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Quebec City Quebec City (pronounced /kwɪˈbɛk/ ( listen) or /kəˈbɛk/;[8] French: Québec [kebɛk] ( listen)); French: Ville de Québec), officially Québec,[9][10][10] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016, (an increase of 3.0% from 2011)[11] and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016, (an increase of 4.3% from 2011)[12] making it the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
History of cities in Canada Eastern cities such as St. John's (1583), Quebec City (1608), Montreal (1642), Halifax (1749), Saint John (1785), and Sherbrooke (1793) were founded in these years. More to the west, Toronto was established in 1793 as York. Of these cities, Montreal would become the most prominent city in Canada up to the 20th century. Toronto grew at a quick pace, gaining its status as a city and present name in 1834.