Quebec State, State, People, History Québec is a state in the northeast Canada, adjacent to the Strait of Bell Island and St. Lawrence Gulf, in the northern Hudson Strait and Ugawa Bay, east of Labrador, part of New Roundland . In New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Ontario south, west there are Ontario, James Bay, Hudson Bay. The name of Quebec is derived from the "small river" in the language of Algonquin and refers to the St. Lawrence River near the state capital, Quebec City.
Quebec is a French-speaking Canadian province and includes important cities in Montreal and Quebec City. Because Quebec is the majority of French speaking countries in English-speaking countries, it has many different cultural features from other parts of Canada. Quebec often seeks self-determination through referendums and political movements. Following a very small victory in the 1998 referendum, the separatists' support for the Quebec group has declined and the party's parliamentary authority has also declined.
In 1977, Quebec hoped to become an independent French-speaking country and began an independent movement from Canada. There are two referendums (1980 and 1995), whether Quebec remains in Canada or is a unique country. Both referenda failed and Quebec was under the rule of the Canadian government. In the north, the Canadian government gave Inuit a full autonomy right in the northwest and the whole of Nunavut, allowing them to maintain their cultural practices.
The Acadians living in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are representative of the unique culture of France. The culture and history of this group evolved separately from the Quebec culture in France and Canada as the maritime area was not part of the area called Canada. French Canadians other than Quebec tend to call themselves "Canadian French." For example, Franco-Ontarians uses state labels much more frequently than the French Colombian. Some people explicitly refuse "French Canadians" as identification labels only by agreeing with the state organization.