Current Statistics

Population: The current population of Quebec is estimated at 7 509 928 individuals (1 April 2004).

Age structure:

Population growth rate: 0.64% (2003)

Birth rate: 9.8‰ (2003)

Synthetic fertility index: 1.48 (2003)

Death rate: 7.4‰ (2003)

Net migration rate: 4.1‰ (2003)

Infant mortality rate: 4.6‰ (2001-2002)

Stillbirth rate: 3.8‰ -- 3.5‰ notwithstanding requested abortions (2002)

Life expectancy: In 2002, the life expectancy of Quebec men was of 76.3 years and 81.9 years for women.

Urbanity: In 2001, 80.4% of Quebecers were living in urban areas.

Languages:

By mother tongue: In 1996, 81.5% spoke French, 8.8% spoke English, and 9.7% spoke another language.

In the Greater Montreal Area, 67.8% had French as a mother tongue, 13.8% English, and 18.4% another language.

By language most used at home: In 1996, 82.8% used French, 10.8% used English, and 6.4% used another language.

In the Greater Montreal Area, 70.6% used French, 17.6% used English, and 11.8% used another language.

Ethnic origin:

Canadian 68.7%, French 29.6%, Irish 4.1%, Italian 3.5%, English 3.1%, Scottish 2.2%, Native American 1.8%, Quebecer 1.3%, German 1.2%, Jew 1.1%, Haitian 1.0% (2001)

Note: The 2001 Census offered options for ethnic origins have been highly questionned. Use data with care.

French 40.9%, Britton 9.1% (1996)

Religious belief:

Literacy: International Adult Literacy Survey 47% Prose, 42% Document, 40% Quantitative (1996)

Note: This is not the official literacy rate, and should not be used in comparisions with rates calculated using different procedures.

See also:

• Demographic history of Quebec
• Demolinguistics of Quebec
• Quebec
• Canada

External links:

• Institut de la statistique du Québec
• Statistics Canada
• PopulationData.net