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 | | Quebec (pronounced "kweh-BECK" or "keh-BECK"; French: le Québec) is a Canadian province with a population of 7,410,504 (Statistics Canada, 2001), primarily speakers of the French language making up the bulk of the Francophone population in North America. |
 | | The Quebec government recognizes 11 First Peoples on its territory: The Mohawks, the Cree, the Inuit, the Algonquian, the Atikamekw, the Micmac, the Hurons-Wendat, the Abenaki, the Montagnais, and the Naskapi. |
 | | Until 1968, the Quebec parliament was bicameral, consisting of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly. |
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