Quebec City Quebec City Quebec City (pronounced or ; ; , Abenaki language: Kephek), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016 (an increase of 3.0% from 2011), and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016 (an increase of 4.3% from 2011), making it the second largest city in Quebec after Montreal, and the seventh largest metropolitan area and eleventh largest city in the country. Until the early 19th century it was the metropolis of present-day Canada, after which it was surpassed by
Itinerant groups in Europe Itinerant groups in Europe Traveller peoples in Europe and the British Isles, including both Indigenous Travellers and Romani people. There are a number of traditionally itinerant or travelling groups in Europe who are known as "travellers" or "gypsies". The largest of these groups are the Romani people, of Indian origin, who entered Europe in the 14th–15th century; this includes the Sinti people, who are themselves the second largest group. The third largest group in Europe is the Yenish, an indigenous Germanic group. The origins of the indigenous itinerant groups are unclear. They have been assumed to have taken up the