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General Information
Area: 1,357,812 sq km (524,252 sq miles).
Population: 7,334,000 (official estimate 1998).
Population Density: 4 per sq km.
Capital: Québec City. Population: 700,197 (official estimate 1998).
GEOGRAPHY: The Province of Québec is in the east of Canada, with coasts on the North Atlantic and Hudson and James Bays; the St Lawrence Seaway, the major shipping channel of the Canadian east coast, cuts through the populous south; the cities of Québec and Montréal (Canada’s second-largest) stand beside it. In the north, the Laurentians resort area has snow-covered mountains in winter and scenic lakes. The far north is a spread of forest and lakes forming one of the largest areas of wilderness in Canada.
Language: French is the official language and 82 per cent of the population speak it as a first language; 35 per cent of the population speak English either as a first language or in addition to French.
Time: GMT - 5 (GMT - 4 in summer).
Note: Summer officially lasts from the first Sunday in April to the Saturday before the last Sunday in October.
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