For people who are considering immigrating to Quebec, it is important to note that its culture and arts are more representative of European sensibility. More than any other province in Canada, Quebec has a greater affinity to European culture, in part , due to the significant ties to France and its French speaking culture.

Quebec is affectionately known as la belle province ("the beautiful province") and is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay and is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger.

Quebec boasts a vibrant immigration community and in recent years has seen an sigificant increase in immigration, especially to the more urban centres. It is the second most populated province, and most of its inhabitants live along or close to the banks of the Saint Lawrence River. The central and north portion of the province is sparsely populated and inhabited by the aboriginal peoples of Canada. The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level.

Quebec has three main climate regions. Southern and western Quebec, including most of the major population centres, have a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfb) with warm, humid summers and cooler winters and the climate will be familiar to those immigrants considering immigration from Europe to Canada.