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Céline Dion • René Lévesque • Alphonse Desjardins • Pierre Elliot Trudeau • Hubert Reeves • Mario Lemieux • Émile Nelligan • Michaëlle Jean • Leonard Cohen • Gilles Duceppe • Julie Payette |poptime = 7,719,993 |popplace = Québec (Canada). |langs = French/Québec French (official) English, Amerindian and Inuit also spoken. |rels = Predominantly Roman Catholic |related = French, Acadians, Cajun, Metis, French Canadian, Franco-Ontarian, Franco-Manitoban, French American, Irish-Quebecer, Scots-Quebecer, Anglo-Quebecer }} --> The word Québécois ( in French, [keɪbɛˈkwɑ] in English), or in the feminine Québécoise ([kebeˈkwɑːz] in French, [keɪbɛˈkwɑz] in English), means a native or resident of the Canadian province of Québec, but, in English, usually refers specifically to a French-speaking or French Canadian native or inhabitant of the province, or to someone who identifies with Quebec's French-speaking majority culture. In English, Quebecer or Quebecker ( or /kəˈbɛkɚ/) is used to refer to any resident of Québec.
The term Quebecer includes minorities such as English-speaking Quebecer, allophone, Amerindian, and Inuit natives or residents of Québec. The term Québécois, used in French, is usually understood to have the same meaning. In English, while the word Québécois is sometimes understood to have this territorial meaning, it is most often used with the meaning "francophone Quebecer."
With a lower-case initial, the word québécois is also used to refer to Quebec French, the variety of French spoken in Quebec. As an adjective, it can refer to Québec's francophone culture or population or the culture of French Canadians living in Québec.
In French, Québécois refers to any native or resident of Quebec. Sources disagree as to whether the word may in some cases have an ethnic or linguistic connotation. (See below.)






