Quebec Flashcards
What is Quebec home to?
Largest francophone population outside of France
What do they refer any resident of Quebec regardless of mother tongue as?
Quebecois (in French)
Quebecers (English)
How much of pop of QC has French as mother tongue?
78%
Anglophone and allophone tend to be concentrated where?
Montreal and Gatineau
What is the provincial law of quebec to businesses
Req businesses to use French, preserve French as primary language in region
How is teh population growth in Quebec
pop growth is slower than national avg
birth rate is high in Northern QC, butt immigration rate is low in most areas outside of Montreal
What is the best agricultural land of QC used for?
primarily for dairy farming found along St. Lawrence River btwn Montreal + QC city
Why is St. Lawrence River important?
essential part of water- based transportation in NA connecting Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean
What are the environmental issues in QC?
-mining wastes in Canadian Shield mines
- part of St. Lawrence River contain high levels of toxic chemicals, lead + mercury from older industrial processes
-Zebra mussle
What is the invasive species that negatively impacted the aquatic ecosystem?
Zebra mussel
Where did Zebra mussel originate
Small mollusk introduced to St. Lawrence River by ships that originated in EU.
They block hundreds of pipelines + water intakes resulting in high costs to infrastructure maintenance
How are they improving the environment?
All energy in QC generated from renewable hydroelectric sources
- motorist in QC heavily taxed on gasoline
What is the gasoline tax used to fund part of?
Fund maintenance of extensive hydroelectric nrg sys
What was Quebec originally known as?
New France
Who sailed into Chaleur Bay and claimed land for France?
1534: Cartier
Who founded a fur trading post and became known as “The Father of New France”?
1608: Champlain
Who established Ville-Marie
1642: Maisonneuve
ville-marie later renamed Montreal
What happened on the Plains of Abraham?
British defeat French army, British then ruled QC for over 100 years until confederation