For the city, see Quebec City. For other uses, see Quebec and Québécois . Quebec ( or ), in French, Québec () is a province of Canada, and the only province that is the homeland of a people recognized as a nation by the House of Commons.[LINK: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Pub=hansard&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&DocId=2544166&File=0] Hansard; 39th Parliament, 1st Session; No. 087; November 27, 2006 The Province of Quebec is bordered to the west by Province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay, to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to the southeast by the Province of New Brunswick and the State of Maine, and to the south by the State of New York, the State of Vermont, and the State of New Hampshire. It also s