Québécois people

Quebecers or Quebeckers[3][4][5] (Québécois in French, and sometimes also in English) are people living in the province of Quebec in Canada. The term is most often used in reference to French-Canadian descendants of the first settlers of Canada, though it may also be used to describe Quebec residents of other origins, especially if they are French-speaking.[6]

Quebecers

French: Québécois
Total population
~20,000,000 (0.3%)
Regions with significant populations
Canada	11,879,715 (32.7%)
Québec	8,326,100
Ontario	1,700,000-2,500,000
Alberta	396,230
New Brunswick	233,530
United States	2,100,840-10,000,000 (0.7-3%)
Florida	234,520[1]
France	60,000-80,000 (0.1%)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,650 (76.5%)
United Kingdom	20,000
Switzerland	5,243
Belgium	4,145-5,615
Cuba	2,140-15,000 (>0.1%)
Lebanon	2,000-12,000 (>0.2%)
Algeria	1,500
Russia	520-2,600
Haiti	at least 6,000 (0.1%)
Netherlands	at least 5,000
Spain	at least 4,000
Ireland	at least 3,000
Portugal	at least 2,000
Languages
French (Official, Majority) · English (Official in Canada)
Religion
Roman Catholicism[2] Protestantism (Huguenot Others
Related ethnic groups
Acadians, French people

Self-identification as Québécois became dominant in the 1960s; prior to this, the Francophone people of Quebec identified themselves as French Canadians.[7] A majority in the House of Commons of Canada in 2006 approved a motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which stated that the Québécois are a nation within a united Canada.[8] Harper later elaborated that the motion's definition of Québécois relies on personal decisions to self-identify as Québécois, and therefore is a personal choice.[9] However, Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Québécois, a sovereigntist party which then held the majority of seats in Quebec, disputed this view, stating that the Bloc considered the term "Québécois" to include all inhabitants of Quebec and accusing the Conservatives of wishing to ascribe an ethnic meaning to it.[10]