What is "laurentie"

Laurentie may refer to:

• Laurentie (concept), a poetic name given to Quebec, and a name for the idea of an independent Quebec, from the 1930s to the 1950s
  • Alliance Laurentienne
  • Flore laurentienne (book about botanics, see Marie-Victorin)
• Laurentie (magazine), the official organ of the Alliance laurentienne, a Quebec independence organization in the 1950s
• Pierre-Sébastien Laurentie
• Laurentie (movie), 2011 movie by Mathieu Denis & Simon Lavoie

Laurentie was a poetic name given to Quebec from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was also the name of the independent Quebec foreseen by the early indépendantistes of the 20th century, notably the Alliance laurentienne. It was given to the territory of Quebec in 1938 by Wilfrid Morin.