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Quebec accounts for a little under 23% of the Canadian population. Quebec's demographic weight in Canada has been gradually decreasing since 1971 when, back then, it was 28% of the population. In 2018, Quebec's three most populated regions are Montreal (2,029,379), Montérégie (1,554,282) and Capitale-Nationale (745,135).
Québec, December 8, 2021. – After slowing down sharply in 2020, Québec’s population growth picked up moderately in the first six months of 2021. As of July 1, 2021, Québec had a population of 8,604,500, up by 25,100 from the beginning of the year.
Main article: Demographics of Quebec. Population density map of Quebec. In the 2016 census, Quebec had a population of 8,164,361, a 3.3% increase from its 2011 population of 7,903,001. With a land area of 1,356,625.27 km 2 (523,795.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.0/km 2 (15.6/sq mi) in 2016.
Demographics. Population of Quebec 2022, by educational attainment. Population estimates for Quebec, Canada 2000-2022. Population of Quebec 2023, by age and sex. Population of Quebec...
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The complex nature of Quebec's linguistic situation, with individuals who are often bilingual or multilingual, requires the use of multiple terms in order to describe the languages which people speak. Francophone 1. Speaking Frenchas a first language. Anglophone 1. Speaking Englishas a first language. Allophone 1. Having a mother tongue other than ...
Knowledge of languages
The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census and the 2016 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least one per cent of respondents.
Overview as of the 2016 census
1. Population: 8,164,361 2. Official language: French 3. Majority group: Francophone(77.1%) 4. Minority groups: Allophone (13.15%), Anglophone (7.45%), Aboriginals(0.6%), native speakers of two languages or more (2.3%) Among the ten provinces of Canada, Quebec is the only one whose majority is francophone. Quebec's population accounts for 23.9% of the Canadian population, and Quebec's francophones account for about 90% of Canada's French-speaking population. English-speaking Quebecers are a l...
Numbers of native speakers
Of the population of 7,903,001 counted by the 2011 census, 7,815,955 completed the section about language. Of these, 7,663,120 gave singular responses to the question regarding their first language. The languages most commonly reported were the following: Numerous other languages were also counted, but only languages with more than 2,000 native speakers are shown. (Percentages shown are the ratio between the number of singular responses and the number of total responses.)
1988 – Official Languages Act(Federal)1982 – Articles 14, 16–23, 55 and 57 of the Constitution Act, 1982 (Federal)1977 – Charter of the French Language(Provincial)1974 – Official Language Act(Provincial)General studies
1. Marmen, Louise and Corbeil, Jean-Pierre (2004). Languages in Canada 2001 Census, New Canadian Perspectives Series, Canadian Heritage, ISBN 0-662-68526-1
Language shifts
1. Lisée, Jean-François (2004). Conference: The French fact in Québec and Canada: The Hidden Storm, American University Summer Institute, Washington D.C. 2. O'Keefe, Michael (2001). Francophone Minorities: Assimilation and Community Vitality, 2nd Edition, New Canadian Perspectives Series, Canadian Heritage, ISBN 0-662-64786-6 3. O'Keefe, Michael (1999). Francophone Minorities: Assimilation and Community Vitality, 1st Edition, New Canadian Perspectives Series, Canadian Heritage 4. Castonguay,...
Feedback. Topic: Geographic name: 2. Provincial population rank: 2. National population rank: 12 of 293. 3.3% In 2021, the enumerated population of Québec (Territoire équivalent), was 588,777, which represents a change of 3.3% from 2016. This compares to the provincial average of 4.1% and the national average of 5.2%. 5.6%
In 2019, the population grew by nearly 110,000. This significant slowdown, which is related to the COVID-19 pandemic, is the result of a major decline in net international migration and, to a lesser extent, of an increase in deaths.
