Example sentences for: québécois

How can you use “québécois” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To cope with the rival claims of Loyalists and Québécois, the Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the colony into Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Québec), separated by the Ottawa River.

  • When René Lévesque’s separatist Parti Québécois was defeated in the 1970 provincial elections by Robert Bourassa’s Liberals, embittered militants of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) turned to terrorism.

  • The densely forested, rolling mountain range that the Québécois call les Laurentides constitutes a favorite summer and winter playground for the people of Montréal.

  • The island’s homecrafts include weaving the rough Québécois rag rugs known as catalognes.

  • Tory Prime Minister Brian Mulroney won the Québécois over in 1987 with an accord recognizing them as a “distinct society.”


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