Quebec is one of Canada’s largest and most populated territories and plays a very significant role in french history. Quebec makes up the territory that was founded by early french settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quebec was also referred to as New France. Quebec's official language is French, its government is a constitutional monarchy. Quebec is located in eastern Canada and borders just north of the United States of America. Quebec's total area is 595,391 square miles. It makes up 15.4% of all of Canada. Its geography ranges from smooth prairies to rugged frozen mountains, to massive rivers and lakes. It has a massive amount of frozen and unfrozen water reserves that cover about 12 % of its total surface. Along with the water reserves it contains 3% of the world's fresh water. Quebec also has over a half of a million lakes and has over 4,500 rivers. One of these rivers known as the Saint Lawrence River has some of the world's largest inland atlantic ports. Quebec also has some of the world’s largest bays. Such as James Bay, the Hudson Bay, and the Ungava bay.
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Which was when French became the official language of Quebec. In 2003 The National Assembly of Quebec voted that the people of Quebec from a nation and in 2006 the House of Commons passed a vote that confirmed Quebec to be nation inside of a united Canada. In the history of Quebec the population did not start to have a huge growth in population until the year of 1861. The population had grown from 892,061 in 1851 to 1,111,566 in 1861. The population of quebec according to the 2011 census is 7,903,001. This indicates that the population has never stopped growing. Canada also has 2,151,655 people that speak french, which in 29% of Canada's total population. Quebec however has 6,102,210 people that speak french as their main language which is 78% of Quebec's total
Which was when French became the official language of Quebec. In 2003 The National Assembly of Quebec voted that the people of Quebec from a nation and in 2006 the House of Commons passed a vote that confirmed Quebec to be nation inside of a united Canada. In the history of Quebec the population did not start to have a huge growth in population until the year of 1861. The population had grown from 892,061 in 1851 to 1,111,566 in 1861. The population of quebec according to the 2011 census is 7,903,001. This indicates that the population has never stopped growing. Canada also has 2,151,655 people that speak french, which in 29% of Canada's total population. Quebec however has 6,102,210 people that speak french as their main language which is 78% of Quebec's total