Editing Quebec City (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.jpg|thumb|[[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]] is one of three hospitals operated by [[Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec|CHUQ]], the largest employer in Quebec City.]]

Most jobs in Quebec City are concentrated in public administration, defence, services, commerce, transport and tourism. As the provincial capital, the city benefits from being a regional administrative and services centre: apropos, the provincial government is the largest employer in the city, employing 27,900 people as of 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's largest employers by city, 2007: Quebec City |url=http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/canadaslargestemployersbycity2007.html#quebec |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418062010/http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/canadaslargestemployersbycity2007.html |archive-date=18 April 2010 |publisher=[[University of Western Ontario]]}}</ref> [[Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec|CHUQ (the local hospital network)]] is the city's largest institutional employer, with more than 10,000 employees in 2007. The unemployment rate in June 2018 was 3.8%, below the national average (6.0%) and the second-lowest of Canada's 34 largest cities, behind [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]] (2.7%).<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2018 |title=Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city |url=https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/heres-a-quick-glance-at-unemployment-rates-for-june-by-canadian-city-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211313/https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/heres-a-quick-glance-at-unemployment-rates-for-june-by-canadian-city-2 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |access-date=9 October 2018 |website=Financial Post}}</ref>

Around 10% of jobs are in manufacturing.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-city "Québec City: Economy, transportation, and labour force"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083644/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/quebec-city/#h3_jump_4 |date=25 September 2017 }}. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Historical Foundation of Canada, 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.</ref> Principal products include pulp and paper, processed food, metal/wood items, chemicals, electronics and electrical equipment, and printed materials. The city hosts the headquarters of a variety of prominent companies, including: fashion retailer [[La Maison Simons]], engineering firms [[BPR (Quebec firm)|BPR]] and [[Norda Stelo]]; [[Cominar]] real estate investment trust; [[Beneva]], [[Industrial Alliance]], Promutuel, and Union Canadienne in the insurance sector; [[Beenox]], [[Gearbox Software]], [[Frima Studio]], [[Sarbakan]] and [[Ubisoft]] in the computer games industry; AeternaZentaris and DiagnoCure in pharmaceuticals; Amalgame, Cossette and Vision 7 in marketing and advertising; [[Institut National d'Optique (INO)]], EXFO, OptoSecurity in technology. It is also the domicile of the sole manufactory of the cigarette maker [[Rothmans, Benson & Hedges]].

=== Business districts ===
[[File:Coin St-Valier et Dorchester vu de l'escalier du Faubourg.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saint-Roch, Quebec City|Saint-Roch]]'s garden, lower town]]

While the traditional [[central business district]]s and their large office buildings are found on [[Parliament Hill (Quebec City)|Parliament Hill]] (especially for provincial administration) and just below in [[Saint-Roch, Quebec City|Saint-Roch]] (nowadays notable for [[Information technology|IT]] and the video game industry), a newer one has emerged in the {{ill|Boulevard Laurier|fr|boulevard Laurier}} area of [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec City|Sainte-Foy]], where a number of accounting and [[law firm]]s have moved since the 2000s. Other suburban places identified by the city for their potential are the Lebourgneuf area for private offices, as well as Estimauville Street where the [[Government of Canada]] already has many civil servants and where several city officials are expected to move in the 2020s.<ref name="cbd">{{Cite web |date=7 October 2018 |title=Où sera le centre-ville de Québec dans le futur? |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1128103/centre-ville-futur-quebec-urbanisme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009212737/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1128103/centre-ville-futur-quebec-urbanisme |archive-date=9 October 2018 |access-date=9 October 2018 |website=Radio-Canada.ca |language=fr-ca}}</ref>