Quebec Profile

A comprehensive demographic breakdown using data from the 2021 Statistics Canada Census.

National Rank:2 of 10

Quebec Population

Total Population (2021)

8,501,833

Total Population (2016)

8,164,361

Population Growth

+4.1% (+337,472)

Growth Rank

#7 of 10Same geo level

Male

49.4%4,201,960

Female

50.6%4,299,870

Male-to-Female Ratio

0.977

Average Age

42.8

Median Age

43.2

Age Rank

#5 of 10Same geo level

Population Age Distribution

0–4

422,980(5.0%)

5–9

478,955(5.6%)

10–14

489,425(5.8%)

15–19

429,400(5.1%)

20–24

460,660(5.4%)

25–29

527,150(6.2%)

30–34

536,040(6.3%)

35–39

550,425(6.5%)

40–44

572,565(6.7%)

45–49

516,465(6.1%)

50–54

522,935(6.2%)

55–59

615,690(7.2%)

60–64

625,610(7.4%)

65–69

541,970(6.4%)

70–74

455,900(5.4%)

75–79

330,840(3.9%)

80–84

210,405(2.5%)

85+

214,415(2.5%)

Quebec Households

Household Size

Average Household Size

2.2

Total Private Dwellings

4,050,164

Occupied Private Dwellings

3,749,035

Size Distribution

1 Person

1,317,505 (35.1%)

2 Persons

1,295,730 (34.6%)

3 Persons

480,135 (12.8%)

4 Persons

427,605 (11.4%)

5+ Persons

228,060 (6.1%)

Household Composition

Couples with children

851,835(22.7%)

Couples without children

982,260(26.2%)

One-parent families

331,395(8.8%)

One-person households

1,317,505(35.1%)

Multigenerational

50,790(1.4%)

Multiple-family

9,225(0.2%)

Quebec Incomes

Summary

Avg. Household Income

$75,200After tax

Median Household Income

$63,200After tax

Avg. Individual Income

$41,840After tax

Median Individual Income

$36,400After tax

Income Rank

#7 of 10Same geo level

Income Composition

Market Income

79.8%

Employment Income

65.4%

Government Transfers

20.1%

Individual Income Distribution

Under $10k

462,400(6.9%)

$10k–$20k

809,375(12.0%)

$20k–$30k

1,124,265(16.7%)

$30k–$40k

896,520(13.3%)

$40k–$50k

849,005(12.6%)

$50k–$60k

687,020(10.2%)

$60k–$70k

503,110(7.5%)

$70k–$80k

367,455(5.5%)

$80k–$90k

284,690(4.2%)

$90k–$100k

198,140(2.9%)

$100k+

556,780(8.3%)

Quebec Employment

Labour Force

Employment Rate

59.3%

Unemployment Rate

7.6%

Total Labour Force

4,435,465

Employed

4,100,450

Unemployed

335,015

Not in Labour Force

2,483,265

Low Income Prevalence

Overall Low-Income Rate

11.9%

Children (0–17)

9.7%

Adults (18–64)

10.2%

Seniors (65+)

19.8%

Gini Coefficient (Total)

0.3280 = perfect equality

Gini Coefficient (After-Tax)

0.280

Quebec Languages

Language Knowledge

English Only

445,575 (5.3%)

French Only

3,980,275 (47.3%)

English & French

3,898,980 (46.4%)

Neither

82,075 (1.0%)

Mother Tongue

English

639,365 (7.6%)

French

6,291,440 (74.8%)

Non-official languages

1,167,550 (13.9%)

Top Mother Tongue Languages

French

6,291,440(74.8%)

English

639,365(7.6%)

Arabic

198,785(2.4%)

Spanish

177,155(2.1%)

Italian

90,940(1.1%)

Mandarin

57,445(0.7%)

Portuguese

41,545(0.5%)

Persian

35,615(0.4%)

Greek

34,080(0.4%)

Russian

31,700(0.4%)

Cities & Towns in Quebec

All 172 census subdivisions in Quebec, sorted by population (2021). Click any column header to re-sort.

