Quebec
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Quebec is the largest Canadian province (in terms of area) and can
be found on the map east of Ontario. Quebec City is the capital of Quebec. The main language spoken in Quebec is
French.
Quebec joined the Canadian Confederation in 1867.
You can find out a lot of interesting information about the province
at www.gouv.qc.ca
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The Provincial Flag
The Quebec provincial flag was adopted on January 21, 1948. The
flag depicts a white cross and 4 'fleurs-de-lis' on a blue
background. The fleurs-de-lis had been used as the royal seal on
the banners of French kings since the 1100's. |
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The Provincial Flower
The blue flag iris is the flower native to Quebec that most closely
resembles the fleur-de-lis. It replaced the Madonna Lily as
Quebec's provincial flower in 1999. |
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The Provincial Bird
The snowy owl winters throughout all of Quebec and nests in the
northern tundra region during the summer. It was adopted as
Quebec's provincial bird in 1987.
The snowy owl is 'a raptor' or
meat eating bird. Unlike most owls, it hunts during the day as
well as the night, feeding mostly on lemmings.
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There is a strong, 'separatist' movement in Quebec, including a strong
provincial party that usually makes up the majority of the government
members. This movement wishes to be their own country, apart from
Canada. The main issues are language and culture. They are concerned
their French speaking culture is being overshadowed by the majority English
speaking culture of Canada. In 1995, there was a 'referendum' (vote
of all the people) in Quebec about whether the people wished to separate.
The vote to stay a part of Canada won by a very small majority (50.56%).
No one knows what would have happened if the majority had wanted to separate --
the vote simply reflected the wishes of the people and was not legally
binding. However, in a democratic country like Canada, the wishes of the
people have great influence!
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