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Main indicators on Québec and its regions

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Regional county municipalities (RCMs)

The territorial boundaries of two administrative regions were modified on July 28, 2021. On that date, the RCMs of La Haute-Yamaska and Brome-Missisquoi officially changed their administrative region from Montérégie to Estrie. For more information, please read the bulletin Modifications aux municipalités du Québec of September 2021 (PDF, 630 KB) (in French only).

All of Québec

Total population (2022)	8,695,659 hab.
0-19 years (2022)	20.6 %
20-64 years (2022)	58.6 %
65 years and more (2022)	20.8 %
Population projections (population changes 2021-2041)	+10.3 %
Employment (March 2024)¹	4,524.3 k
Employment rate (March 2024)¹	61.5 %
Unemployment rate (March 2024)¹	4.7 %
Average hourly wage (2023)	$32.39
Job vacancy rate (4^th quarter 2023)	3.8 %
Low-income rate for families (2021)	7.7 %
Per capita disposable income (2021^p)	$34,180
GDP at basic prices (Change 2021/2020)	+11.5 %
Capital expenditure (Change 2023ⁱ/2022^p)	+10.3 %
Revenue from goods manufactured (2021)	$192,825,881k
Share of the population served by a public library service (2021)	96.6 %
Land artificialization rate (Change 1990-1999/2000-2015)	+9.4 %

¹	This data is seasonally adjusted using three-month moving averages.

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