Québecer

plural Québecers

1. alternativeAlternative form of Quebecer.

   The 37 percent of Québecers who voted for the federal Liberal party in the 1993 federal elections surely have no doubt about their own identity as both Québecers and Canadians;

   1998, Raymond M. Hébert, “Identity, Cultural Production and the Vitality of Francophone Communities Outside Québec”, in Leen d’Haenens, editor, Images of Canadianness: Visions on Canada’s Politics, Culture, Economics (International Canadian Studies Series), University of Ottawa Press, page 44

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   It should be noted however that their participation is less than that of the other groups: although they represent 80.7% of the total population, French-speaking Québecers form only 77.7% of the labor force.

   1972, The Language of Work; the Position of French in Work and Consumer Activities of Québecers (Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language Rights in Québec), page 14

   Québecers have long had a reputation for gregariousness (Vallée, 1973). Foreign sociologists who have had the opportunity to systematically observe the social life of Québecers have been impressed by the density of their social relations.

   1992, Simon Langlois, Jean-Paul Baillargeon, Gary Caldwell, Guy Fréchet, Madeleine Gauthier, Jean-Pierre Simard, “Sociability Networks”, in Recent Social Trends in Quebec, 1960-1990 (Comparative Charting of Social Change), Campus Verlag, McGill-Queen’s University Press, translation of La Société québécoise en tendances, page 89