Quebec, or Québec in French, (pronounced or in English and in French) is a Canadian province in Eastern Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay. To the north are Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, to the east the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, and to the south the United States (the states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine).