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Québécois (pronounced ⓘ); feminine: Québécoise (pronounced ⓘ), Quebecois (fem.: Quebecoise), [4] or Québecois (fem.: Québecoise) [5] is a word used primarily to refer to a French-speaking inhabitant of the Canadian province of Quebec. Sometimes, it is used more generally to refer to any inhabitant of Quebec.
This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Other traditions include: the Temps des sucres (a time in March when people go to sugar shacks), [62] Québécois snowbirds (people who migrate to Florida every winter), [63] and the Noël des campeurs (campgrounds celebrating Christmas in July). [64] Quebecois can also have different ways of celebrating certain holidays.
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.
Québécois (e) or Quebecois(e) may refer to: Related to the Canadian province of Quebec. most often, Québécois people, a native or inhabitant of Quebec; any native or resident of Quebec, see Demographics of Quebec; the French culture of Quebec; Quebec French, the variety of French spoken in Quebec
According to the 2016 census, 49.1% of people living in Quebec say they can conduct a conversation in English (English as mother tongue or as a second language). As for French-English bilingualism, 44.5% of people in Quebec state that they are bilingual, that is to say, able to conduct a conversation in both French and English. [74]
The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is a category of articles about people from Quebec, Canada. People who are not further categorized in one of the sub-categories here are listed at the bottom of ...