Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 10.3% in November 2021 from October.

The number of Quebecers who changed their administrative region of residence between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 was 232,000, 19% more than in 2019-2020. 

En décembre 2021, le Québec compte 4 358 300 personnes en emploi (– 6 200, ou – 0,1 % par rapport à novembre). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 4,6 % (+ 0,1 point de pourcentage).

The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today its overview of Québec’s international merchandise imports and exports in current dollars, established on a customs basis, for the third quarter of 2021.

In the third quarter of 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product at market prices was up 0.9% from the previous quarter (+0.6% in the second quarter). 

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 0.3% in October 2021 from September.

Les exportations internationales de marchandises du Québec, désaisonnalisées, en dollars constants, ont baissé de 0,3 % en octobre 2021 par rapport à septembre.

En 2019-2020, les dépenses en culture des ministères et organismes de l’administration publique québécoise ont progressé de 2,1 %, pour se fixer à 1,9 G$.

This bulletin reports the main results on innovation for Québec based on Statistics Canada’s Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy, 2019. It provides results by industry, as well as comparisons with Ontario, the Atlantic region, the rest of Canada, and Canada as a whole.

The analysis shows the importance of manufacturing exports for the Québec economy by highlighting the structure of these exports, their Québec content, as well as their contribution to the GDP and the jobs generated in different sectors.

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.

En novembre 2021, le Québec compte 4 364 500 personnes en emploi (+ 45 500 ou + 1,1 %, par rapport au mois précédent). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 4,5 % (– 1,1 point de pourcentage).

Montréal, November 30, 2021. – In 2021, the total compensation of Québec government employees was 9.4% lower than that of all other Québec employees working in businesses and organizations with 200 or more employees.

In August 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 0.9% from the previous month, following a 0.7% decline in July.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec wishes to inform media representatives that it will release the 2021 edition of the report Rémunération des salariés – État et évolution comparés on its website on Tuesday November 30 at 9:30 a.m.

The results presented in this bulletin provide a better understanding of the trajectories of violence over the course of a lifetime and demonstrate the relevance of taking into account histories of violence in elder abuse research and intervention. 

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 4.6% in September from August 2021.

After reaching 8.7 million admissions to performance venues in 2019—a record high since the survey began in 2004—attendance dropped by 84% in 2020 to 1.4 million admissions. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on the mining sector in Québec. In 2020, investment expenditures in the Québec mining sector declined by 5.3% to $2,821 million. 

In October 2021, 4,319,000 people were employed in Québec (-300; stable compared to the previous month). The unemployment rate was 5.6% (-0.1 percentage points).

The Institut de la statistique du Québec published today the 13th edition of the Panorama des régions du Québec, a reference work that brings together statistics on Québec’s administrative regions and regional county municipalities (RCMs). 

In the third quarter of 2021, employment was up in Québec for the second consecutive quarter. 

In July 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was down 0.7% from the previous month, following a 0.7% increase in June.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were up 9.2% in August 2021 from July.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today some of the results from the Québec Population Health Survey carried out in 2020-2021.

The proportion of cannabis users aged 15 and over increased from 14% to nearly 20% between 2018 and 2021 in Québec.

In September 2021, 4,319,300 people were employed in Québec (+31,200; +0.7% from the previous month). 

It looks at how Québec businesses continued to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2021 and how they see the future in the near term.

In 2017, in Québec, more than one million people aged 15 and over, or about 16% of the population, had a disability.

Overview of Québec’s international merchandise imports and exports in current dollars, established on a customs basis, for the second quarter of 2021. 

In the second quarter of 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product at market prices was up 0.8% from the previous quarter (+1.9%). 

In 2020, Québec movie theatres welcomed 4.3 million moviegoers—14.4 million fewer than in 2019—which represents a 77% drop in admissions.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today its comprehensive compilation of statistics on the evolution of the labour market in Québec between 2010 and 2020. 

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were down 0.1% in July 2021 from June.

In 2019, the year before the pandemic, Québec’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices stood at $426.3 billion, up 4.4% from 2018. 

What are the main eco-responsible business practices implemented by Québec businesses? Which clean technologies are used the most?

