Many people know Que­bec City pri­ma­ri­ly as a tou­rist des­ti­na­tion, und in der Tat, zieht es mehr als 4.5 mil­lion visi­tors eve­ry year. The only for­ti­fied city in North Ame­ri­ca whose walls are still stan­ding, Old Que­bec is pre­ser­ved as a UNESCO World Heri­tage Site. A Cana­dian Broad­cas­ting Cor­po­ra­tion contest named Quebec’s Old City one of the seven won­ders of Cana­da.

Tou­rism accounts for many jobs, but if you’re thin­king of living in Que­bec City, you’ll find employ­ment options beyond the tou­rism busi­ness. Mehr als 40,000 people work in government–Quebec City is the pro­vin­cial capital–and the region has increa­sing oppor­tu­ni­ties in tech­no­lo­gy, inclu­ding soft­ware, Lasern, robo­tics, bio­me­di­cal sciences and phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, envi­ron­men­tal tech­no­lo­gy, und Telekommunikation.

With a popu­la­tion of about 720,000, Que­bec isn’t a big city, but it’s one of Canada’s least expen­sive. Hou­sing prices gehören zu den niedrigsten of Canada’s major metro­po­li­tan regions.

If you could see your­self living in a mid-sized city in France, you might consi­der Que­bec City. Like Mon­treal, Que­bec City blends a French-ins­pi­red life­style with the prac­ti­ca­li­ty of Cana­dian ser­vices. Life in Que­bec City has a cer­tain pea­ce­ful qua­li­ty absent from lar­ger metro­po­lises. Und wenn Sie Spaß am Skifahren, snow­shoeing, Wandern, oder mit dem Fahrrad, there are plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to get out­doors just out­side of town.

Wo sie leben

For an over­view of Que­bec City neigh­bo­rhoods, siehe Where to Live in Que­bec City.

Lear­ning to Speak French

Do you need to speak French to live in Que­bec City? Que­bec City is a Fran­co­phone city, and you’ll find it much easier to live and work here if you have a wor­king know­ledge of French.

Lesen Sie mehr über Habe ich, Französisch zu sprechen, um in Quebec Live-?

Que­bec City relo­ca­tion resources:

• Que­bec Immi­gra­tion : Eve­ry­thing you need to know about immi­gra­ting to Quebec
• Lear­ning about Québec : Que­bec new­co­mer­s’ guide
• Tou­rism Que­bec City : Things to see and do in Que­bec City and the sur­roun­ding region
• City of Que­bec immi­grant ser­vices : Infor­ma­tion about relo­ca­ting to Que­bec City, inclu­ding cost of living and employ­ment resources. The English-lan­guage pages are help­ful, but the­re’s even more infor­ma­tion for French-speakers.
• Realtor.ca : Real estate lis­tings in Que­bec City (und quer durch Kanada)
• Quebec Real Estate Board : Real estate mar­ket infor­ma­tion from the Que­bec real estate board (Nur auf französisch)
• Emploi Quebec : Job-hun­ting resources pro­vi­ded by the Govern­ment of Que­bec. Weitere Jobsuche Ressourcen, siehe Fin­ding a Job.
• Invest in Que­bec : Resources for star­ting a busi­ness in Quebec
• Régie de l’assurance mala­die du Québec : How to apply for health insu­rance in Quebec
• Que­bec Minis­try of Edu­ca­tion, Lei­sure, und Sport : Over­view of Quebec’s edu­ca­tio­nal sys­tem, inclu­ding infor­ma­tion about who qua­li­fies for ins­truc­tion in English
• Cen­tral Que­bec School Board : Admi­nis­ters public schools, inclu­ding English-lan­guage schools, in Que­bec City
• Que­bec inde­pendent schools : Lists pri­vate schools throu­ghout Quebec
• French lan­guage les­sons for new­co­mers to Quebec
• Get­ting around Que­bec City: Réseau de trans­port de la Capi­tale. Although most of the tran­sit infor­ma­tion is in French only, click here for an English-lan­guage « new cus­to­mer » guide auf den lokalen Bus-System.
• Que­bec English-lan­guage media: Que­bec Chro­nicle-Tele­graph, CBC Radio One (104.7 FM) Que­bec AM und Brea­ka­way
• The Mor­rin Centre : Cultu­ral cen­ter offe­ring a varie­ty of pro­grams and work­shops for English spea­kers in Que­bec City

– Excerp­ted (zum Teil) aus dem Buch, Living Abroad in Cana­da. Um mehr, das Buch kaufen.

Pho­to ©Carolyn B. Heller