Doing Business in Québec
About the Province of Québec Québec is one of Canada’s 10 provinces and part of Canada’s federation. In Canada, the legislative and executive jurisdictions are constitutionally divided between the federal government and the provincial governments. There are also three territorial governments to which legislative authority can be delegated by the federal government. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over some matters and others are reserved for the provincial governments, such as property, contracts, natural resources, land use and planning, administration of justice, education, healthcare and municipalities. Most general commercial laws relevant to businesses are under provincial jurisdiction. In practice, Canadian federal and provincial governments often cooperate to create consistent national approaches to matters under provincial legislative jurisdiction. Québec is an economically diversified province and home to the headquarters of many significant companies and hubs. Their presence has a positive impact on the purchasing power of households in the province: in 2022, Québec’s real gross domestic product grew at an annualized growth rate of 2.8%.
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