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Quebec (pronounced "kwuh-BECK" or "kuh-BECK", IPA: /kwəˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/) (French: Québec, pronounced "keh-beck", IPA: /kebɛk/) is the largest province in Canada geographically, and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,560,592 (Statistics Canada, October 2004). Quebec's primary and only official language is French, making up the bulk of the Francophone population in North America. Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language, and it is one of only two Canadian provinces where French is an official language (the other one being New Brunswick). The capital is Quebec City and the largest city is Montreal. A resident of Quebec is called a Quebecer (also spelled Quebecker), or in French, un(e) Québécois(e).

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The Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille) was a period of rapid change in Quebec, in the 1960s. It was characterized by: the rapid and effective secularisation of society, the creation of an État-Providence (welfare state), a transformation of the national identity among French-speaking Quebecers (from Canadien français to Québécois). The changes were the result of many important transformations within Quebec society. Among those often cited are: massive investments in the public education system, creation of a Ministry of Education, unionisation of the civil service, government measures meant to increase Quebecers' control over the Quebec State's economy, nationalization of electricity production and distribution.

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The 2005 Quebec student strike, occurred between February 24, 2005 and April 2005. Part of the important popular opposition to the Charest government, it was lead by students of CEGEPs and universities of Quebec, on strike to protest budget cuts of 103 millions in the Grants and Loans program.

The symbol of support for the student strike in question was a small square of red cloth. On March 30, a group of students hoisted the students' symbol on the Mount Royal cross. 24 hours passed before the authorities removed it.

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September 2006: A controversy about the Globe and Mail article "Get under the desk" from Jan Wong rages, prompting public outcry in Quebec and political condemnation. In it, she claims that the murders of the École polytechnique and Concordia University massacres, as well as the Dawson College shooting (having occurred only three day before), were somehow related to the killers not being old-stock Quebecers and therefor alienated in a Quebec society concerned with "racial purity".

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Wikiprojects

• WikiProject Canada
  • WikiProject Quebec
  • Quebec Wikipedians' notice board
  • Quebec Collaboration of the Week

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Categories

Quebec - Culture of Quebec - Geography of Quebec - Quebec history - People from Quebec - Politics of Quebec - Quebec law - Regions of Quebec - Cities in Quebec - Montreal - Quebec City - Quebec stubs - People from Quebec stubs

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• ...that past legendary Premier of Quebec Honoré Mercier was awarded in the year 1888 the French Legion of Honor?
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