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Main indicators on Québec and its regions

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On January 1, 2024, the municipalities of Courcelles (Granit RCM) and Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth (Beauce-Sartignan RCM) merged, which led to a slight modification to the boundaries of the Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches administrative regions. For more information, please read the bulletin Modifications aux municipalités du Québec of January 2024 (PDF, 670 KB) (in French only).
Chaudière-Appalaches
Total population (2025)1459,158 inhab.
0-19 years (2025)121.3 %
20-64 years (2025)153.8 %
65 years and more (2025)124.9 %
Net interregional migration (2024-2025)23,350 inhab.
Population projections
(population changes 2021-2051)2
+16.7 %
Employment (January 2026)2,3252.7 k
Employment rate (January 2026)2,366.0 %
Unemployment rate (January 2026)2,33.1 %
Average hourly wage (2025)2$32.57
Job vacancy rate (3nd quarter 2025)22.8 %
Low-income rate for families (2023)25.3 %
Per capita disposable income (2023p)2$35,363
GDP at basic prices (Change 2023/2022)2+0.5 %
Capital expenditure (Change 2025i/2024p)2+11.4 %
Revenue from goods manufactured (2023p)2$27,279,703 k
Share of the population served by a public library service (2023)290.0 %
Land artificialization rate
(Change 2005/2015)2
+5.8 %
1 According to the new administrative boundaries of the Chaudière-Appalaches region that came into effect on January 1, 2024.
2 According to the administrative boundaries of the Chaudière-Appalaches region in effect until December 31, 2023.
3 This data is seasonally adjusted using three-month moving averages.
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