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General Information

Official Name Québec (province of Canada)
Capital Québec City
Area 1,542,056 sq km (595,391 sq mi)
Location Québec is located in Canada.
Geography It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, 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.

Demographics

Population (2016)
8,287,800
Density (2016)
5.37 persons per sq km
(13.92 persons per sq mi)
Urban-Rural (2011)
81% urban
19% rural
Sex Distribution (2015)
49.7% male
50.3 % female
Life Expectancy at Birth (2015)
80.2 years male
84.1 years female
Age Breakdown (2016)
15.6% under 15
38.1% 15 to 44
28.3% 45 to 64
10.3% 65 to 74
7.7% 75 and over
Birth Rate (2015)
10.5 per 1,000
Death Rate (2015)
7.8 per 1,000
Increase Rate (2015)
6.1 per 1,000
Infant Mortality Rate (2015)
4.8 per 1,000 live births