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Quebec population 2026
Quebec has 9,067,114 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2026, 16,092 more than a year earlier (+0.18%). It is 2nd of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories by population, home to 21.7% of Canada’s people.
Quebec in numbers
- Population
- 9.1 million 1 July 2026
- Change in a year
- +0.18% +16,092 people
- Change since 2021
- +5.78% from 8.6 million
- Share of Canada
- 21.7% 2nd of 13 provinces and territories
- Population density
- 6per km² 1,542,056 km²
That is about as many people as Austria (9.1 million).
Population of Quebec by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,356,951 |
| 2001 | 7,396,014 |
| 2002 | 7,441,305 |
| 2003 | 7,485,488 |
| 2004 | 7,535,483 |
| 2005 | 7,581,467 |
| 2006 | 7,631,901 |
| 2007 | 7,692,400 |
| 2008 | 7,761,614 |
| 2009 | 7,843,915 |
| 2010 | 7,929,479 |
| 2011 | 8,004,736 |
| 2012 | 8,059,752 |
| 2013 | 8,108,825 |
| 2014 | 8,147,535 |
| 2015 | 8,175,743 |
| 2016 | 8,225,036 |
| 2017 | 8,292,832 |
| 2018 | 8,386,951 |
| 2019 | 8,483,186 |
| 2020 | 8,551,095 |
| 2021 | 8,572,020 |
| 2022 | 8,667,648 |
| 2023 | 8,818,050 |
| 2024 | 8,982,312 |
| 2025 | 9,051,022 |
| 2026 | 9,067,114 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9,067,114 | +16,092 | +0.18% |
| 2025 | 9,051,022 | +68,710 | +0.76% |
| 2024 | 8,982,312 | +164,262 | +1.86% |
| 2023 | 8,818,050 | +150,402 | +1.74% |
| 2022 | 8,667,648 | +95,628 | +1.12% |
| 2021 | 8,572,020 | +20,925 | +0.24% |
| 2020 | 8,551,095 | +67,909 | +0.80% |
| 2019 | 8,483,186 | +96,235 | +1.15% |
| 2018 | 8,386,951 | +94,119 | +1.13% |
| 2017 | 8,292,832 | +67,796 | +0.82% |
| 2016 | 8,225,036 | +49,293 | +0.60% |
| 2015 | 8,175,743 | +28,208 | +0.35% |
| 2014 | 8,147,535 | +38,710 | +0.48% |
| 2013 | 8,108,825 | +49,073 | +0.61% |
| 2012 | 8,059,752 | +55,016 | +0.69% |
Quebec among Canada’s provinces and territories
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ontario | 16,262,121 | +0.28% | 38.9% | 15 |
| 2 | Quebec | 9,067,114 | +0.18% | 21.7% | 6 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 5,710,598 | +0.14% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 4 | Alberta | 5,101,050 | +1.52% | 12.2% | 8 |
| 5 | Manitoba | 1,517,379 | +0.58% | 3.6% | 2 |
| 6 | Saskatchewan | 1,278,402 | +0.96% | 3.1% | 2 |
| 7 | Nova Scotia | 1,103,419 | +0.75% | 2.6% | 20 |
| 8 | New Brunswick | 883,522 | +1.01% | 2.1% | 12 |
| 9 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 552,462 | +0.41% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Prince Edward Island | 182,989 | +0.77% | 0.4% | 33 |
| 11 | Yukon | 50,356 | +2.45% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 12 | Northwest Territories | 45,904 | −0.28% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 13 | Nunavut | 43,091 | +2.33% | 0.1% | 0 |
Largest cities in Quebec
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Montréal1,762,949
- Québec531,902
- Laval438,366
- Gatineau300,045
- Longueuil229,330
- Saguenay148,886
Air quality in Quebec today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
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Source and method
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Total area including inland water, Wikidata. Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Canada, which uses a different method.
Cite this page: Quebec population, Statistics Canada, 1 July 2026. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/canada/quebec/
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