US EditionQuebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024
- Quebec reported a near-record immigration rate in 2024 with its population exceeding 9.1 million at the year's start.
- This rise followed a trend where nearly 160,000 immigrants arrived last year, second only to 2023's numbers, mostly as non-permanent residents.
- In January 2025, Quebec had nearly 617,000 non-permanent residents, primarily consisting of migrant laborers, students from abroad, and people seeking refuge.
- Despite immigration, Quebec experienced a record low fertility rate of 1.33 children per woman as deaths outnumbered births last year.
- Life expectancy remained steady at 82.7 years since 2016, suggesting demographic challenges persist despite population growth from immigration.
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Demographic balance 2024: the population on the rise despite a "historical crunch" of fertility.
Immigration has continued to fuel population growth, while fertility is at its lowest.
Quebec Reports High Immigration, Record Low Fertility in 2024
Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province’s fertility rate reached its lowest level on record. Non-permanent residents – including temporary foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers – were responsible for much of the province’s population growth in 2024, according to a new report from Quebec’s statistics agency. Quebec’s total populati…
The situation is disastrous because last March the birth rate was lower than that of mortality. Not only is there no generation renewal but there is a permanent disappearance. This type of figure means a lot sociologically. It can already show how much the French no longer want to make children, they are afraid of the dark future that their corrupt elites reserve for them. They no longer project themselves, they no longer envy, the flame of life…
Quebec now has 9.11 million inhabitants, according to the most recent data from the Demographic Survey published by the Institut de la statistique du Québec. In 2024, the population grew by more than 155,000 people, an increase mainly due to the increase in migration, mainly due to temporary immigration. The natural increase, on the other hand, is decreasing, with a number of deaths having surpassed that of births for a rare time. This phenomeno…
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