POLI 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quebec Act, Lower Canada, François Legault
19 Mar 2016
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Geography: 1 667 712 km2, 22% of territory is aquatic environment, 17 administrative regions. Population: 2014: 8,214,700 inhabitants, people over 65 years old: 12% in 1996, 20% expected in 2031, fertility rate: 1. 65, life expectancy. Women: 83. 9 years: 71% from french ancestors, 8% from english ancestors, 20% from other ethnic groups, 1% native population, immigrants: around 50,000 new ones each year and growing. 34. 8% from africa: 10 amerindian nations, 1 inuit nation. 67,000 inhabitants, i. e. 1% of population over half the native population is under the age of 30. Economy: exports: ,891 million in 2014. Main destinations: us and china: unemployment rate (2013): 7. 6, average income: ,873 / yr. Less than 25 years old: ,642 / yr: unionization: 39. 8% Five important historical pointers: colonization (nouvelle-france) 10,000 settlers during the 17th and 18th centuries: british conquest (1760) Province of quebec followed by the quebec act (1774: english immigration waves. Including the loyalists who fled the american revolution.
