La Cité-Limoilou
La Cité-Limoilou is the central borough of Quebec City, the oldest, and the most populous, comprising 19.73% of the city's total population.
La Cité-Limoilou is the central borough of Quebec City, the oldest, and the most populous, comprising 19.73% of the city's total population. As an administrative division, it is very new, having only been formed on November 1, 2009, from the former boroughs of La Cité and Limoilou.
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Worth seeing in and around La Cité-Limoilou
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Laval University
Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Université Laval traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, which was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663.
5.5 km · public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Old Quebec
Old Quebec is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town and Lower Town, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2.5 km · historic neighborhood in Quebec City, Canada, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site · Wikipedia - 03Colisée de Québec
Colisée de Québec, known as Colisée Pepsi from 1999–2015, is a defunct multi-purpose arena located in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the home of the Quebec Nordiques from 1972 to 1995, during their time in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League.
1.2 km · multi-purpose arena in Quebec City · Wikipedia - 04Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings.
2.7 km · art museum in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Centre Vidéotron
Centre Vidéotron is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced the old Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events.
1.1 km · indoor arena, hockey venue and concert venue in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec is the primatial church and seat of the Archdiocese of Quebec, located at 16, rue de Buade, Quebec City, Quebec. It is the oldest church in Canada and the first to be elevated to the rank of minor basilica, receiving the honor from Pope Pius IX in 1874.
2.5 km · Catholic basilica-cathedral in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Parliament Building of Quebec
The Parliament Building of Quebec is an eight-floor structure in Quebec City, Quebec. It is home to the National Assembly of Quebec.
2.3 km · parliament building of Quebec · Wikipedia - 08Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was established on 17 March 1908.
2.8 km · battlefield park in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia - 09Édifice Price
The Price Building is an 18-floor skyscraper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1928–1930 amid controversy for Price Brothers Limited, it is the tallest building in the Old Quebec historical district, as well as one of the oldest skyscrapers in Canada.
2.4 km · skyscraper in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Musée de la civilisation
The Musée de la civilisation, often directly translated in English-language media outside Quebec as the Museum of Civilization, is a museum located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is situated in the historic Old Quebec area near the Saint Lawrence River.
2.8 km · Canadian museum (Quebec city) · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to La Cité-Limoilou
- Airports
- Quebec Jean Lesage (YQB), 12 km · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL), 245 km
- Stations
- Gare du Palais, 1.8 km · Port of Quebec, 2.5 km · Sainte-Foy railway station, 8.8 km
- Montréal → La Cité-Limoilou234 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · C$32–42
- Ottawa → La Cité-Limoilou379 km · quickest by air, 6h 11m · C$140–220
- Hamilton → La Cité-LimoilouTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for La Cité-Limoilou
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for La Cité-Limoilou. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundCross with the ferry for $3.65 (an experience in itself) and bike west on the south shore until you reach the Quebec Bridge and cross back on the north shore to connect with the Samuel-de-Champlain promenade and Corridor du Littoral.
- Get aroundDriving in the Old Town can be tricky, since the cobblestone streets were designed for narrow 17th-century horse carts rather than 21st-century SUVs.
- Get aroundBy charter bus Operates a ferry across the St.
- Get aroundThe ferry operates throughout the year between 6 am and 2 am.
- Get aroundThe ferry departs typically once an hour to Quebec City and once an hour from Quebec City, but frequency of departures increases up to every 40 minutes to Quebec City during the weekday morning rush hour and up to every 40 minutes to Lévis during the weekday afternoon rush hour.
From Wikivoyage: Quebec City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to La Cité-Limoilou
La Cité-Limoilou is 2 km from Québec, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Quebec Citycapital city of the province of Quebec, Canada1.2 km
- Léviscity in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada4.8 km
- Château Frontenacgrand hotel in Quebec City2.7 km
- National Bank CupTennis Tournament in Québec City, Canada5.4 km
- L'Ancienne-Lorettecity in Quebec, Canada9.9 km
- Stadacona16th-century Iroquoian village near present-day Quebec City; origin of the name "Canada"600 m