbourhood, building sewers and pavements, along with paving and lighting streets. [3] The neighbourhood as seen from the Upper Town, in 1899. The transformation was quick. Charles Baillargé, the city's engineer, described it as "the most magical transformation any city has ever witnessed". In less ...
The Quebec City Area had a population of 715,515 in the 2006 Canadian census. The Quebec-Levis area had a population of 1,109,184 in 2006. In 2011, the Quebec City area, consisting of the Capitale Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches census divisions, had a population of 1,111,245