Talk:Quebec City, Quebec
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The population is incorrect, as it predates the 2002 anexation of many cities of the greater Quebec metropolitan
If the city's official name in English is Québec, shouldn't this article be at "Québec, Quebec" or similar? Marnanel 01:00, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Usual practice is to use the most common name. Most Anglophone Canadians know the city as Quebec City. However, we do have redirects from other variants such as Québec, Quebec and Quebec, Quebec. - Montréalais 03:20, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
"Laval University is located in the western end of the city. Founded by the Jesuits one year before Harvard University, Laval was the first university in North America."
- Laval University was founded in 1663, as read on the wiki entry. Harvard was founded in 1636, predating Laval University by 27 years
Peter Wye 01:36, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Indeed. If 1663 is the right date, then the line should be removed. Also, Laval University was actually founded as a university in 1852 out of a seminary founded in 1663. I presume Harvard was also a college at its foundation. I presume it was not founded as a university from day one.
- I will try to find out if 1663 really is the foundation date of the Séminaire de Québec. The Jesuits founded the Collège de Québec sometime in 1635. This is probably where the confusion comes from. People think that Laval University started as the Collège de Québec rather than the Séminaire de Québec.
-- Mathieugp 12:31, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Collège de Québec is actually now Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (http://www.collegegarnier.qc.ca/international/eng/highschool/index.html), and it doesn't appear to be a university (anymore anyway). ] I'm just going to delete the line about Laval University being the oldest to avoid any confusion. --JF
Shouldn't this article be at either Quebec, Quebec or at just Quebec City? It seems like we're disambiguating twice for no reason. john k 16:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
(I'd prefer just "Quebec City", BTW). john k 16:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)