2020-09-08|Sunatori's Comparison of Canada's Maps

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Here is the map of Québec according to CBC News.
Here is the map of Québec according to the website of le Gouvernement du Québec.
First to notice is that different projections are used, as the angle of the Ontario-Québec border indicates.

Second to notice is that the border between Québec and Labrador is different. The Canadian Encyclopedia says the following.

Labrador Boundary Dispute

When Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, its boundary in Labrador was confirmed in the Terms of Union (now the Newfoundland Act), enshrined in the Constitution Act, 1982. In 1971, the province of Québec's Commission Studying the Territorial Integrity of Québec decided that the case against the 1927 boundary was not worth pursuing; by 1987, although the province did not consider the issue to be settled, the dispute appeared to be dormant.

Labrador Boundary Dispute
When Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, its boundary in Labrador was confirmed in the Terms of Union (now the Newfoundland Act), enshrined in the Constitution Act, 1982. In 1971, the province of Québec's Commission Studying the Territorial Integrity of Québec decided that the case against the 1927 boundary was not worth pursuing; by 1987, although the province did not consider the issue to be settled, the dispute appeared to be dormant.

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