Mais oui, a few people do move on other days - when they leave their parents house or when a couple of people get married, or break up. But then, the leases they sign are set up with the proper amount of months to put them back on track with the rest of the province. From then on and forever, they move on the 1st of July.

What makes matters worse is the fact that July 1st is Canada day - a celebration of our confederacy. So you have party people and movers on the street at the same time. In some areas I would say the best way to describe it is HAVOC.

I am glad to report that this is probably one of the only quirky and unexplainable things that is part of the Québecois gestalt (this and our overwhelming love of desserts made with brown sugar).

But we are a happy people !