Population distribution in the province: In the 20th century, the proportion of Quebec's urban population changed from 35% to 80%. The development of industries and the introduction of machinery in agriculture motivated people to leave the countryside to settle in the city. In the second half to the 20th century, city dwellers who wanted to improve their quality of life moved to the suburbs and to created the phenomenon know as urban sprawl. This development of cities created some problems.
Development of the regions:The middle of the 19th century, the government had tried to keep the population that wanted to emigrate to the United States and Western Canada.The French wanted to settled in this regions. This is how the population started to grow in the Sagnuenay Lac St. Jean, Bas St. Laurant , and Temiscaminque followed by Abitibi and the Laurentians. In the 1930s, the Government of Quebec encouraged unemployed people to settle in the rural regions to improve their quality of life by cultivating their own food. After World War 2, attention was focused on other regions, this time it was for their natural resources. This is how important hydroelectric work sites were built in North-du-Quebec and also in Cote-Nord, where iron ore mining was developed. Abitibi-Temiscamingue and Gaspesie became important mining development.
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