This is a demographic history of Quebec chronicling the evolution of the non-indigenous population in Quebec.
Historical Census population
{| border="1" class=wikitable
|-
! Year
! Population
!Change
!Percent change
|-
| 1605
| 44
|N/A
| N/A
|-
| 1608
| 28
| -16
| -72.7
|-
| 1610
| 18
| -10
| -77.7
|-
| 1620
| 60
| 42
| 233.3
|-
| 1630
| 100
|40
| 66.7
|-
| 1640
| 359
| 259
| 259
|-
| 1653
| 2,000
| 1,641
| 557.1
|-
| 1666
| 3,215
| 1,215
| 60.8
|-
| 1667
| 3,918
| 703
| 21.9
|-
| 1673
| 6,705
| 2,787
| 71.1
|-
| 1675
| 7,832
| 1,127
| 16.8
|-
| 1679
| 9,400
| 1,568
| 20
|-
| 1683
| 12,566
| 3,166
| 33.7
|-
| 1686
| 11,786
| -780
| -6.6
|-
| 1692
| 12,431
| 645
| 5.5
|-
| 1706
| 16,745
| 4,314
| 34.7
|-
| 1713
| 18,469
| 1,724
| 10.3
|-
| 1720
| 24,594
| 6,125
| 33.2
|-
| 1727
| 31,184
| 6,590
| 26.8
|-
| 1734
| 37,716
| 6,532
| 20.9
|-
| 1739
| 43,362
| 5,646
| 15
|-
| 1754
| 55,009
| 11,647
| 26.9
|-
| 1765
| 69,810
| 14,801
| 26.9
|-
| 1784
| 113,012
| 43,202
| 61.9
|-
| 1790
| 161,311
| 48,299
| 42.7
|-
| 1806
| 250,000
| 88,689
| 55
|-
| 1814
| 335,000
| 85,000
| 34
|-
| 1822
| 427,465
| 92,465
| 27.6
|-
| 1831
| 553,134
| 125,669
| 29.4
|-
| 1844
| 697,084
| 143,950
| 26
|-
| 1851
| 890,000
| 192,916
| 27.7
|-
| 1861
| 1,112,000
| 222,000
| 24.9
|-
| 1871
| 1,192,000
| 80,000
| 7.2
|-
| 1881
| 1,360,000
| 168,000
| 14.1
|-
| 1891
| 1,489,000
| 129,000
| 9.5
|-
| 1901
| 1,649,000
| 160,000
| 10.7
|-
| 1906
| 1,815,000
| 166,000
| 10.1
|-
| 1911
| 2,006,000
| 191,000
| 10.5
|-
| 1916
| 2,182,000
| 176,000
| 8.8
|-
| 1921
| 2,361,000
| 179,000
| 8.2
|-
| 1926
| 2,573,000
| 212,000
| 9
|-
| 1931
| 2,875,000
| 302,000
| 11.7
|-
| 1936
| 3,102,000
| 227,000
| 7.9
|-
| 1941
| 3,332,000
| 230,000
| 7.4
|-
| 1946
| 3,645,000
| 313,000
| 9.4
|-
| 1951
| 4,056,000
| 411,000
| 11.3
|-
| 1956
| 4,628,000
| 572,000
| 14.1
|-
| 1961
| 5,259,000
| 631,000
| 13.6
|-
| 1966
| 5,781,000
| 522,000
| 9.9
|-
| 1971
| 6,028,000
| 247,000
| 4
|-
| 1976
| 6,234,000
| 206,000
| 3.4
|-
| 1981
| 6,438,000
| 204,000
| 3.3
|-
| 1986
| 6,532,000
| 94,000
| 1.5
|-
| 1991
| 6,896,000
| 364,000
| 5.6
|-
| 1996
| 7,139,000
| 243,000
| 3.5
|-
| 2001
| 7,237,000
| 98,000
| 1.4
|-
| 2006
| 7,546,000
| 309,000
| 4.3
|-
| 2011
| 7,903,000
| 357,000
| 4.7
|-
| 2016
| 8,164,000
| 261,000
| 3.3
|-
| 2021
| 8,502,000
| 338,000
| 4.1
|-
| 2024
| 9,056,000
| 554,000
| 5.3
|}
See also
- Demographics of Quebec
- History of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- the revenge of the cradles is an expression referring to the high birth rate of French Canadians prior to the late 20th century.
References
- Statistics Canada website