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	Quebec - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Quebec (pronounced [kwəˈbɛk] or [kəˈbɛk]) (French: Québec, pronounced [kebɛk]) is the largest province in Canada geographically, and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,568,640 (Statistics Canada, January 2005).
		Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language (at the provincial level), and it is one of only two provinces – in addition to the federal government – where French is an official language (the other, per the Constitution Act, 1982, is New Brunswick; Manitoba enjoys limited official bilingualism).
		The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
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	Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language (at the provincial level), and it is one of only two provinces â“ in addition to the federal government â“ where French is an official language (the other, per the Constitution Act, 1982, is New Brunswick; Manitoba enjoys limited official bilingualism).
		In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act that helped ensure the survival of the French language and French culture in the region; since it did not hinder Catholicism in Quebec, it was deemed as one of the Intolerable Acts that spurred the American Revolution.
		The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
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	Laval, Quebec Information
		Laval constitutes one of the 17 regions of Quebec.
		Laval is bounded on the south and east by Montreal, on the north by MRC des Moulins and on the west by MRC de Thérèse-De Blainville and MRC de Deux-Montagnes.
		Politically, Laval is a battleground area between the Quebec nationalist parties (The Bloc Québécois federally and the Parti Québécois provincially) and the federalist parties (The Liberal Party of Canada and the Parti libéral du Québec).
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	Quebec - Biocrawler definition:Quebec - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Quebec (pronounced [kwəˈbɛk] or [kəˈbɛk]) (French: Québec, pronounced [kebɛk]) is the largest province in Canada geographically, and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,568,640 (Statistics Canada, January 2005).
		Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language, and it is one of only two Canadian provinces where French is an official language (the other one being New Brunswick).
		Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
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	Laval, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Société de transport de Laval (STL), is a partner with AMT, and connects with STM at both Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro) and Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro) terminal.
		Laval was first settled by Jesuits in 1636 when they were granted a seigneury there.
		Laval became a Regional County Municipality in 1980.
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	Encyclopedia: Laval, QuÃ©bec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Île Jésus is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies.
		Map of Quebec highlighting Laval Laval is a city, a regional county municipality and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the greater Montreal area.
		The region of Lanaudière owes its name to history, for it perpetuates the memory of Marie-Charlotte de Lanaudière, daughter of the lord of Lavaltrie and wife of the businessman Barthélemy Joliette, descendant of the famous explorer Louis Jolliet.
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	Quebec information - Search.com
		Quebec (pronounced [kwəˈbɛk] or [kəˈbɛk]) (French: Québec, pronounced [kebɛk]) is the largest province in Canada (in terms of area) and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,598,100 (Statistics Canada, July 2005).
		Quebec is bordered by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay to the west, the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the north.
		Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain who established the Habitation de Quebec in 1608 as a permanent fur trading outpost, where he quickly forged a trading and military alliance with Algonkian and Huron nations against the Iroquois and the British.
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		Quebec, then called Canada, formed part of the colonial empire of New France until the Seven Years' War, when it was conquered by Great Britain; the 1763 Treaty of Paris formally transferred the colony to British possession.
		Quebec's highest mountain is Mont D'Iberville, which is located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province.
		The northern region of Nunavik is subarctic or arctic and is mostly inhabited by Inuit.
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	Quebec - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Quebec (pronounced [kwəˈbɛk] or [kəˈbɛk]) (French: Québec, pronounced [kebɛk]) is the largest province in Canada and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,598,100 (Statistics Canada, July 2005).
		Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is a minority language (at the provincial level), and it is one of only two provinces – in addition to the federal government – where French is an official language (the other, per the Constitution Act, 1982, is New Brunswick; Manitoba enjoys limited official bilingualism).
		Fearful that the French-speaking population of Quebec would side with the rebels of the 13 other colonies to the south, in 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act that paved the way to official recognition of the French language and French culture.
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	Quebec Information
		The official official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language.
		Quebec is also the sole territory north of the Caribbean Sea - aside from the thinly populated archipelago of St-Pierre and Miquelon - where French is spoken by a majority of the population.
		Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain who established the Habitation de Quebec in 1608 as a permanent fur trading outpost, where he quickly forged a trading and military alliance with Algonquin and Huron nations against the Iroquois and the British.
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	LAVAL, QUEBEC FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Laval (pronounced) is a city, a regional county municipality and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Greater_Montreal_Area.
		Politically, Laval is a battleground area between the Quebec nationalist parties (The ''Bloc_QuÃ©bÃ©cois'' federally and the ''Parti_QuÃ©bÃ©cois'' provincially) and the federalist parties (The Liberal_Party_of_Canada and the ''Parti_libÃ©ral_du_QuÃ©bec'').
		Laval was named after the first owner of Ãle JÃ©sus, FranÃ§ois_de_Montmorency-Laval, the first Roman_Catholic_Bishop_of_Quebec.
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	Quebec - Information at Halfvalue.com
		By area, Quebec is the largest province and the second-largest administrative division in Canada; only the territory of Nunavut is larger.
		The Quiet Revolution was a period of dramatic social and political change that saw the decline of Anglo supremacy in the Quebec economy, the decline of the Roman Catholic Church's influence, the nationalization of hydro-electric companies under Hydro-QuÃ©bec and the emergence of a separatist movement under former Liberal minister RenÃ© LÃ©vesque.
		Often described as a crossroads between Europe and America, Quebec is home to a people that are connected to the strong cultural currents of the United States, France, and the UK all at the same time.
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	Laval, Quebec - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Société de transport de Laval (STL), is a partner with AMT, and connects with STM at both Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro) and Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro) terminii.
		The only exception is Chomedey in the south, which voted overwhelmingly to not separate in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
		The only built up area on the island, Ste-Rose was incorporated as a village in 1850, and remained as the main community for the remainder of the century.
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	Quebec Subdivisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Region 02 has a flag created in 1938 and adopted as regional flag by the municipalities in 1988.
		Region 01 starts at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence river and the numbers 02 to 07 increase westward (up the river) until you reach the Ottawa river (the border with Ontario).
		Counties were formed around the same period, but eventually it became convenient to separate municipal counties from electoral counties (whose boundary may shift between elections to ensure that each county has a comparable number of voters).
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	Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language (at the provincial level), and it is one of only two Canadian provinces where French is an official language (the other, per the Constitution Act of 1982, is New Brunswick.
		In addition, the Quebec Ombudsman [2], Louis Marceau, was instructed to hear complaints of detainees and the Quebec government agreed to pay damages to any person unjustly arrested.
		After sixty percent of the Quebec electorate voted against the proposition, Lévesque went back to Ottawa to start negotiating a new constitution with Trudeau, his minister Jean Chrétien and the nine other provincial premiers.
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	Invest-Québec — newsletter on international investment
		The region is graced with abundant wide open spaces, such as Parc de la Jacques-Cartier and Parc des Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie, that are enjoyed by recreationists and lovers of the outdoors.
		The region maintains the only deep-water port open year round on the St. Lawrence, and is just a few hours' flight or drive from the US border and the New England market.
		The region is also considered one of the five most favorable regions for biotechnology, plastics, telcommunications, clinical testing and chemicals.
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	Discussion Paper. The Reform of the Voting System in Québec
		But not all Quebecers have enough familiarity with the various voting systems to form opinions on the subject and, until now, the catalyst required to legitimize the issue with the population as a whole has been lacking.
		Quebecers are familiar with this voting system and have a good grasp of the phases of an election.
		Next, the number of local (single-member) seats won by a party in a region is subtracted from the number of seats it is entitled to under the allocation calculation to obtain the final number of regional (proportional) seats it receives.
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	CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Candidates and Ridings
		This riding spreads north and west of Quebec City with the St. Lawrence River as its southern boundary.
		Has worked in health and the environment and was one of the pioneers at the Department of the Environment, where he held various positions as an inspector, senior inspector and as head of a team of water and purification technicians.
