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Institut de la statistique du Québec
Main indicators on Québec and its regions
Administrative region
All of Québec
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Capitale-Nationale
Centre-du-Québec
Chaudière-Appalaches
Côte-Nord
Estrie
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Lanaudière
Laurentides
Laval
Mauricie
Montérégie
Montréal
Nord-du-Québec
Outaouais
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional county municipalities (RCMs)
All RCMs
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Le Domaine-du-Roy
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Maria-Chapdelaine
Saguenay
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Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Total population (2025)
286,395 inhab.
0-19 years (2025)
19.4 %
20-64 years (2025)
53.5 %
65 years and more (2025)
27.1 %
Net interregional migration (2024-2025)
477 inhab.
Population projections(population changes 2021-2051)
-4.4 %
Employment (January 2026)
1
135.6 k
Employment rate (January 2026)
1
56.1 %
Unemployment rate (January 2026)
1
5.3 %
Average hourly wage (2025)
$33.47
Job vacancy rate (3
nd
quarter 2025)
2.5 %
Low-income rate for families (2023)
5.7 %
Per capita disposable income (2023
p
)
$34,572
GDP at basic prices (Change 2023/2022)
+4.7 %
Capital expenditure (Change 2025
i
/2024
p
)
+3.1 %
Revenue from goods manufactured (2023)
p
$11,121,765 k
Share of the population served by a public library service (2023)
99.7 %
Land artificialization rate(Change 1994/2009)
2
+11.7 %
1
This data is seasonally adjusted using three-month moving averages.
2
These statistics cover 89% of the territory of the administrative region.
See also
Panorama des régions du Québec – Édition 2025
(PDF, 16.37 MB)
Coups d'œil sur les régions du Québec
Le Québec chiffres en main, édition 2025 (révisée) (in French only)
(PDF, 6.82 MB)
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