Quebec Population 2024

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Central Canada, borders with Ontario to the southwest, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, and New Brunswick to the southeast, and the U.S. states of New York, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to the south. According to Statcan, Quebec population in 2024 is estimated to be 8.96 million, the second-largest by population in Canada and largest province by area being 1,542,056 sq. km (595,391 sq. mi). French is Quebec official language and 94.6% of the province's population reports knowledge of French. Quebec City is the capital of Quebec province, celebrated its 400th anniversary as a city in 2008. The location become Quebec City was officially discovered by the French explorer Jacques Cartier, built a fort there in 1535 and a permanent settlement in 1541. Located in the eastern part of Canada, and part of Central Canada, Quebec occupies a territory nearly three times the size of France or Texas, most of which is very sparsely populated. The French settlers who settled in New France came largely from the western and northern provinces of France.

Ethnic groups in Quebec

The aboriginal peoples that were Quebec's early inhabitants are usually classified into three main linguistic groups, the Algonquian, the Inuit, and the Iroquoian(Mohawk). Indian and Inuit. The 2016 census counted a total North American Aboriginal origins population of 359,430 (4.4 percent) including 289,610 North American Indians (3.55 percent), 17,175 Métis (0.21 percent), and 61,260 Inuit (0.75 percent). Other North American origins 485,0145 (59.41 percent), out of these European origins (23.01%), French origins (22.91%), French (9.13%), British Isles origins (6.90%), Asian origins (6.73%), African origins (4%) and Southern European origins (5.47%). The majority Ethnic origin for the population, country wise are Irish (4.69%), English (2.76%), Scottish (2.47%), Haitian (1.74%), German (1.49%), Chinese (1.17%), Moroccan (1.05%), Spanish (0.97%), Polish (0.96%), Lebanese (0.87%), Greek (0.85%), Portuguese (0.74%), Algerian (0.68%), Russian (0.65%), Romanian (0.63%), East Indian (0.63%), Belgian (0.57%), Vietnamese (0.52%), Ukrainian (0.47%), Filipino (0.42%), Colombian (0.41%), Hungarian (0.34%), Syrian (0.34%), Armenian (0.33%), Mexican (0.32%), Dutch (0.31%) and Iranian (0.31%).

Languages in Quebec

Quebec province is different from other provinces in perspective of language, French is the only official language, while English predominates in the rest of Canada provinces. 3.5% of the population consider themselves to be bilingual in French and English and 0.9% speaks only other than English or French.
First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents

Population projection

Quebec population in 2023 is estimated to be 8.63 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 8.56 million, Population of Quebec in 2021 is estimated to be 8.5 million.

Subdivisions of Quebec

In 2016, Quebec's 1,108 municipalities covered 37.7% of the province's land mass yet were home to 99.3% of its population. The Government of Quebec's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy recognizes seven types of municipalities, cities, towns, villages, parishes, townships (cantons), united townships (cantons unis), and municipalities (municipalites). All municipalities (except cities), are functionally and legally identical.

Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over

History

Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called Canada and it was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec became a British colony in the British Empire. It remained as such from 1763 to 1867, first as the Province of Quebec (1763-1791), then as Lower Canada (1791-1841), before becoming Canada East (1841-1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was, finally, confederated with Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1867, beginning the Confederation of Canada. Until the early 1960s, the Catholic Church played a large role in the development of social and cultural institutions in Quebec. However, in the 1960s, the Quiet Revolution increased the role of the Government of Quebec in controlling political, social and future developments of the state of Quebec, Of the total population of Quebec, nearly half are descendants of the 10,000 original French settlers. About one-tenth of Quebecers are Anglophones of British descent. Another tenth of the population is of neither French nor British descent and includes aboriginal peoples (Indian [First Nations] and Inuit), eastern Europeans, Portuguese, Greeks, Haitians, and Asians (notably from Southeast Asia). In 1974 French was made the official language of Quebec, and this was reaffirmed and strengthened in Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, in 1977.