Premier Philippe Couillard is calling the deaths of 28 people killed in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso a barbaric attack.
Six Quebecers died in the assault on the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou on Friday.
The attack ended with security forces stormed the hotel, killing the four attackers.
Couillard has ordered the flag at the National Assembly lowered to honour the six victims from Lac Beauport, which is 25 km north of Quebec City.
Yves Carrier, Gladys Chamberland, Charlelie Carrier, Maude Carrier, Louise Chabot and Suzanne Bernier were in Ouagadougou to repair a dormitory and set up a school sports field, and were helping build a congregation, Couillard said.
In his speech on Monday, Couillard praised the six victims for their "commitment to the less fortunate, their compassion (and) their generosity," adding that "it was a beautiful project."
Speaking from Quebec City, Couillard said that, in the past, violence and terrorism have sometimes seemed far away. But, he said, the recent deaths brought the tragedy home.
"The fact of living in a society that open, democratic, has more solidary does now isolate us," Couillard said. "(It) does not protect us."
The premier called the deaths inexplicable and unjustifiable, and vowed that Quebec would never "bow before those terrorists," or compromise its values.
"Nothing can explain how (the attackers could have killed) people who have such devotion to build a better world," Couillard said. "This attack against them is also an attack against all of us."
Three of thethe victims were due to return to Quebec this past Saturday with the other three staying on for another week.
"This is not just an attack on them. This is an attack against all of us," said Couillard.
"Never will we bow down to terrorists. We will never compromise our values of liberty, democracy and tolerance."
He also said that living in an open and democratic society doesn't insulate or protect people from terrorism.
Couillard also honoured Tahar Amer-Ouali of Laval, who was killed in a bombing in Jakarta on Thursday.
Couillard described Amer-Ouali, the Jakarta victim, as a dedicated hearing specialist and a family man.
"Amer-Ouali was the father of five and a grandfather," the premier said. "He liked to travel and help those in need."
According to his son, Amer-Ouali travelled the world to help people with hearing disabilities, splitting his time between Laval and Indonesia.
Amer-Ouali was in central Jakarta when suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a Starbucks and traffic police post in an attack that left at least seven dead.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also offered his sympathies and condolences to the victims' families on Monday while speaking to reporters in Saint Andrews, N.B.
When asked whether he will reconsider pulling Canadian fighter jets from the anti-ISIS coalition in light of the latest attacks abroad, Trudeau said that Canadian forces will continue to be "responsibly" involved in the fight against terror.
"We know that the fight against terrorism on the world scale is essential and must happen in an intelligent and reasonable way," he said.
With files from CTVNews.ca
