Quebecois

Quebecois don't live in igloos and bears are not walking in the streets. These are just dumb myths. But it is true that the winter is pretty hard.

stewacide maintains that Canadian anglophones would most likely identify anybody in the province as 'Quebeckers', and would reserve the use of 'Québécois' for 'ethnic Quebeckers' (those who are white, francophone, and Catholic). Generally, however, First Nations people in the province of Québec will identify first as their indigenous group, then as Québécois, then as Canadian. Immigrant populations would identify as their immigrant group or as Canadian first, and would identify with their province last.

The feminine of Québécois, almost never used in English, is Québécoise (kay-bay-kwahze). The theory is that one would say "The Québécoise woman entered the room." The practice is that one does not.

Québécois and Québécoise alike are most likely in Canada to be smokers*, at 27%. This, compared to British Columbia at a low, low 17%. Further, Québecois smokers smoke the highest average number of cigarettes, at 17.4 per day.

Québecois(e) entertainers:

It is very important not to confuse the two expressions "French-Canadian" and "Québécois". French-Canadian, which once designated Québécois, now only applies to Canadian citizens living out of Québec who speak French. "Québécois" has been used since the 60's and is a better representation of the reality. Another important thing, when writing about Québécois, is important not to forget the two accents aigus on the "e"s.