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Revision as of 18:01, 17 January 2023

Quebec
Flag of
Flag
Quebec (North America orthographic projection).svg
CapitalMontréal
Official languagesFrench
Demonym(s)Québecois (m.)
Québecoise (f.)
LegislatureNational Assembly of Québec
Area
• Total
1,542,056.14 km2 (595,391.20 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate
8,751,352
HDI0.972
very high
Time zoneUTC-5
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4

Quebec officially Quebec Federal Democratique et Libre is a sovereign country located in North America who gained independence from Canada on October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30) following a landslide victory of independentism in the referendum convoked then. It is the largest French-speaking country in America as well as one of the largest in the world. Since the independence, Quebec reached a superb economic and social development, dodgering a crisis in the first lustrum of 1990s.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Montréal, Québec (1990-2050)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)
21.8
(71.2)
25.9
(78.6)
28.3
(82.9)
31.1
(88.0)
34.6
(94.3)
36.9
(98.4)
36.9
(98.4)
32.7
(90.9)
28.9
(84.0)
22.2
(72.0)
18.7
(65.7)
28.0
(82.4)
Average low °C (°F) 12.9
(55.2)
14.6
(58.3)
18.6
(65.5)
19.2
(66.6)
19.9
(67.8)
21.2
(70.2)
22.5
(72.5)
20.1
(68.2)
18.2
(64.8)
17.7
(63.9)
16.4
(61.5)
15.2
(59.4)
18.0
(64.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 89.8
(3.54)
99.9
(3.93)
99.8
(3.93)
88.8
(3.50)
73.7
(2.90)
64.5
(2.54)
71.2
(2.80)
83.4
(3.28)
95.9
(3.78)
83.9
(3.30)
80.6
(3.17)
71.4
(2.81)
1,002.9
(39.48)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average precipitation days 7 11 10 9 5 4 5 7 9 9 7 7 90
Average relative humidity (%) 91 88 86 86 85 87 89 88 88 84 87 89 87