Quebec

===Transportation===
{{Main|List of airports in Quebec|List of Quebec railways|List of Quebec provincial highways}}
[[File:Cmarcoux3.JPG|thumb|The ferry N.M. ''Camille-Marcoux'', of the ''Société des traversiers du Québec'']]

Development and security of land transportation in Canada are provided by [[Transports Québec]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ)|title=MISSION, RÔLE ET MANDAT|url=http://www.femmescentreduquebec.qc.ca/cd/mtq.pdf|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326161857/http://www.femmescentreduquebec.qc.ca/cd/mtq.pdf|archivedate=March 26, 2012|accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref> Other organizations, such as the [[Canadian Coast Guard]] and [[Nav Canada]], provide the same service for the sea and air transportation. The ''Commission des transports du Québec'' works with the freight carriers and the public transport.

The ''réseau routier québécois'' (Quebec road network) is managed by the [[Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec]] (SAAQ; Quebec Automobile Insurance Corporation) and consists of about {{convert|185000|km|abbr=on}} of highways and national, regional, local, collector and forest roads. In addition, Quebec has almost 12,000 bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, culverts and other structures<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ministère des Transports du Québec|year=2007|title=Quebec road network|url=http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113234955/http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier|archivedate=November 13, 2008|accessdate=August 16, 2007}}</ref> such as the [[Quebec Bridge]], the [[Laviolette Bridge]] and the [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel]].

In the waters of the Saint Lawrence there are eight deep-water ports for the transhipment of goods. In 2003, 3886 cargo and 9.7&nbsp;million tonnes of goods transited the Quebec portion of the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]].<ref name="transport-qc2">{{cite web|year=2007|title=Quebec Portal: Transport|url=http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait?lang=fr&id=pgs.portrait.economie.transport&location=pgs%2Fportrait%2Feconomie%2Ftransport#transferroviaires|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012205101/http://gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait?lang=fr&id=pgs.portrait.economie.transport&location=pgs%2Fportrait%2Feconomie%2Ftransport#transferroviaires|archivedate=October 12, 2007|accessdate=August 16, 2007|publisher=Government of Quebec}}</ref>

Concerning rail transport, Quebec has {{convert|6678|km|abbr=on}} of railways<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Institut de la statistique du Québec|year=2007|title=Le Québec, chiffres en main: Transport|url=http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/qcem/qcem_eco_tra.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210055/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/qcem/qcem_eco_tra.htm|archivedate=October 12, 2007|accessdate=August 16, 2007}}</ref> integrated in the large North American network. Although primarily intended for the transport of goods through companies such as the [[Canadian National]] (CN) and the [[Canadian Pacific]] (CP), the Quebec railway network is also used by inter-city passengers via [[Via Rail Canada]] and [[Amtrak]]. In April 2012, plans were unveiled for the construction of an {{convert|800|km|0|abbr=on}} railway running north from [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]], to support mining and other resource extraction in the Labrador Trough.<ref>{{cite news|title=Railway Gazette: Railway could tap Québec's northern wealth|work=[[Railway Gazette International]]|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/railway-could-tap-quebecs-northern-wealth.html|accessdate=April 23, 2012|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807002205/https://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/railway-could-tap-quebecs-northern-wealth.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Quebec's air network includes 43 airports that offer scheduled services on a daily basis.<ref name="transport-qc2" /> In addition, the Government of Quebec owns airports and heliports to increase the accessibility of local services to communities in the [[Basse-Côte-Nord]] and northern regions.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ministère des Transports du Québec|title=Quebec air transport|url=http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/entreprises/transport_aerien|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815150809/http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/entreprises/transport_aerien|archivedate=August 15, 2011|accessdate=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

Various other transport networks crisscross the province of Quebec, including hiking trails, snowmobile trails and bike paths. The [[Route Verte|Green Road]] is the largest at nearly {{convert|4000|km|abbr=on}} in length.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Route verte puts all of Quebec within reach of your handlebars!|url=http://www.routeverte.com/rv/index2010_e.php|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715205401/http://www.routeverte.com/rv/index2010_e.php|archivedate=July 15, 2011|accessdate=July 6, 2011|publisher=Government of Quebec}}</ref>