Quebec (Canadian Republic)

Quebec (pronounced i/kwᵻˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/; French: Québec [kebɛk]  ( listen) ) is the second-most populous province of Canada and the only one to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language.

Quebec is Canada's second largest province by area; only Arctica is larger. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, district of Ottawa-Hull, James Bay, and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.

Quebec is Canada's second-most populous province, after Ontario. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Eastern Townships and Gaspé regions. The Nord-du-Québec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples. The climate around the major cities is four-season continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers, but further north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions. Even in central Quebec at comparatively southerly latitudes winters are severe in inland areas.

Political parties
Quebec's mainstream political scene isn't dominated by the three parties that dominate other provinces. The main parties of the province are the right-wing and nominally separatist Parti National du Québec, the centre-left Coalition Fédéral, which was originally formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties to maintain Canadian unity, and the Nouvelle Droite, which was a party formed by more moderate conservatives, who mostly take issue with the PNQ's overt Catholicism.