You live outside Canada? Depending on the country you’re coming from, you may need, in addition to your passport, a visitor’s visa OR an electronic travel authorization (eTA) if you’re arriving by air.

For example, British citizens and visitors from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Spain and any other visa-exempt country must show a valid passport and, if arriving by air, an eTA. You must complete your eTA application form online before reserving your airline ticket for Canada. Check here to find out if you need an eTA or a visa.

For more information, visit Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or contact your country’s Canadian embassy or consulate.

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From Quebec City: Jean Lesage International Airport, public transit services are at your fingertips to access downtown or any other location in the city.
Visit the Québec City airport website for more details on these services.

From Montreal: 
Visit the Montreal airport website for more details on its services.

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Currency

The legal tender in Québec is the Canadian dollar (CAD). Bank notes are available in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars, and coins in denominations of 5, 10 and 25 cents as well as of 1 and 2 dollars. You may still see 1-cent coins (or “pennies”), but they’re no longer used and prices are rounded up or down accordingly. In Québec, as a synonym for dollar, we use piastre (an old word of Spanish origin pronounced “piasse” and not “piesse”!) and instead of “cents” we talk about cennes and sous.

Credit cards

The leading credit cards—Visa, MasterCard and American Express—are widely accepted.

Banks

The easiest way to obtain Canadian currency is through a bank withdrawal. That way, you don’t have to bring large amounts of cash in your country’s currency and be limited to exchanging your money only when the banks or exchange offices are open. Banks are generally open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, and sometimes on Saturday or until later on Thursday and Friday, depending on the bank.

Most automated banking machines or cash dispensers (linked to the Cirrus, PLUS System or Interac networks) will let you withdraw cash at any time, seven days a week. Keep in mind that service charges will apply (those for using the banking machine and those applied by your own bank).

Exchange office

There are numerous exchange offices in Québec’s main urban centres. Airports also offer exchange services. Some businesses accept American money, but tend to offer a much less competitive rate than the exchange offices.

Exchange rate

Use the Bank of Canada’s currency converter.

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By the time you arrive in Quebec City, it will be early autumn all over the province. Temperatures are starting to get cooler, but not too cold. It's also the beginning of the colors in the trees.
For more information on the weather before you leave, we recommend Canada's meteo website. 

Bordered by the serene parkland of the Plains of Abraham and the chic urban atmosphere along Quebec City’s Grande Allée, the Château Laurier offers true, authentic comfort. The Hôtel Château Laurier… truly the premier event site in Old Quebec. Visit their website for more information.

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Do you have a visual, hearing or physical restriction? Consult BonjourQuebec.com’s Tourism for people with disabilities section.

Please take note that there will be a marathon from October 4 to 6, 2024 in Quebec City.

Novel

• L’Énigme du retour – Dany Laferrière
• Que notre joie demeure – Kevin Lambert
• Les marins ne savent pas nager – Dominique Scali
• Mille secrets mille dangers – Alain Farah
• MANIKANETISH – Naomi Fontaine
• Ma fin du monde – Simon Roy
• Chroniques du plateau Mont-Royal – Michel Tremblay
• Ru – Kim Thúy
• Ce que je sais de toi – Éric Chacour
• Hôtel Lonely Hearts  – Heather O’Neill

Thriller

• Les os de la méduse – J.L. Blanchard
• La mariée de corail – Roxanne Bouchard
• L’étonnante mémoire des glaces – Catherine Lafrance
• La faille en toute chose – Louise Penny

History

• Nos héroïnes : 40 portraits de femmes québécoises – Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and Mathilde Cinq-Mars
• Ils ont couru l’Amérique : de remarquables oubliés – Serge Bouchard, Marie-Christine Lévesque and Francis Back

Comic

• Paul en appartement – Michel Rabagliati
• Paul à Québec – Michel Rabagliati
• Utown – Cab
• Les pires moments de l’histoire – Xavier Cadieux and Charles Beauchesne
• « C’est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays ! » – Emanuelle Dufour

Essay

• Les rêves du ookpik – Étienne Beaulieu
• Ce qui meurt en nous – Mathieu Bélisle

Biographie

•  Entre la détresse et l’enchantement – Gabrielle Roy

Poetry

•  Uiesh, Quelque part – Joséphine Bacon
• Genèse, berceau, dessin de la lune – Jean-Philippe Bergeron
• Ce qui est tu – Caroline Dawson