Debates within the Canadian geographers' community, in particular concerning the constitutional crisis, revolve around two contradictory definitions of Canada's territorial architecture. In that context, the « Québec question » contributes to the emergence of the territorial ideologies that underlie the geographical discourse. Two models are confronted. The « Concept of State » recognizes that territorial and political integration represents the very foundations of modernity ; while the Québec national goal implies a new distribution of power and a greater intra-state fragmentation.