COUNTRY : Canada
PROVINCE : Quebec 
The Quebec Advantage
The name Quebec comes from "Kebec" in the Algonquin language. It means: "There where the river narrows," - referring to the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River off what is currently Québec City. Québec is Canada's largest province Known as 'la belle province' Québec is the only officially French-speaking province in Canada.

Cities:
  • Quebec city (686,600) is the ancient capital of Québec and home to its legislature.
  • Montreal is Canada's second largest city (3,423,500) and the heart of French culture in North America. Other cities include:
  • Trois-Rivieres, (48,419)
  • Sherbrooke, (152,100)
  • Chicoutimi-Jonquiere (162 500) and
  • Hull (62,339).
 
Time Zones: Québec is in the Eastern Time zone.
Universities
  • Bishop's University - Lennoxville: Undergraduate degrees in Business, Education, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences are offered at Bishop's University.

  • Concordia University - Montreal: Concordia University has over 180 undergraduate and 70 graduate programs from the Faculties of Arts and Science, Commerce and Administration, Engineering and Computer Science, and Fine Arts.

  • Laval University - Quebec City: More than 350 graduate and undergraduate programs are offered at Laval University.

  • McGill University - Montreal: McGill University offers degrees in over 300 disciplines from 22 Faculties and Professional Schools.

  • National Theatre School of Canada - Montreal: The National Theatre School offers programs, in both English and French, specializing in various aspects of the performing arts and theatre.
Colleges