Quebec
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Quebec | |
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 Flag | |
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| Capital | Montréal |
| Official languages | French |
| Demonym(s) | Québecois (m.) Québecoise (f.) |
| Legislature | National Assembly of Québec |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,542,056.14 km2 (595,391.20 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 8,751,352 |
| HDI | 0.972 very high |
| Time zone | UTC-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 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.