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Quebec City. Quebec City (/ kwɪˈbɛk / ⓘ or / kəˈbɛk /; [11] French: Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec (French pronunciation: [kebɛk]), [12] 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]
The Yukon Time Zone (GMT−09:00) covered Yukon from 1900 until 1966. In 1983, the zone (then covering only a small portion of Alaska) was restructured to cover most of Alaska and renamed the Alaska Time Zone. In 1988, Newfoundland observed "double daylight saving time" from April 3 until October 30, meaning that the time was set ahead by 2 ...
The all-time record of the greatest precipitation in winter was established in winter 2007–2008, with more than five metres [144] of snow in the area of Quebec City. [145] March 1971, however, saw the " Century's Snowstorm " with more than 40 cm (16 in) in Montreal to 80 cm (31 in) in Mont Apica of snow within 24 hours in many regions of ...
As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population of Quebec was 8,501,833, the land area was 1,298,599.75 km 2 (501,392.17 sq mi) and the population density was 6.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.9/sq mi).
The all-time record of the greatest precipitation in winter was established in winter 2007–2008, with more than five metres [27] of snow in the area of Quebec City, while the average amount received per winter is around three metres. [28]
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (French: Corridor Québec-Windsor) is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada. As its name suggests, the 1,150 km (710 mi)-long region extends from Quebec City in the northeast and Windsor, Ontario in the southwest. With more than 18 million people, it contains about half of the ...
UTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT) Postal code prefixes. G. Area code (s) 418, 581. The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City and Lévis. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of ...
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.