Côte-Nord was once part of Labrador and was created as an administrative region in 1966. The region's economy is based on mining (mostly iron), lumbering, aluminium production, and tourism. Important landmarks of Côte-Nord include Anticosti Island and the Mingan Archipelago. ...

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Côte-Nord, Côte-Nord - Population, Côte-Nord - Geography and Economy, Côte-Nord - Subentities, Côte-Nord - Regional County Municipalities, Côte-Nord - Indian reserves

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The Maritime Provinces, or simply the Maritimes, constitute a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes are located northeast of New England, southeast of Quebec's Gaspé peninsula, and southwest of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador is sometimes mistakenly identified as a Maritime Province, however it can only be properly called part of Atlantic Canada and thus an Atlantic Province. Although it is located on the Atlantic coast, the Gulf ...

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• Maritimes - Society and culture
• Maritimes - Economy
• Maritimes - Present status
• Maritimes - Growth
• Maritimes - Decline
• Maritimes - Politics
• Maritimes - History
• Maritimes - Pre-history
• Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604
• Maritimes - 1604 - 1713
• Maritimes - 1713 - 1745
• Maritimes - 1745 - 1763
• Maritimes - 1763 - 1784
• Maritimes - 1784 - 1814
• Maritimes - 1814 - 1865
• Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Baie-Comeau is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River and of the Manicouagan River, which is home to several hydroelectric dams. The most important Manicouagan hydroelectric dam is Manic 5 located about 215 kilometers north of Baie-Comeau. Those dams are owned by Hydro-Québec and they create the Manicouagan Reservoir. The town was named after Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, a local naturalist and was founded in 1936 by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune. The region is a major c ...

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Baie-Comeau Quebec, Baie-Comeau Quebec - Introduction, Baie-Comeau Quebec - Location, Baie-Comeau Quebec - City Council, Baie-Comeau Quebec - Education, Baie-Comeau Quebec - Sports

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The principal village and administrative center in Nunavik is Kuujjuaq, on the southern shore of Ungava Bay; other villages include Inukjuaq (where the film Nanook of the North was shot), Salluit, Povungnituk and Kangiqsualujjuaq. Nunavik is separated from Nunavut Territory by Hudson's Bay to the west and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the north. Nunavik, along with the James Bay region (or Jamésie), is part of the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec. Finally, Nunavik shares a border with the Côte-Nord region of Québec and the Labrador region of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Ungava Peninsula forms t ...

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Nunavik, Nunavik - Geography, Nunavik - Government

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Many of Quebec's political institutions are among the oldest in North America. The first part of this article presents the main political institutions of Quebec society. The last part presents an overview of Quebec's current politics and issues. Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec. The Parliament of Quebec holds the legislative power. It consists of the National Assembly of Quebec and the lieutenant governor of Quebec. M ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism, Politics of Quebec - Status-quo federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Maritimes - Present status. Unlike the rest of Canada, the Maritime region's population of 1.8 million is geographically distributed throughout the three provinces. Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, Sydney-Glace Bay, Fredericton, and Charlottetown are the largest population centres in the region, with the Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, and Sydney conurbations all having populations exceeding 100,000. Given the relatively small population of the region (compared with the Central Canadian provinces, or the New En ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Many of Quebec's political institutions are among the oldest in North America. The first part of this article presents the main political institutions of Quebec society. The last part presents an overview of Quebec's current politics and issues. Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec. The Parliament of Quebec holds the legislative power. It consists of the National Assembly of Quebec and the lieutenant governor of Quebec. M ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Maritimes - Present status. Unlike the rest of Canada, the Maritime region's population of 1.8 million is geographically distributed throughout the three provinces. Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, Sydney-Glace Bay, Fredericton, and Charlottetown are the largest population centres in the region, with the Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, and Sydney conurbations all having populations exceeding 100,000. Given the relatively small population of the region (compared with the Central Canadian provinces, or the New En ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, between the Sainte-Marguerite and Moisie rivers, Sept-Îles lies on the shore of a deep-water bay fronted by a seven-island archipelago. The bay constitutes a 45 km² natural harbour. The seven islands are named: La Grosse Boule ("the big ball") La Petite Boule ("the small ball") La Grande Basque ("the large Basque", named after the visiting Basque fishermen) La Petite Basque ("the small Basque") Î ...

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Sept-Îles Quebec, Sept-Îles Quebec - Geography, Sept-Îles Quebec - History and economy

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The population of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region represents 6,8 % of Quebec population, concentrated in three large clusters: Ville de Saguenay (born of the merging of the cities of La Baie, Chicoutimi, Jonquière and a few smaller aglomerations) (pop. 148,179), Alma (pop. 30,126) and Roberval (pop. 10,906) - Saint-Félicien - Dolbeau-Mistassini (pop. 36,407). The largest settlement (Ville de Saguenay) is located ...

