The first New France Festival was held in 1997 and was so popular it quickly became an annual event. For more, contact nouvellefrance.qc.ca or 1-866-391-3383. [email protected] ...

For the past 15 years, Quebec City has been honoring its roots each summer with the New France Festival. Previously started in 1997 as part of the city’s 400th anniversary celebration, it was ...

Quebec City has a reputation as the most European-like city in North America, and it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Quebec and Québécois love to share their picturesque city, from the French ...

In New France, however, concerted efforts were made to teach the new arrivals French – and it was the version spoken at the royal court by the aristocrats of the north and west.

The fall of New France. By the beginning of the 18th century, New France had expanded its boundaries and contained about 20,000 citizens overall. But French fortunes in the area were destined to fall.

According to numbers from Quebec’s Immigration Ministry, a steady stream of thousands a year in the early 2000s spiked to new heights after the Great Recession, when the province’s economy ...