Quebec City

Quebec City
City and provincial capital
Ville de Québec (French)
Skyline of Quebec City Château Frontenac Old Quebec Terrasse Dufferin Quebec Parliament Building Place Royale Pierre Laporte Bridge
Flag Coat of arms Logo
Nicknames:  La Vieille Capitale
Motto:  Don de Dieu feray valoir ("I shall put God's gift to good use"; the Don de Dieu was Champlain's ship)
Interactive map of Quebec City
Quebec City Location in Quebec Quebec City Location in Canada Quebec City Quebec City (North America)
Coordinates: 46°48′50″N 71°12′29″W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Metropolitan community	Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
Agglomeration	Agglomeration of Quebec City
Historic countries	Kingdom of France Kingdom of Great Britain
First settled	11 October 1535, by Jacques Cartier
Founded	3 July 1608, by Samuel de Champlain
Constituted	1 January 2002
Incorporated	1832
Boroughs	List Beauport Charlesbourg La Cité-Limoilou La Haute-Saint-Charles Les Rivières Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
Government
• Type	Quebec City Council
• Mayor	Bruno Marchand
• MPs	List Gérard Deltell (C) Jean-Yves Duclos (L) Joël Godin (C) Gabriel Hardy (C) Steeve Lavoie (L) Joël Lightbound (L) Pierre Paul-Hus (C)
• MNAs	List Jonatan Julien (C) Kariane Bourassa (C) Éric Caire (C) Sol Zanetti (QS) Geneviève Guilbault (C) Mario Asselin (C) Étienne Grandmont (QS) Pascal Paradis (Q) Sylvain Lévesque (C)
Area
• City and provincial capital	452.30 km2 (174.63 sq mi)
• Land	453.38 km2 (175.05 sq mi)
• Urban	442.85 km2 (170.99 sq mi)
• Metro	3,499.46 km2 (1,351.15 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population  (2021)
• City and provincial capital	549,459 (12th)
• Density	1,214.8/km2 (3,146/sq mi)
• Urban	733,156 (8th)
• Urban density	1,655.5/km2 (4,288/sq mi)
• Metro	839,311 (7th)
• Metro density	239.8/km2 (621/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	4.1%
Demonym	Québécois or Québécois de Québec (to distinguish residents of the city from those of the province)
GDP (Nominal, 2021)
• Metro	CA$52.56 billion (US$42.04 billion)
• Per capita	CA$62,212 (US$49,769.6)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal codes	G1A to G3K
Area codes	418 581 367
Website	www.ville.quebec.qc.ca
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic District of Old Quebec
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv, vi
Designated	1985 (9th session)
Reference no.	300
Region	Europe and North America

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Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area (including surrounding communities) had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters.

Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico. This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".