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The colony of Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France. It was claimed by France in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier, in the name of the French king, Francis I. The colony remained a French territory until 1763, when it became a British colony known as the Province of Quebec. [ 5][ 6][ 7][ 8]
www .toronto .ca. Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [ 10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America.
This list displays all 24 French companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023. [ 1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Quebec City ( / kwɪˈbɛk / ⓘ or / kəˈbɛk /; [ 11] French: Ville de Québec ), officially known as Québec ( French pronunciation: [kebɛk] ), [ 12] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, [ 13] and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. [ 14]
Quebec was first called Canada between 1534 and 1763. It was the most developed colony of New France as well as New France's centre, responsible for a variety of dependencies (ex. Acadia, Plaisance, Louisiana, and the Pays d'en Haut ). Common themes in Quebec's early history as Canada include the fur trade — because it was the main industry ...
Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
The Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543, showing Cartier's discoveries. Newfoundland is near the upper right; Florida and the Bahamas are at lower left. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning 'village' or 'settlement'. [1]
Typical scene of people moving in the Quebec City borough of Limoilou, on July 1, 2007.. Moving Day (French: jour du déménagement) is a tradition, but not a legal requirement, in the province of Quebec, Canada, dating from the time when the province used to mandate fixed terms for leases of rental properties.