#	Location↕	Population (2021)↓	Growth↕	Avg Age↕	Median Income↕	Employment Rate↕
1	Montréal	1,762,949	+3.4%	40.6	$56k	59.2%
2	Québec	549,459	+3.3%	43.8	$61k	60.2%
3	Laval	438,366	+3.6%	42.0	$74k	60.0%
4	Gatineau	291,041	+5.4%	40.3	$70k	60.5%
5	Longueuil	254,483	+6.1%	41.7	$62k	60.2%
6	Sherbrooke	172,950	+7.2%	42.2	$55k	59.8%
7	Lévis	149,683	+4.4%	42.9	$71k	64.7%
8	Saguenay	144,723	-0.8%	45.1	$60k	56.6%
9	Trois-Rivières	139,163	+3.5%	45.8	$54k	54.9%
10	Terrebonne	119,944	+7.5%	39.8	$81k	65.7%
11	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	97,873	+2.9%	43.1	$65k	61.0%
12	Brossard	91,525	+6.8%	42.8	$73k	56.9%
13	Repentigny	86,100	+2.2%	42.7	$78k	60.6%
14	Drummondville	79,258	+5.1%	44.1	$54k	58.6%
15	Granby	69,025	+4.2%	45.6	$56k	56.8%
16	Mirabel	61,108	+21.0%	37.6	$76k	69.7%
17	Blainville	59,819	+5.2%	40.1	$88k	66.9%
18	Saint-Hyacinthe	57,239	+2.9%	45.6	$54k	58.0%
19	Mascouche	51,183	+9.6%	39.9	$78k	67.5%
20	Shawinigan	49,620	+0.5%	49.2	$48k	48.2%
21	Rimouski	48,935	+0.6%	45.6	$58k	54.5%
22	Dollard-Des Ormeaux	48,403	-1.0%	42.7	$82k	57.4%
23	Victoriaville	47,760	+3.5%	45.9	$54k	58.3%
24	Saint-Eustache	45,276	+2.9%	43.4	$69k	60.9%
25	Vaudreuil-Dorion	43,268	+13.5%	40.2	$76k	64.7%
26	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	42,787	+5.0%	45.5	$55k	54.6%
27	Rouyn-Noranda	42,313	0.0%	42.1	$65k	62.2%
28	Boucherville	41,743	+0.2%	45.4	$90k	59.4%
29	Sorel-Tracy	35,165	+1.2%	48.8	$54k	49.1%
30	Pointe-Claire	33,488	+6.7%	47.2	$78k	56.1%
31	Saint-Georges	32,935	+1.3%	44.3	$56k	59.4%
32	Val-d'Or	32,752	+0.8%	42.4	$65k	63.2%
33	Chambly	31,444	+8.0%	38.8	$84k	70.0%
34	Alma	30,331	-1.4%	45.6	$60k	55.5%
35	Sainte-Julie	30,045	+0.5%	41.9	$89k	67.9%
36	Saint-Constant	29,954	+9.5%	39.0	$85k	68.2%
37	Magog	28,312	+6.2%	49.5	$55k	52.0%
38	Boisbriand	28,308	+5.3%	39.6	$75k	63.5%
39	La Prairie	26,406	+9.5%	41.3	$77k	63.6%
40	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	26,273	+0.3%	43.9	$94k	60.5%
41	Thetford Mines	26,072	+2.6%	49.3	$51k	52.7%
42	Beloeil	24,104	+7.3%	42.0	$76k	63.8%
43	Saint-Lin--Laurentides	24,030	+15.6%	36.3	$69k	65.3%
44	L'Assomption	23,442	+4.5%	39.7	$75k	64.7%
45	Candiac	22,997	+9.3%	40.3	$92k	65.1%
46	Saint-Lambert	22,761	+4.1%	47.1	$73k	57.5%
47	Saint-Lazare	22,354	+12.2%	38.9	$100k	67.9%
48	Joliette	21,384	+4.4%	45.7	$47k	49.1%
49	Varennes	21,198	-0.3%	41.0	$86k	68.0%
50	Mont-Royal	20,953	+3.3%	40.9	$99k	57.3%
51	Baie-Comeau	20,687	-3.9%	45.4	$65k	57.8%
52	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	19,907	+5.8%	45.2	$90k	61.2%
53	Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac	19,797	+9.5%	37.6	$82k	68.3%
54	Westmount	19,658	-3.2%	46.7	$92k	52.8%
55	Kirkland	19,413	-3.7%	43.3	$104k	57.9%
56	Dorval	19,302	+1.7%	44.1	$66k	59.9%
57	Beaconsfield	19,277	-0.2%	42.3	$110k	59.1%
58	Mont-Saint-Hilaire	18,859	+1.5%	44.6	$85k	62.1%
