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The fleur-de-lis, one of Quebec's most common symbols, is an ancient symbol of the French monarchy and was first shown in Quebec on the shores of Gaspésie in 1534 when Jacques Cartier arrived in Quebec for the first time. Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of Canadiens, is honoured every 24 June during Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.
According to the statistics agency of Quebec, in 2001 the average income of Sillery households was CA$113,091, and 58% of them earned more than CA$80,000 per year (in both case the highest figure in the Capitale-Nationale region.) [21] In 2012, the personal average income was CA$55,645, still the highest in the Quebec City region.
The Rue Saint Jean is the principal street in the district from (Avenue de Salaberry to Autoroute 175) with many independent cafes, bars and specialist grocery stores. Along with Old Quebec, and Saint-Roch it forms the oldest part of the city. When the old city wall existed, the area was just west of the Port Saint Louis.
"LA BELLE PROVINCE" at bottom 123-456 2-001 to 999-999 First use of the "La Belle Province" slogan. 12-345A 10-001A to approximately 92-000A 1964 Embossed dark green serial on yellow plate with border line; "QUÉBEC" centred above serial; fleur-de-lys and "64" at left, separated from serial by dividing line "LA BELLE PROVINCE" below serial 123-456
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.
A regional county municipality (French: Municipalité régionale de comté) in Quebec is a membership of numerous local municipalities, which in some cases can include unorganized territories, that was formed to administer certain services at the regional level such as waste management, public transit, land use planning and development, property assessment, etc. [14] Its council comprises the ...
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]
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] with an area of 1.5 million square kilometres (0.58 million square miles) and more than 12,000 km (7,500 mi) of borders, [13] [14] in North America, Quebec is located in Central Canada.