When did Quebec become a Country ?

Question

Yahoo shows it as a country with its flag showing at bottom of page.

Answer 1

Quebec didn't become a Country. Quebec is one of the 10 Provinces of Canada. The official language is French (quebecua) and English (English as a second language) hope that helps :)

Answer 2

Wuebec did not and is not a country. There is a separatist movement there because it was originally part of the Louisiana territory. After the Louisiana purchase it remained part of the British Canada. It is now one of the Canadian provinces.

Should it break away and become independant, likely it will fail. It will split Canada in half resulting int he possibility that the USA will gain several more states from the Western provinces. The separatist movement is promoted by a small group of fanatics. Most of them know it is financially unfeasable for Quebec to become independant.

Answer 3

Correction: Quebec is not a country but a province in the country called Canada!

Answer 4

Quebec (pronounced /kwɨˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/), in French, Québec (pronounced [kebɛk][1]) is a province in Canada, and the only one whose people have been declared a nation within Canada.[5]

Quebec is bordered to the west by 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 Labrador, to the south-east by New-Brunswick and Maine, and to the south by the states of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. It also shares maritime borders with the Territory of Nunavut and the provinces of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is the second most populated province, and most of its inhabitants live along or close to the banks of the Saint Lawrence River. The central and north portion of the province is sparsely populated and inhabited by the aboriginal peoples of Canada. Quebec operates North America's largest and most extensive civil service.

The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly francophone, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level. Quebec has a strong and active nationalist movement, and has had controversial referendums on independence in 1980 and 1995. While the province's substantial natural resources have long been the mainstay of its economy, Quebec has adapted itself to function effectively in sectors of the knowledge economy such as: information and communication technologies, aerospace, biotechnology, and health industries

Answer 5

It didn't, and it isn't. It is a province in Canada. Frequently you will hear people refer to the "Nation" of Quebec but this is not taken to mean they are a sovereign state on their own, just that they have a nationalist identity and view of themselves... It's complicated, lol.

Quebec is not part of France, and is not going to be an independent nation in 2009.

Answer 6

Quebec may become independent country by 2009 but then too many questions will have to find answers.

The Quebec sovereignty movement (French: Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) or some degree of greater political autonomy for the Canadian province of Quebec. The term separatist is used interchangeably with sovereigntist (alternate spelling sovereignist) outside of Quebec[citation needed]. (NOTE: This article is intended to describe aspects of the sovereignty movement in general as opposed to any specific political platform of the parties involved.)
In layman’s terms, separatism, independence and sovereignty all refer to the same goal of having the province of Quebec leaving Canada to become a country on its own, with future possibilities of various collaborations with Canada. However, sovereignty is the term most commonly employed.
While the most apparent reason for separatism is Québec having a Francophone or predominantly French-speaking (French-Canadian or Québecois) majority, as compared to the rest of Canada which consists of all but two English-dominant provinces (New Brunswick often is considered as essentially having a bilingual population), the origins and evolution of the movement are actually fairly complex. Some scholars may point to historical events as framing the cause for ongoing support for sovereignty in Québec, while more contemporary pundits and political actors may point to the aftermath of more recent developments like the Meech Lake Accord or the Charlottetown Accord. Regardless, the reality has been that, since Confederation (1867), support for sovereignty in Québec has traditionally rested between 40-49%.

Answer 7

Its because French is the main language spoken there while the rest of Canada it is English not because they are a separate country. It just like there is a Spanish site for the US for those who speak Spanish or are interested in Hispanic events.

Answer 8

Quebec is part of Canada and is not a country.

Answer 9

It is still a province in Canada, it was never a country.

Answer 10

Quebec is a province, not a country.