In June 2008, it was announced that Dion will celebrate Quebec City's 400th birthday with special concert on the historic Plains of Abraham on 22 August 2008.

[2] The list of Quebec artists scheduled to perform included: Garou, Marc Dupré, Nanette Workman, Dan Bigras, Mes Aïeux, the Dion family, Zachary Richard, Éric Lapointe, Claude Dubois, Jean-Pierre Ferland and Ginette Reno.

[10] A collector's edition featuring ten exclusive photographs autographed by Dion was also issued in a digipak.

[10] Céline on the Plains debuted at number one on the Canadian Music DVD Chart, selling 32,800 copies.

[17] In Belgium Wallonia, Live à Quebec entered the chart at number one and spent four weeks at the top.

In October 2009, Céline sur les Plaines received a Félix Award for the DVD of the Year.