7,546,131 (2006 Census)

Origin of name
The "Québécois nation" was recognized in a near-unanimous motion of Prime Minister Stephen Harper adopted by the Canadian House of Commons on 27 November 2006. The motion proposed that "... this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada", with the Prime Minister specifying that he was using the "cultural" and "sociological" as opposed the "legal" sense of the word "nation". The Prime Minister emphasized that the motion was a symbolic political nature, representing no constitutional change, no recognition of Quebec sovereignty, and no legal change in its political relations within the federation.

Usage
English expressions employing the term stress the distinction between the ethno-cultural and sociological sense of Québécois and the legal and civic sense of Quebecer or Quebec.

Québécois people
Québécois society
Québécois nation English usage

Les Québécois et Québécoises (masculine and feminine genders) to include women when referring to Quebecers as a whole.
Le Québec aux Québécois - "Quebec for Québécois" - slogan often chanted at Quebec nationalist rallies or protests. French expressions used in English

Culture of Quebec
Demolinguistics of Quebec
Scots-Quebecer
List of Irish Quebecers
French-Canadians