On October 15, 2021, data on music streaming became available for the first time in Québec. During the last 11 weeks of 2021, Quebecers streamed 4.6 billion tracks on music streaming platforms. 

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 2.9% from March 2022. 

Overall, businesses are slightly more optimistic about their survival in the coming year (81.1%) than in the previous quarter (78.7%).

In 2021, there were an estimated 84,900 births in Québec. This represents an increase of almost 4% from 2020 (81,850) and a return to the level observed in 2019 (84,309). 

How can a society’s progress be measured in a way that takes into account what matters to people, such as health, education, the environment, and material conditions?

En mai 2022, le Québec compte 4 384 600 personnes en emploi (+ 5 100, ou + 0,1 % par rapport à avril 2022). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 4,2 % (+ 0,3 point de pourcentage). Détails à venir.

Despite the decline in economic activity caused by the health crisis, per capita disposable income increased by 8.2% in 2020 in Québec. This was the strongest growth in current dollars since 1984.

In 2021, Québec movie theatres welcomed 7.0 million moviegoers, up from 4.3 million in 2020, but far below the 18.7 million moviegoers in 2019, before the pandemic.

In February 2022, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 0.7% from the previous month, following a 0.8% increase in January. 

In 2020, 96% of Québec businesses had an Internet connection. This proportion was 84% in 2012.

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 2.9% from February 2022. 

En avril 2022, au Québec, il y a 4 379 500 personnes en emploi (– 26 500, ou – 0,6 %, par rapport au mois précédent). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 3,9 % (– 0,2 point de pourcentage).

After a significant decline in 2020, the life expectancy of the Québec population reached 83.0 years in 2021. Life expectancy in Québec, which was 82.9 years in 2019, had dropped to 82.3 years in 2020.

Did you know that 22% of Québec’s surface area is made up of water, that the average age of Quebecers is 42.9 years, or that the household savings rate in Québec was 17.4% in 2021?

The Institut de la statistique du Québec released today its comprehensive compilation of statistics on the evolution of the labour market in Québec between 2011 and 2021. This document contains a vast amount of detailed data on key labour market indicators.

In January 2022, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 0.7% from the previous month, following a 0.2% increase in December 2021.

Earth Day - The carbon footprint of Québec households totalled at least 71,997 thousand tons of CO₂ equivalent (kt of CO₂ eq.) for 2017, which is equivalent to 8.7 tons per capita.

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 6.2% in February 2022 from the previous month. 

The proportion of Quebecers who reported using cannabis during the year rose from 14% in 2018 to 20% in 2021.

En mars 2022, le Québec compte 4 406 000 personnes en emploi (+ 27 100, ou + 0,6 % par rapport à février). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 4,1 % (- 0,4 point de pourcentage). Plus de détails à venir.

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 fourth quarter of 2021.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices was up 1.1% from the previous quarter (+1.1% in the third quarter).

Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 8.3% in January 2022 from December 2021.

En février 2022, le Québec compte 4 378 900 personnes en emploi (+ 81 500, ou + 1,9 % par rapport à janvier 2022). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 4,5 % (- 0,9 point de pourcentage).

In 2019, domestic research and development (R&D) expenditures by Québec businesses totalled $5,665 million, which corresponds to 1.23% of the province’s GDP and 26.2% of such expenditures in Canada.

Québec’s international merchandise exports, in constant dollars, were up 3.0% in 2021 from 2020.

In 2019, the median after-tax income in Québec was $32,700 for individuals and $59,800 for households. The proportion of the population living in low income was 11% for individuals and 16% for households.

In November 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 1.2% from the previous month, following a 0.3% increase in October. 

The number of admissions to museum institutions dropped from 15.1 million in 2019 to 3.9 million in 2020, a 74% decrease. 

In 2021, the number of jobs in Québec reached 4,269,000. This is an increase of 169,400 (+4.1%) over 2020, which saw a decline of 208,500 jobs. The unemployment rate in Québec was 6.1%, down from 8.9% in 2020.

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.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, employment was up in Québec (+45,100) for the third consecutive quarter. Total employment was comparable to before the pandemic, and the number of full-time jobs increased (+52,600). 

En janvier 2022, le Québec compte 4 297 400 personnes en emploi (– 63 000, ou – 1,4 % par rapport à décembre 2021). Le taux de chômage se fixe à 5,4 % (+ 0,7 point de pourcentage).

More than 200 statistical tables and figures related to this industry’s main economic indicators. 

In October 2021, Québec’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices was up 0.1% from the previous month, following a 0.3% decline in September.

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. 

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Québec’s real GDP at basic prices up 0.7% in February 2022

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