59	Sainte-Sophie	18,080	+15.2%	37.5	$72k	68.1%
60	Deux-Montagnes	17,915	+2.4%	41.2	$73k	64.2%
61	Saint-Colomban	17,740	+10.7%	37.0	$84k	69.7%
62	Sainte-Catherine	17,347	+1.8%	42.5	$76k	66.5%
63	Saint-Basile-le-Grand	17,053	0.0%	39.6	$89k	69.7%
64	L'Ancienne-Lorette	16,970	+2.6%	45.7	$73k	60.9%
65	Saint-Charles-Borromée	15,285	+10.8%	52.1	$54k	47.5%
66	Cowansville	15,234	+11.6%	46.6	$52k	54.1%
67	Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines	15,221	+5.5%	39.6	$70k	64.4%
68	Gaspé	15,063	+3.4%	46.5	$63k	52.7%
69	Pincourt	14,751	+1.3%	40.8	$81k	63.2%
70	Mercier	14,626	+11.5%	38.1	$85k	67.7%
71	Lavaltrie	14,425	+5.6%	40.4	$71k	62.4%
72	Mont-Laurier	14,180	+0.5%	46.2	$52k	54.6%
73	Lachute	14,100	+9.6%	47.1	$51k	49.3%
74	Matane	13,987	-2.3%	48.2	$50k	50.4%
75	Dolbeau-Mistassini	13,718	-3.5%	46.9	$56k	53.1%
76	Prévost	13,692	+5.3%	42.4	$81k	62.2%
77	Beauharnois	13,638	+5.9%	43.1	$61k	59.3%
78	Bécancour	13,561	+4.1%	43.4	$65k	61.5%
79	Val-des-Monts	13,328	+15.1%	39.7	$85k	65.3%
80	Saint-Amable	13,322	+9.5%	36.1	$79k	72.5%
81	Sainte-Marie	13,134	-3.2%	43.3	$68k	65.4%
82	Amos	12,675	-1.2%	43.5	$61k	62.0%
83	Carignan	11,740	+24.1%	37.6	$100k	71.9%
84	Rawdon	11,719	+6.0%	46.1	$56k	51.0%
85	Saint-Sauveur	11,580	+13.2%	52.7	$61k	47.1%
86	Cantley	11,449	+7.0%	38.0	$105k	69.6%
87	Bromont	11,357	+25.6%	44.6	$82k	61.3%
88	Marieville	11,332	+5.7%	40.2	$67k	68.2%
89	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	11,211	+9.7%	49.3	$52k	49.3%
90	Sainte-Julienne	11,173	+12.3%	41.2	$65k	59.6%
91	La Tuque	11,129	+1.2%	47.5	$54k	49.5%
92	Saint-Raymond	11,108	+7.2%	44.6	$61k	60.8%
93	Montmagny	10,999	-2.3%	48.8	$50k	53.4%
94	Mont-Tremblant	10,992	+14.0%	48.8	$58k	51.2%
95	Saint-Hippolyte	10,669	+17.1%	42.2	$71k	62.8%
96	Bois-des-Filion	10,159	+5.4%	40.2	$71k	67.1%
97	Farnham	10,149	+13.9%	41.2	$59k	61.0%
98	Pont-Rouge	10,121	+9.5%	40.6	$74k	65.4%
99	Saint-Félicien	10,089	-1.5%	45.6	$59k	55.4%
100	Roberval	9,840	-2.1%	47.9	$56k	52.0%
101	Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury	9,682	+15.8%	37.8	$87k	72.3%
102	Saint-Zotique	9,618	+21.2%	40.8	$74k	65.0%
103	Lorraine	9,502	+1.6%	40.7	$104k	62.2%
104	Contrecoeur	9,480	+20.2%	39.9	$70k	63.0%
105	Notre-Dame-des-Prairies	9,471	+2.1%	46.7	$62k	52.7%
106	Saint-Rémi	8,957	+11.1%	41.2	$66k	63.2%
107	Coaticook	8,867	-1.0%	45.6	$55k	59.6%
108	Nicolet	8,620	+5.5%	48.7	$58k	59.6%
109	Otterburn Park	8,479	+0.7%	40.1	$87k	68.6%
110	Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval	8,468	+15.2%	34.1	$87k	75.2%
111	Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier	8,442	+9.6%	36.1	$84k	70.6%
112	Delson	8,328	+11.7%	41.2	$74k	63.9%
113	La Malbaie	8,235	-0.4%	48.9	$57k	51.1%
114	Boischatel	8,231	+8.5%	39.7	$98k	68.6%
115	Lac-Beauport	8,164	+4.7%	39.2	$107k	70.7%
116	Chelsea	8,000	+15.8%	40.5	$115k	65.0%
