Many people know Que­bec City pri­ma­ri­ly as a tou­rist des­ti­na­tion, 그리고 사실, ê·¸ 이상을 그립니다 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. 이상 40,000 people work in government–Quebec City is the pro­vin­cial capital–and the region has increa­sing oppor­tu­ni­ties in tech­no­lo­gy, inclu­ding soft­ware, 레이저, robo­tics, bio­me­di­cal sciences and phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, envi­ron­men­tal tech­no­lo­gy, 통신.

With a popu­la­tion of about 720,000, Que­bec isn’t a big city, but it’s one of Canada’s least expen­sive. Hou­sing prices 들 중 가장 낮은 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. 그리고 당신은 스키를 즐길 수있다면, snow­shoeing, 하이킹, 또는 사이클링, there are plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to get out­doors just out­side of town.

Where to Live

For an over­view of Que­bec City neigh­bo­rhoods, 참조 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.

에 대해 자세히 알아보기 나는 퀘벡에서 살고 프랑스어해야하나요?

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 (그리고 캐나다 ì „ì—­)
• 퀘벡 부동산 ë³´ë“œ : Real estate mar­ket infor­ma­tion from the Que­bec real estate board (프랑스어 ì „ìš©)
• Emploi 퀘벡 : Job-hun­ting resources pro­vi­ded by the Govern­ment of Que­bec. 더 많은 구직 리소스에 대한, 참조 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, 스포츠 : 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 로컬 버스 시스템.
• Que­bec English-lan­guage media: Que­bec Chro­nicle-Tele­graph, CBC 라디오 하나 (104.7 외무성) Que­bec AM 및 Brea­ka­way
• The Mor­rin Centre : Cultu­ral cen­ter offe­ring a varie­ty of pro­grams and work­shops for English spea­kers in Que­bec City

– Excerp­ted (부분) 도서의, Living Abroad in Cana­da. 읽기에보다, 도서 구매.

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