In August 2021, there were 4,288,100 people employed in Québec (-11,000; -0.3% from the previous month). The unemployment rate was 5.8% (-0.3 percentage points).

Final sales of new books by Québec retailers, publishers and book distributors totalled $577.5 million in 2020, down 3.1% from 2019.

In May 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.4% after little change (0.0%) in April. 

In the second quarter of 2021, there were 60,300 more jobs in Québec than in the first quarter of the year, but 72,700 fewer jobs than in the last quarter of 2019, i.e. before the pandemic.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were down 4.3% in June 2021.

In 2016, the employment rate for immigrant women age 25 to 54 living in Québec was about 69% compared to 83% for non-immigrants.

En juillet 2021, le Québec compte 4 299 100 personnes en emploi (+ 7 500; + 0,2 % par rapport au mois précédent). Le taux de chômage s’établit à 6,1 % (– 0,2 point de pourcentage).

Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices fell by 0.2% in April 2021, after posting an increase of 1.6% in March.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars remained unchanged (0.0%) in May 2021.

An estimated 11,300 marriages were celebrated in Québec in 2020, a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. This number was down by half (‑49%) over 2019, a decline without precedent in Québec.

In June 2021, Québec had 4,291,600 employed persons (+72,300; +1.7% compared to the previous month) and the unemployment rate stood at 6.3% (–0.3%).

In 2020, in Québec, sound recording sales in album equivalent units totalled 2.3 million units, a 36% drop from 2019. This was the largest annual decline in sales in 10 years. Sales of all types of products were down from 2019: CDs (-48%), vinyl records (-14%), digital albums (-16%), and digital tracks (-23%).

A comprehensive range of data on wages, hours of work, salary scales and total compensation for Québec as a whole and according to several breakdowns (the private sector broken down by business size and unionization as well as the public sector and its components). 

The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today its quarterly overview of Québec’s international merchandise imports and exports in current dollars, established on a customs basis. The analysis approaches trade from the perspective of trading partners and products. 

In the first quarter of 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices was up 1.4% from the previous quarter (+1.6%). At an annualized rate, this increase stands at 5.9%. 

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were down 1.8% in April from March 2021. 

The value of mineral shipments in Québec rose by 11.1% in 2019 from 2018 to $11.91 billion. The mining sector’s wage bill totalled $2.1 billion, up 4.4% from 2018.

How do Québec businesses continue to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2021 and how do they see the future? 

The pandemic that marked the year 2020 and the beginning of 2021 has made it necessary to update the Québec population projections published in 2019. 

The value of production in the audiovisual industry in Québec stood at $2.4 billion in 2019-2020 (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), up for a fourth consecutive year. This is an increase of 17% from the previous year and of 54% from 2015-2016.

 In 16 of Québec’s 17 regions, non-residential tangible capital expenditure intentions for 2021 were higher than for 2020. 

The showcase presents statistical information according to various indicators based on the objectives of the Secrétariat à la jeunesse's 2021-2024 Youth Action Plan.

In May 2021, there were 4,219,300 people employed in Québec (-8,000; -0.2% from the previous month). The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.6%.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec estimates that there were 81,850 births in Québec in 2020. This is a decrease of almost 3% from 2019 (84,300). 

An update on research and development (R&D) in Québec in 2018 based on the most recent data released at the provincial level by Statistics Canada.

After 12 months of the pandemic, the GDP level had almost returned to its February 2020 level: it was about at 99% of that level.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were up 3.1% in March from February 2021.

In April 2021, employment was down in Québec (-13,300; -0.3% from the previous month). The unemployment rate edged up 0.2 percentage points to 6.6%.

In 2020, the Québec labour market was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: 275,000 payroll jobs paid less than $20 an hour were lost. At the same time, 105,000 jobs paid 30$ an hour or more were added. 

Did you know that 22% of the province’s land area is made up of water? That the average age of Quebecers is 42.6 years? Or that the household savings rate was 18.4% in Québec in 2020?

There were 23,100 fewer people employed in Québec than in the last quarter of 2020, and 133,000 fewer than in the last quarter of 2019.

In December 2020, there were 8,085 business openings in Québec, versus 6,789 closures.

As a result, the GDP level in January 2021 was about 98% of the level in February 2020.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were down 3.6% in February 2021 from January. 

