quebec city

     

Quebec City (French: Ville e Québec, or simply Québec) (pronounced /kwɨˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second largest city in the province, after Montreal. Quebec City is about 233 kilometres (145 mi) away from Montreal. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only remaining fortified city walls in the Americas north of Mexico, and were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Quebec". It is also one of the oldest cities in North America (founded in 1608). As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the city has a population of 491,142, and the metropolitan area has a population of 715,515.

Trivia about quebec city

  • You can see Canadian soldiers in British uniforms march to French music in this city's Citadel
  • The most famous hotel of this Canadian city is seen here:(Chateau Frontenac)
  • Hockey's Colorado Avalanche once played for this city, birthplace of their star Patrick Roy
  • In Willa Cather's "Shadows on the Rock", the "Rock" is this French-Canadian city
  • It's been called the "Gibraltar of America" because of the Citadel, a fort overlooking the St. Lawrence River
  • This French-speaking city is 150 miles down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Charles
  • North American city where you can stay at the Chateau Frontenac on the Rue des Carrieres
  • A snowman known as Bonhomme is the symbol of Le Carnaval D'Hiver, the winter carnival in this Canadian city
  • This Canadian city's most famous landmark, The Citadel, overlooks the city from Cape Diamond
  • The 1759 British victory on the Plains of Abraham at this city helped them conquer Canada
  • This provincial capital's 8-year ban on raising the Canadian flag over city hall ended in 1998
  • Now a provincial capital, it was once the capital of New France

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