In 2018, about 21% of Quebecers aged 15 and over, or about 1,489,000 people, were acting as informal caregivers (24% of women and 18% of men). Among these caregivers, nearly 60% were employed.
Based on Statistics Canada’s 2012 General Social Survey, these statistics examine several dimensions of informal caregiving in Québec, compared with the rest of Canada and Canada as a whole. The phenomenon...