Well because it is when compared to the overall area size of Canada. In the same way that Alaska or California is a relatively small part of United States in terms of size and population respectively. The keyword is relatively. Neither Quebec or Montreal make up a majority of Canada's population or area size.
I understand that this might seem like I've minimized Quebec, for which I did not intend and apologize for if that's how you feel, but nothing I said was incorrect. I didn't say that Quebec or Montreal were small... merely that they were small when compared to the overall size of Canada which is a really large country by area size and this is very much true.
Also I don't believe I brought up either population or GDP of Quebec in this discussion either so I'm not sure why you're bringing those up, but I assure you, regardless of the primary point here, it is all "relatively small" compared to the whole. Just as anything, anywhere else would be compared to their whole as well.
I'm a geographer, teacher and fan.
I also come from Montreal and understand that Portland is far away but:
Québec is a "Relatively small part of Canada" ???
How? More than 25% of the population, 2nd biggest city in the country,
20% of the country's GDP...
I struggle to see how it is a "Relatively small part of Canada"
A Québec Independence (even though I'm against the project) would be interesting. If you are interested you can contact me : lebonpy@gmail.com
Well because it is when compared to the overall area size of Canada. In the same way that Alaska or California is a relatively small part of United States in terms of size and population respectively. The keyword is relatively. Neither Quebec or Montreal make up a majority of Canada's population or area size.
I understand that this might seem like I've minimized Quebec, for which I did not intend and apologize for if that's how you feel, but nothing I said was incorrect. I didn't say that Quebec or Montreal were small... merely that they were small when compared to the overall size of Canada which is a really large country by area size and this is very much true.
Also I don't believe I brought up either population or GDP of Quebec in this discussion either so I'm not sure why you're bringing those up, but I assure you, regardless of the primary point here, it is all "relatively small" compared to the whole. Just as anything, anywhere else would be compared to their whole as well.