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Quebec City

Quebec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. It sits at a commanding position on cliffs overlooking the St. Wikivoyage

Population 574,482 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Canada

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Canada

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Winter Carnival

    February – March

    The Quebec Winter Carnival (French: Carnaval de Québec), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Tour de Gatineau

    May

    Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau is an elite women's professional road race held in Canada and is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race. In the same week the Chrono Gatineau, an individual time trial event, is held.

    Official site Wikipedia

  3. Edwin-Bélanger Bandstand

    June – August

    A musical experience in the open. Jazz, blues, worldbeat. June to August. Thursday to Sunday. In summer

    Official site

  4. La Fête Nationale

    June

    (Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebration). Every year, June 24. Without a doubt the biggest party of the year in the entire province.

  5. Festival d'été

    July

    The Festival d'été de Québec (Quebec City Summer Festival from French), also known as the FEQ, is a major outdoor music festival held annually in downtown Quebec City, Quebec.

    Official site Wikipedia

  6. Festival of New France

    August

    First weekend in August

    Official site

  7. Montreal International Animation Festival

    November – December

    The Sommets du cinéma d'animation (English: Animation Film Summits) is an annual festival created in 2002 dedicated to animation cinema in all its forms, encompassing both heritage and new media.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Quebec City); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

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Somewhere to run

Getting around

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