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REGION "QUEBEC"

 

A Quebec oriented towards the future

The economic recovery taking place across the world brings significant challenges, weakening, among other things, supply chains. These disturbances have notably as a result of a sharp increase in consumer prices. — For the 2021-2022 financial year, inflation is expected to reach close to 4.0% in Quebec. Such an increase in inflation affects households, and particularly those with more than low income. Thus, the government plans investments of 2.1 billion dollars to help Quebecers cope with the cost of living, in particular: — the introduction of the exceptional cost of living benefit; — $400 per couple and $275 for a person living alone. — the increase in the amount for support of seniors aged 70 or over. — The maximum assistance offered in 2021 will reach $400 per senior living alone and $800 for an elderly couple. — A senior living alone could therefore obtain up to $675 with the benefit exceptional.


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TOURISM IN QUEBEC

A spectacular territory to discover

Quebec is a huge playground spread over 1.6 million square kilometres. Mountains and valleys to soak up nature. Cities to marvel at. A river as wide as the sea. Hello to all our regions! Quebec, city and region The name of the province of Quebec comes from that of our city, and not the other way around. It is the capital, after all! We are proud of it and with good reason: we have a fortress 4.6 kilometres long, plains where the destiny of the country was played out, the most photographed hotel in the world – yes, the majestic Château Frontenac... A fortified city, but not closed, Quebec is the charm of old Europe in a modern setting.

Montreal

The city of Montreal takes its name from the Island of Montreal, which was named after Mount Royal, the mountain in the center of the Island. In 1535, explorer Jacques Cartier named the mountain Mons realis (Mount Royal) [archive]. In 1556, Italian geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio translated Mount Royal to Monte Reale on a map. In 1575, François de Belleforest became the first to write Montreal, writing: "... in the middle of the countryside is the village, or Royal City joined to a cultivated mountain, which city the Christians called Montreal. »

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