Name of Quebec City

Template:Short description The official name of Quebec City (used by both the federal and provincial governments) is Québec, with an acute accent, in both official languages of Canada (Canadian English and Canadian French). In English, the acute accent differentiates between the official name of the city named Québec, and the constitutional name of the province named Quebec, spelled without any diacritics. In French, they're both spelled , with an acute accent.

Distinction with the province

In unofficial English texts, the accent is often dropped and Québec is informally referred to as "Quebec City". In French, names of geographical regions such as provinces and countries are typically preceded by articles whereas city names are not (unless it is part of the name, such as "La Malbaie"). As a result, the province is called ("in Quebec" = , "from Quebec" or "of Quebec" = ) while the city remains simply ("in Québec City" = , "from / of Quebec City" = ). Where context requires further differentiation, words such as "" and "" can be used (taking care not to capitalize the word "").

Other names

The name of the municipal corporate body instituted to govern Québec is , in both English and French. This naming convention applies to all municipal corporations in the province (e.g. is the corporate body governing Montréal, etc.) Thus, where "" is capitalized, it means the corporate body and it is not part of the toponym (Montréal, Québec), but is the incorporated name of the city. In the English section of 's official website, the city is variously referred to as "Québec" and "Québec City" (with an accent) whereas the corporate body is referred to as "City of Québec".

Quebec City is sometimes referred to as "" ("the national capital"). The government officially named it this way under the party. The provincial administrative region where the city is situated bears the name (capitalized). The word is the adjective for the noun used in its normal basic sense and refers to Quebec as a nation within the country of Canada, and has no indication of sovereignty.

Demonyms

Residents of Québec are called, in French, (male) or (female). To avoid confusion with meaning an inhabitant of the province, the term for residents of the city is sometimes used. In English, the terms Quebecer (or Quebecker) and Québécois/e are common.

See also

• History of Quebec City
• , the Royal Canadian Navy warship whose full name is a title, and is capitalized.