Eastern Canada.

GMT - 5 (GMT - 4 in summer).
Summer officially lasts from the first Sunday in April to the Saturday before the last Sunday in October.

1,357,812 sq km (524,252 sq miles).

7.6 million (2005 estimate).

5.59 per sq km.

Québec City. Population: 710,700 (estimate, 2004).

The Province of Québec is in the east of Canada, with coasts on the North Atlantic and Hudson and James Bays; the St Lawrence Seaway, the major shipping channel of the Canadian east coast, cuts through the populous south; the cities of Québec and Montréal (Canada’s second-largest city) stand beside it. In the north, the Laurentians resort area has snow-covered mountains in winter and scenic lakes. The far north is a spread of forest and lakes forming one of the largest areas of wilderness in Canada.

French is the official language and 82 per cent of the population speak it as a first language; 35 per cent of the population speak English either as a first language or in addition to French.