Name of Quebec City
The official name of Quebec City is Québec, with an acute accent, in both official languages of Canada. In English, the acute accent differentiates between the official name of the city named Québec, and the constitutional name of the province named Quebec, spelled without any diacritics. In French, they're both spelled Québec, with an acute accent.
Distinction with the province
In unofficial English texts, the accent is often dropped and Québec is informally referred to as "Quebec City".In French, names of geographical regions such as provinces and countries are typically preceded by articles whereas city names are not. As a result, the province is called le Québec while the city remains simply Québec. Where context requires further differentiation, words such as "la ville de Québec" and "la province de Québec" can be used.
Other names
The name of the municipal corporate body instituted to govern Québec is i=unset, in both English and French. This naming convention applies to all municipal corporations in the province Thus, where "i=unset" is capitalized, it means the corporate body and it is not part of the toponym, but is the incorporated name of the city. In the English section of i=unset's official website, the city is variously referred to as "Québec" and "Québec City" whereas the corporate body is referred to as "City of Québec".Quebec City is sometimes referred to as "la capitale nationale". The government officially named it this way under the i=unset party. The provincial administrative region where the city is situated bears the name i=unset. The word national is the adjective for the noun nation used in its normal basic sense and refers to Quebec as a nation within the country of Canada, and has no indication of sovereignty.