The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ) was a public corporation of the province of Quebec, Canada. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It came to existence in 1998 and merged with Bibliothèque nationale du Québec in 2002. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ is the Crown corporation acting as the provincial library of Quebec. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Its purpose was to plan the creation of the Grande Bibliothèque. The Grande Bibliothèque is a very large Public library in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.