Name of Quebec City as a nation within the country of Canada, and has no indication of sovereignty. Name of Quebec City The proper name of Quebec City is Québec (with an acute accent), in both official languages of Canada (Canadian English and Canadian French alike). This name is used by both the federal and provincial governments. The acute accent differentiates between the official English name of the city, Québec, and the constitutional English name of the Province of Quebec, spelled without any diacritics. In unofficial English texts, the accent is often dropped and Québec is informally referred to as "Quebec City". In French,
French Language Services Act French Language Services Act The French Language Services Act () (the "Act") is a law in the province of Ontario, Canada which is intended to protect the rights of Franco-Ontarians, or French-speaking people, in the province. The "Act" does not give the French language full official language status in the province, which has no official language defined in law but is primarily an English-speaking province in practice. The "Act", however, ensures that provincial government services are offered in French in 25 designated areas across the province with significant numbers of Franco-Ontarian residents. "Whereas the French language is a historic and