Quebec’s Contemporary Urbanity
The socio-territorial reconfiguration of Quebec province forces us to re-examine the very nature of urban space and the way it is represented today. The aim of this article is to shed light on current social representation of urbanity by applying the method of concept mapping. Via two “focus groups”, it was possible to index a range of social representations, provided by youths originating from Montreal and from Bas-Saint-Laurent. These were then put into conceptual maps. An analysis of discursive frameworks allowed us to identify divergences and similarities in the perception of urban space by these two groups. The results of this research could be used to set up government policies that are better adapted to present-day urban reality.