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According to new data published by the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Quebec recorded a huge decline in marriages in 2020. It was in fact the lowest recorded number of marriages in over 100 years. 

Quebecers celebrated around 11,300 marriages in 2020, a number that's "down by half (-49%) compared to 2019, an unprecedented drop in Quebec," the Institut wrote in a press release. 

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Quebec is the proud home to many notable celebrities and politicians who inject un peu de la belle province into mainstream culture.

Famous people from Quebec have paved their own on the world stage, and some continue to rep the 514, making Montrealers proud as they put our city on the map. 

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If you're sick of looking at the same old images of Sir Wilfrid Laurier on your $5 bills, you'll be happy to hear that Canada's five-dollar banknote is getting a redesign.  

The Bank of Canada announced its shortlist yesterday after reviewing more than 600 eligible nominees. The criteria were: positive change, national icon, universality, uniqueness and relevancy.  

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