117	Saint-Apollinaire	7,968	+30.4%	37.6	$74k	73.5%
118	Rigaud	7,854	+1.0%	44.1	$69k	59.8%
119	Acton Vale	7,605	-0.7%	46.5	$51k	57.7%
120	Saint-Philippe	7,597	+20.2%	37.3	$86k	72.0%
121	Chandler	7,490	-0.7%	50.6	$54k	47.0%
122	Coteau-du-Lac	7,473	+6.1%	42.3	$77k	65.9%
123	Donnacona	7,436	+3.3%	44.5	$59k	59.9%
124	Baie-Saint-Paul	7,371	+3.1%	50.1	$57k	52.2%
125	La Sarre	7,358	+1.0%	47.2	$53k	53.3%
126	Louiseville	7,340	+2.6%	52.4	$43k	47.4%
127	Shefford	7,253	+4.4%	43.6	$82k	62.8%
128	Brownsburg-Chatham	7,247	+1.8%	45.0	$58k	55.6%
129	Chibougamau	7,233	-3.6%	40.5	$72k	66.7%
130	Val-des-Sources	7,088	+4.5%	50.1	$44k	42.7%
131	Hampstead	7,037	+0.9%	39.7	$118k	60.3%
132	Saint-Joseph-du-Lac	7,031	+5.1%	39.9	$79k	67.1%
133	Saint-Félix-de-Valois	6,975	+10.6%	45.0	$59k	56.8%
134	Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon	6,817	+2.6%	39.6	$81k	70.0%
135	Saint-Calixte	6,792	+12.3%	44.5	$54k	49.8%
136	Saint-Paul	6,566	+11.5%	38.5	$74k	67.1%
137	Port-Cartier	6,516	-4.2%	43.4	$70k	53.6%
138	Shannon	6,432	+6.6%	33.0	$95k	74.4%
139	Plessisville	6,414	-2.1%	46.3	$47k	56.6%
140	Mont-Joli	6,384	+1.6%	48.1	$47k	45.0%
141	Saint-Honoré	6,376	+10.8%	38.9	$75k	62.8%
142	Charlemagne	6,302	+6.6%	45.9	$58k	56.9%
143	Pointe-Calumet	6,281	-2.3%	39.9	$69k	65.2%
144	Princeville	6,218	+3.6%	41.4	$55k	67.5%
145	Beauceville	6,185	-1.7%	44.4	$58k	62.3%
146	Pontiac	6,142	+5.0%	40.3	$82k	60.9%
147	Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel	6,121	+6.4%	41.5	$66k	59.3%
148	Sainte-Anne-des-Monts	6,121	-4.9%	48.6	$49k	43.1%
149	L'Ange-Gardien	6,102	+11.7%	39.8	$97k	66.3%
150	Amqui	5,999	-2.9%	47.7	$53k	51.3%
151	Saint-Césaire	5,972	+1.6%	41.5	$64k	67.5%
152	McMasterville	5,936	+4.2%	42.1	$73k	69.5%
153	Lac-Brome	5,923	+7.8%	51.8	$64k	50.0%
154	Saint-Pie	5,847	+4.3%	39.2	$70k	68.7%
155	Saint-Henri	5,813	+3.6%	38.4	$75k	72.8%
156	Lac-Mégantic	5,747	+1.6%	49.7	$45k	49.9%
157	Richelieu	5,742	+9.7%	45.1	$67k	63.1%
158	Sainte-Martine	5,664	+3.7%	41.0	$68k	64.3%
159	Les Coteaux	5,643	+5.1%	38.8	$68k	68.4%
160	Val-David	5,558	+13.0%	46.8	$56k	52.3%
161	Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan	5,453	+5.9%	39.7	$71k	63.2%
162	Hudson	5,411	+4.9%	48.9	$84k	53.8%
163	Cookshire-Eaton	5,344	-0.9%	42.2	$62k	63.5%
164	Chertsey	5,295	+12.8%	50.1	$51k	44.5%
165	Windsor	5,294	-2.3%	44.1	$55k	59.5%
166	Saint-Boniface	5,156	+6.7%	41.5	$70k	62.6%
167	Lanoraie	5,134	+7.2%	43.1	$66k	60.1%
168	Montréal-Ouest	5,115	+1.3%	41.2	$101k	63.2%
169	Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac	5,054	+2.9%	48.0	$56k	51.7%
170	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	5,027	+1.4%	45.3	$69k	61.6%
171	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	5,014	+3.2%	43.8	$62k	64.5%
172	Orford	5,007	+15.4%	45.6	$81k	58.9%

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