Awards and Accolades

July

• Travel + Leisure - World's Best Awards 2017
  Travel + Leisure readers have rated Québec City as the best destination in Canada for a second year in a row. Details

June

• USA Today 10BEST - Readers' Choice 2017
  Old Québec is voted Best attraction in Canada while Québec City ranks 2nd in the top 10 destinations in Canada. Details

April

• Expedia Reviewers' Favourite Places
  Québec City is rated #1 destination in Canada and #2 in North America according to Expedia travellers'. 

March

• Cruise Insight Awards
  Port of Québec won the 2016 'Best Destination Experience', a prize annually awarded by the prestigious Cruise Insight magazine.

December

• USA Today 10BEST - Readers' Choice 2016
  Québec City was voted North America's Best Winter Wonderland among 20 destinations. Details

September

• Leading Culture Destinations Awards  -  Traveller’s Awards 2016
  Québec City receives the Culture City of the Year Award which recognizes the most stimulating and imaginative cities for the cultural nomad to visit. The other nominees were Lyon (France) and Los Angeles (USA). Details

July

• Travel + Leisure - World's Best Awards 2016 
  Québec City is the best city in Canada. Details

March

•  TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2016 
  Québec City ranks 2nd in the top 10 best destinations in Canada. Details

July

• Travel + Leisure - World's Best Awards 2015
  Québec City ranks 6th among  the 10 best cities in the U.S and Canada, becoming first among Canadian destinations. Details

April

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) - The World’s Best Food Cities 
  Condé Nast Traveler readers have rated Québec City as one of the 20 world’s best cities for food. Details 

March

•  TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2015 
  Québec City ranks 2nd in the top 10 best destinations in Canada. 
  
  
• Cruise Insight Awards 
  Port of Québec received the much-coveted 'Best Destination Experience' awards along with Barcelona, Montecarlo, Valencia, Shanghai and Sydney.

November

• Canadian Institute of Planners - Canada’s 2014 Great Places Contest
  Rue du Petit-Champlain is a double award winner – taking both the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award as Canada's Great Street for it’s unique architecture and atmosphere. Details

• Conde Nast Traveler (USA) - Readers’ Choice Awards 2014 Contest
  Québec City ranks 1st among the best destinations in Canada and 18th worldwide. Details

March

• Cruise Insight Awards
  Port of Québec received the 'Most Efficient Terminal Operation' awards for demonstrated efficiency in ship greeting operations.

February

• Travel + Leisure - World’s Best Cities for Romance 
  Travel + Leisure readers have rated Québec City as one of the 20 world’s best cities for romance. Details
• Airport Service Quality Awards
  For a third time in four years, the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) was voted Best Airport in North America in its category for overall passenger satisfaction, according to Airport Service Quality (ASQ), a division of Airports Council International. Details

• Conde Nast Traveler (USA) -  Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 
  Québec City ranks 1st among the best destinations in Canada, 3rd in America, and 10th worldwide. 
• Travel + Leisure - World's Best Awards 2013 
  Québec City has moved up a rung since last year, surpassing Vancouver as the most popular Canadian destination. This achievement means Québec City keeps its prized spot in the Hall of Fame, a select group of destinations that have ranked highly for ten or more consecutive years. 

• Travel + Leisure - World's Best Awards 2012
  Québec City ranks second among Canadian destinations and has moved up a notch in the top ten destinations in North America. Québec City has also been inducted into the new Hall of Fame, which honours destinations ranked every year from the last ten years or more.
• Google World Wonder Projects
  Québec City's historical district is now recognized as a World Wonders Project by Google, mentioning that it is the only fortified city in North America north of Mexico. Details

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 1st among the best destinations in Canada, 3rd in North America, and 6th worldwide. These are the highest rankings Québec City has ever obtained since the magazine began publishing its top-100 list. 
• Travel + Leisure – 2011 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 10th among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada, just behind the two other Canadian cities that made the top ten, Vancouver and Victoria. 
• Airport Service Quality Awards 
  For a second year in a row, the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) was voted Best Airport in North America in its category for overall passenger satisfaction, according to Airport Service Quality (ASQ), a division of Airports Council International. Details

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 2nd among the 10 best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States), 5th including the United States, and 10th worldwide. These are the highest rankings Québec City has ever obtained since the magazine began publishing its top-100 list.
• Travel + Leisure – 2010 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 8th among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada, behind Vancouver (6th), the only Canadian city ahead of Québec City.
• TripAdvisor Travelers’ choices 2010
  Québec City ranks 7th favourite romantic destination in the world.
• SnowEast Reader Survey – Favorite Destination Village
  Over 3500 readers participated in the 2010 SNOWEAST survey. They listed Québec City 10th Favorite Destination Village.
• Airport Service Quality Awards 
  The Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) was voted Best Airport in North America, in the 0-2 million passenger category, for overall passenger satisfaction, according to Airport Service Quality (ASQ), a division of Airports Council International. Details

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) — 100 Top - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 3rd among the 10 best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States), 6th including the United States, and 12th worldwide.
• Travel + Leisure – 2009 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 3rd, behind New York City and San Francisco, among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada.

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 3rd among the 10 best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States), 8th including the United States, and 19th worldwide.
• Travel + Leisure – 2008 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 5th among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada.
• Sherman's Travel – The Luxe List - 15 Luxury-Value Travel Deals
  Québec City ranks 3rd in the Cities section.
• SYTA (Student Youth Travel Association) — Top 10 Student Destinations in North America
  Québec City ranks 3rd, behind Toronto and Montréal, in the Top 10 North American destinations for the student and youth travel industry.

• Condé Nast Traveler (USA) – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 4th among the 10 best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States).
• Travel + Leisure – 2007 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 5th among the 10 best cities in the U.S and Canada.

• Condé Nast Traveler – 100 Top - The Best in the World
  Québec City ranks 4th among the 10 best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States), 9th including the United States, and 24th worldwide.
• Canadian Business – Annual ranking of the 50 Best Cities in Canada
  Québec City is ranked the best city for business in Canada by Canadian Business magazine. Québec City experienced the biggest growth in corporate building permits in Canada and the second-highest decline in unemployment rates. With the city's historically low living costs and crime rates, “there's more opportunity for startup in the distinct society's self-proclaimed capitale nationale than in the high-cost and labour-short city of Calgary”, reported Canadian Business.
• Travel + Leisure – 2006 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 7th among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada.
• Apex Awards
  The Québec City Convention Centre receives the 2006 Apex Award for the World's Best Congress Centre by the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC).
• Wanderlust (UK) – 2005 Travel Awards
  Québec City is ranked 3rd in the “Top City” category.

• Condé Nast Traveler – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City is 4th among the best destinations in the Americas (excluding the United States), 9th including the U.S., and 18th worldwide.
• Travel + Leisure – 10th Anniversary 2005 World's Best Award
  Québec City ranks 7th among the 10 best cities in the U.S. and Canada.

• Condé Nast Traveler – Top 100 - The Best in the World
  Québec City is 3rd among the best destinations in the Americas and 14th worldwide.
• Travel + Leisure – 2004 World's Best Awards
  Québec City ranks 3rd among the 10 best destinations in the U.S. and Canada.

• Condé Nast Traveler –The Top 100 Readers' Choice Award
  Québec City ranks 3rd among the 10 best destinations in the Americas.
• Successful Meetings – Pinnacle Registry 2003 CVB Winners
  Québec City Tourism is ranked 10th internationally.
• Travel + Leisure – 2003 World's Best Award
  Québec City ranks 4th among the 10 best American and Canadian tourist destinations.