In March 2021, employment was up in Québec (+25,900; +0.6% from the previous month). The unemployment rate remained stable at 6.4%. 

The Institut de la statistique du Québec is releasing today an analysis of the results from the Québec portion of the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CSBC), fourth edition.

This study will follow more than 4,000 babies born in Québec in 2020-2021 until they reach adulthood. These children and their families, selected by the Institut, will come from all over Québec.

An analysis of variable pay plans in Québec businesses with 200 or more employees and municipalities with populations of 25,000 or more in 2018.

By December 2020, 10 out of 20 economic sectors had rebounded to or exceeded their February 2020 production levels, i.e. their levels before the start of the pandemic. On the other hand, in two sectors, the output level at the end of the year was less than 60% of that in February. 


The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today the highlights of an analysis of Québec’s international merchandise trade for 2020.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices was up 1.5% from the previous quarter (+12.6% in the third quarter).

Québec’s population was estimated at 8,576,000 on January 1, 2021, up 19,300 from a year earlier. 

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were down 1.4% in January 2021 from December 2020. 

Employment was up (+112,600; +2.7%) in Québec in February 2021 from January 2021. The unemployment rate declined by 2.4 percentage points in February to 6.4%.

Drug, alcohol and tobacco use, gambling, and playing games of chance are all on a downward trajectory among Québec secondary school students—a trend that’s been observed for a number of years now. Yet new youth-related public health issues are on the rise: vaping and drinking sugary alcoholic beverages. 

In all Québec companies with 200 or more employees combined, approximately 303,510 regular full-time employees work in a profession requiring a university education. Of them, 176,720 are women (58%). 

The Institut de la statistique du Québec today published the results of the 2018 economic vitality index of Québec localities and regional county municipalities (RCMs). 

In 2020, life expectancy at birth in Québec was 80.6 for men and 84.0 for women. That’s a drop of 0.4 years (5 months) and 0.7 years (8 months) respectively, compared to 2019.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec published today the Dashboard for measuring the green economy in Québec, which provides a series of 12 indicators organized around four themes: clean technologies, environmentally responsible business practices, green jobs and c.ircular economy.

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were up 1.0% in December 2020 from the previous month. For 2020 as a whole, exports decreased by 8.5% from 2019. 

In November 2020, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 0.6%, following a 0.4% decline in October.

In 2020, the Québec labour market was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a net loss of 208,500 jobs. 

This publication provides a picture of the average number of days of vacation, statutory holidays and floating holidays and their cost as a percentage of average annual earnings. 

In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 109,900 fewer people employed in Québec than in the last quarter of 2019, but 50,900 more than in the third quarter of 2020. 

Employment was down (-97,900; -2.3%) in Québec in January 2021 from December 2020. The unemployment rate rose 2.0 percentage points in January to 8.8%. 

The total number of deaths recorded in Québec in 2020 stands at 74,550 according to the Institut de la statistique du Québec’s preliminary estimate. There were 6,750 more deaths than in 2019, a 10% increase. 

This study provides a portrait of Québec’s international merchandise imports and exports in current dollars, on a customs basis. It approaches trade from the perspective of products and trading partners.

In October 2020, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices declined 0.5% (+1.2% in September). This decrease, after five consecutive monthly increases, coincides with the tightening of health measures in October due to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Québec. 

Québec’s seasonally adjusted international merchandise exports in constant dollars were up 3.0% in November 2020 from the previous month.

Population growth has slowed in regions where large urban centres are located, particularly in the Montréal region. The Montréal region saw its population increase by just under 5,000 in 2019-2020, compared with nearly 37,000 in the previous year. Nevertheless, a majority of regions saw their population growth accelerate. 

The indicators analyzed in this bulletin confirm that the labour market was dynamic in Québec and in most regional county municipalities (RCMs) before the COVID-19 crisis hit the province.

Employment was little changed (-16,800; -0.4%) in Québec in December from November 2020. The unemployment rate declined 0.5 percentage points in December to 6.7%.

The combination of these two indicators provides a more complete picture of the pandemic’s effects on the Québec labour market.

In the third quarter of 2020, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices was up 12.6% from the previous quarter (-11.9% in the second quarter). 

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