		Municipal: Elected in 1987 as Councillor of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac.
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	QUEBEC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		(d) the Regional County Municipality of Memphrémagog, excepting: the City of Stanstead; the village municipalities of Ayer's Cliff and North Hatley; the municipalities of Hatley, Odgen and Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley; the township municipalities of Hatley and Stanstead.
		(b) that part of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François comprised of: the cities of Richmond and Windsor; the Village Municipality of Kingsbury; the parish municipalities of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton and Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton; the municipalities of Saint-Claude, Ulverton and Val-Joli; the township municipalities of Cleveland and Melbourne.
		Consisting of the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu, excepting: the Parish Municipality of Saint-Sébastien; the municipalities of Henryville, Noyan, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville and Venise-en-Québec.
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		Worcestershire Worcestershire, county, 674 sq mi (1,746 sq km), W central England.
		diet -> Cultural, Regional, and Practical Factors Until the advent of refrigeration, the most important factor in a person's diet was availability; diets varied according to animal migrations and the growing seasons of fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
		Administratively, the county is divided into North Riding (its administrative center at Nenagh) and South Riding (its administrative center at Clonmel).
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	Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Québec Act that helped ensure the survival of the French language and French culture in the region; since it did not hinder Catholicism in Québec, it was deemed as one of the Intolerable Acts that spurred the American Revolution.
		The Act allowed Québec to maintain the French civil law as its judicial system and sanctioned the freedom of religious choice, allowing the Roman Catholic Church to remain.
		The St. Lawrence River Valley is a fertile agricultural region, producing dairy products, fruit, vegetables, maple syrup (Québec is the world's largest producer), and livestock.
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	Laval, Quebec information - Search.com
		The only exception is Chomedey in the south, which voted overwhelmingly to not separate in the 1995 Quebec referendum and which was in the center of the spoiled ballot controversy as it had 11.7 % of its total ballots spoiled.
		Laval-des-Rapides became Laval's first city in 1912 and was followed by L'Abord-à-Plouffe being granted village states three years later.
		The logo (which is on the flag) does exist at least since the 80's and the flag since the 90's.
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	quebec
		After rebellions in both regions in 1837, the two were reunited by the Act of Union in 1840 and became the Province of Canada.
		Québec is divided into 16 administrative regions, 95 regional county municipalities, and three urban communities (Montréal, Québec City, and Outaouais).
		Rural municipalities are classified as villages, parishes, townships, united townships, not designated, and Indian reserves.
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	Haldimand County, Canada
		Haldimand is a single-tier municipality (but called a county) on the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario, on Lake Erie, and on the Grand River.
		The two counties were separate until 1974, when they were reunited as the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.
		Although they both retain the name "county" for historical reasons, each is governed as a single municipality, with no formal level of government below that of the county, and thus neither is a true county.
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	Technological Intensity of Manufacturing Firms in Québec: A Regional Analysis
		When the quotient is equal to 1, this means that the region is average by Québec standards in terms of technological intensity.
		With regards to the province's administrative regions, more than half of Québec's high technology firms were located in the Montréal and Laval area.
		The total number of firms was 329 in Montréal and 43 in Laval, which in both cases was equivalent to 5.3% of the total number of manufacturing firms in each of these two areas.
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	Daylife / Laval
		Quebec -- Quebec's government said Sunday it would launch a public inquiry to determine why an overpass collapsed north of Montreal, crushing five people to death.
		Laval (palindromic name pronounced læˈvæl) is a city, a regional county municipality and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Greater Montreal Area.
		In 2004, the city had a population of 364,756 Laval constitutes one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec, it's number is 13.
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	Labour Market Bulletin - Laval Region - First Quarter 2006
		The Laval region consists of a single municipality, the city of Laval, and covers the same area as the economic region and regional county municipality (MRC) of the same name.
		According to the data from the 2001 census, the population of Laval was 343,005.
		Between the 1996 and 2001 censuses, population growth was 3.8% in Laval, compared with 1.4% in Quebec as a whole.
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