Many sovereigntists claim that Canada has always been comprised as two separate and distinct nations, one French-speaking (Francophone) and one English-speaking (Anglophone). Some sovereigntists believe that declaring an independent Québec is...

The Quebec sovereignty movement (French: Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) or some degree of greater political autonomy for the Canadian province of Quebec. The term...

A review of the history surrounding the movement by Quebec to separate itself from Canada in 1980, including a look at the separatists movement.