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Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean - Population

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201: New Jersey (Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Hackensack, and northeast New Jersey, overlays with 551) 202: District of Columbia (all) 203: Connecticut (Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury and southwestern Connecticut, overlays with 475) 204: Manitoba (all) 205: Alabama (Originally the code for the entire state, it still covers the largest city, Birmingha ...

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List of North American area codes, List of North American area codes - 200, List of North American area codes - 300, List of North American area codes - 400, List of North American area codes - 500, List of North American area codes - 600, List of North American area codes - 700, List of North American area codes - 800, List of North American area codes - 900

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List of Quebec regions - Population. Montréal 1,876,932 Montérégie 1,352,166 Capitale-Nationale 663,070 Laurentides 499,882 Lanaudière 413,611 Chaudière-Appalaches 393,415 Laval 364,756 Outaouais 338,491 Estrie 297,917 Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 277,007 Mauricie 259,424 Centre-du-Québec 224,991 Bas-Saint-Laurent 202,095 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 145,321 Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 96,929 Côte ...

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List of Quebec regions, List of Quebec regions - Administrative, List of Quebec regions - Rankings, List of Quebec regions - Population, List of Quebec regions - Area sq. km excluding lakes and rivers, List of Quebec regions - Traditional

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Politics of Quebec - Major political parties. The Parti libéral du Québec The Parti Québécois The Action démocratique du Québec Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties. The Union des forces progressistes The Bloc pot The Parti égalité/Equality Party The Parti marxiste-léninis ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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The National Question is the debate regarding the future of Quebec and the status of its State. Politics of Quebec - Federalism. Main article: Quebec federalism The federalist nationalists are nationalists who believe it best for the people of Quebec to reform the Canadian confederation in order to accommodate the wish of Quebecers to continue to exist as a society distinct by its culture, its history, its language, and so on. They recognize the existence of the Quebec po ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Quebec is a participating government in the international organization the Francophonie, which can be seen as a sort of Commonwealth of Nations for French-speaking countries. Since the 1960s, Quebec has an international network of delegations which represent the Government of Quebec abroad. It is currently represented in 28 foreign locations and include 6 General delegations (government houses), 4 delegations (government office ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Politics of Quebec - Recent political history. When Quebec became one of the four founding provinces of Confederation, guarantees for the maintenance of its language, culture, and religion were specifically written into the Constitution. English and French were made the official languages in Quebec and school systems which provided for public funding of religious schools were established. Unfortunately for French-speaking Canadians, the same was not true for the other provinces. Under the Constitution the provinc ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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British-type parliamentarism based on the Westminster system, was introduced in the Province of Lower Canada in 1791. The following diagram represents the way the political system of Quebec works since the 1968 reform. Prior to this reform, the Parliament of Quebec was bicameral. Politics of Quebec - Positions. Lieutenant Governor asks the leader of the majority party to form a goverment in which he will serve as Premier enacts the laws adopted by the Nationa ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism, Politics of Quebec - Status-quo federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism. The federalist nationalists are nationalists who believe it best for the people of Quebec to reform the Canadian confederation in order to accommodate the wish of Quebecers to continue to exist as a society distinct by its culture, its history, its language, and so on. They recognize the existence of the Quebec political (or civic) nation; however, they do not think Quebecers truly wish to be independent from the rest of Canada. Before the arrival of the Parti Québ ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism, Politics of Quebec - Status-quo federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Politics of Quebec - Recent political history. When Quebec became one of the four founding provinces of Confederation, guarantees for the maintenance of its language, culture, and religion were specifically written into the Constitution. English and French were made the official languages in Quebec and school systems which provided for public funding of religious schools were established. Unfortunately for French-speaking Canadians, the same was not true for the other provinces. Under the Constitution the provinc ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism, Politics of Quebec - Status-quo federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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Quebec is a participating government in the international organization the Francophonie, which can be seen as a sort of Commonwealth of Nations for French-speaking countries. Since the 1960s, Quebec has an international network of delegations which represent the Government of Quebec abroad. It is currently represented in 28 foreign locations and include 6 General delegations (government houses), 4 delegations (government office ...

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Politics of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Political system, Politics of Quebec - Positions, Politics of Quebec - Institutions, Politics of Quebec - The Parliament of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Government of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Chief electoral officer of Quebec, Politics of Quebec - Judicial bodies, Politics of Quebec - Municipal and regional institutions, Politics of Quebec - School boards, Politics of Quebec - Political parties, Politics of Quebec - Major political parties, Politics of Quebec - Other recognized parties, Politics of Quebec - Historical parties, Politics of Quebec - International organizations, Politics of Quebec - Politics of Quebec today, Politics of Quebec - Recent political history, Politics of Quebec - The National Question, Politics of Quebec - Federalism, Politics of Quebec - Federalist nationalism, Politics of Quebec - Status-quo federalism, Politics of Quebec - Sovereigntism

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