Importance
Manners are important in Quebec. People will judge you by your good or bad manners.
Here are a few examples of good manners:
- Shaking someone’s hand, regardless of whether they’re a man or a woman
- Avoiding conflict and striving for compromise
- Being patient
- Refraining from interrupting others when speaking
- Eating at the table with your mouth closed
- Arriving at the indicated or agreed upon time