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The demographics of Quebec constitutes a complex and sensitive issue, especially as it relates to the National question. Quebec is the only one of Canada's provinces to feature a francophone (French-speaking) majority, and where anglophones (English-speakers) constitute an officially recognized minority group. According to the 2011 census, French is spoken by more than 85.5% of the population while this number rises to 88% for children under 15 years old.[1] According to the 2011 census, 95% of Quebec are able to conduct a conversation in French, with less than 5% of the population not able to speak French.

In 2013, Statistics Canada had estimated the province's population to be 8,155,334.[2] In the 2016 census, Quebec's population had slightly grown from that estimate to 8,164,361 living in 3,531,663 of its 3,858,943 total dwellings, a 3.3% change from its 2011 population of 7,903,001. With a land area of Шаблон:Convert, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2016. In 2021, Quebec's population had become 8,501,833. Quebec accounts for a little under 23% of the Canadian population. Quebec's demographic weight in Canada has been gradually decreasing since 1971 when, back then, it was 28% of the population. In 2018, Quebec's three most populated regions are Montreal (2,029,379), Montérégie (1,554,282) and Capitale-Nationale (745,135). Quebec's three least populated regions are Nord-du-Québec (45,558), Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (90,709) and Côte-Nord (91,213).[3]

Quebec is home to "one of the world's most valuable founder populations", the Quebec Founder Population.[4] Founder populations are very valuable to medical genetic research as they are pockets of low genetic variability which provide a useful research context for discovering gene-disease linkages. The Quebec Founder Population arose through the influx of people into Quebec from France in the 17th century to mid-18th century; though this influx was large, a high proportion of the settlers either died or returned to France, leaving a founder population of approximately 2,600 people.[4][5] About seven million Canadians (along with several million French Americans in the United States) are descendants of these original 2,600 colonists.[4]

Vital statistics

Шаблон:Section update Quebec's fertility rate is now higher than the Canadian average. At 1.74 children per woman in 2008,[6] it is above the Canada-wide rate of 1.59, and has increased for five consecutive years, reaching its highest level since 1976.[6] However, it is still below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman. This contrasts with its fertility rates before 1960, which were among the highest of any industrialized society. For example, between 1951 and 1961, the population grew nearly 30% with only small net migration (large number of international migrants had settled in Quebec in the preceding period but large numbers of Quebec residents had emigrated to other provinces as well as New England), a natural growth rate matched today only by some African countries.

Although Quebec is home to only 22.0% of the population of Canada, the number of international adoptions in Quebec is the highest of all provinces of Canada. In 2001, 42% of international adoptions in Canada were carried out in Quebec.

Population growth rate: 0.7% (2006)

Birth rate: 9.9% (2005)

Synthetic fertility index: 1.61 (2006)

Death rate: 7.4% (2003)

Net migration rate: 4.1% (2003)

Infant mortality rate: 0.46% (2004)

Stillbirth rate: 3.8% -- 3.5% notwithstanding requested abortions (2002)

Life expectancy: In 2002, life expectancy was 76.3 years for males and 81.9 years for females.

Urbanisation: In 2001, 80.4% of Quebecers lived in urban areas.

Literacy: International Adult Literacy Survey 47% Prose, 42% Document, 40% Quantitative (1996) Note: This is not the official literacy rate, and should not be used in comparisons with rates calculated using different procedures.

Marriages: In 2019, 22,250 marriages were celebrated, about 600 less than in 2017 and 2018. These numbers illustrate a continuing trend where marriages are becoming less numerous; in 1970, the number of marriages hit a peak with more than 50,000 celebrations and the number has been slowly decreasing ever since. The average age for marriage is now 33.5 for men and 32.1 for women, an increase of 8.0 and 8.5 years respectively since 1970. 72% of marriages occur on a Saturday. Half of all marriages unite a man and woman with an age gap of 3 years or less. Though they are still uncommon, civil unions are becoming more and more popular.[7]

Demographic growth: In 2019, Quebec registered the highest rate of population growth since 1972 (when quality data began to be recorded), with an increase of 110,000 people, mostly because of the arrival of a high number of non-permanent residents. The number of non-permanent residents has recently sky-rocketed from a little over 100,000 in 2014 to 260,000 in 2019. Quebec's population growth is usually middle-of-the-pack compared to other provinces and very high compared to other developed countries (ex. United States, France, Germany, etc.) because of the federal government of Canada's aggressive immigration policies. Since the 1970s, Quebec has always had more immigrants than emigrants. This can be attributed to international immigration as the number of people moving to Quebec from another province is always lower than the other way around. As of 2019, most international immigrants come from China, India or France.[7]

Education and work: In 2016, 3 out of 10 people in Quebec possessed a postsecondary degree or diploma. While women were more likely to have a university degree (33% vs 26%) or college degree (21% vs 11%), men were more numerous in having received vocational training.[8] In Quebec, couples where both parents work are far more likely to have children than couples where only one parent works or none of them do.[9]

Households: In Quebec, most people are owners of the property that they live in. The vast majority of couples with or without children are property owners. Most one-person households, however, are renters. Single-parent homes are equally divided between being property owners or renters. From 1996 to 2016, the number of people per household has decreased from an average of 2.5 to 2.25. In 2016, the vast majority of low income households were one-person households. In 2016, 80% of both property owners and renters considered their housing to be "unaffordable".[3]

Population centres

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Ten most populated Quebec cities (2016)[10]
Rank City Region Population
1 Montreal Montreal 1 762 976
2 Quebec Capitale-Nationale 538 738
3 Laval Laval 431 208
4 Gatineau Outaouais 281 501
5 Longueuil Montérégie 245 033
6 Sherbrooke Estrie 165 005
7 Saguenay Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 144 989
8 Lévis Chaudière-Appalaches 144 808
9 Trois-Rivières Mauricie 135 863
10 Terrebonne Lanaudière 113 226

Age structure

Age structure[11]: (2016 census)

Age groups Total % of population Male Female
0–4 years 444,930 5.45% 227,965 216,970
5–9 years 469,165 5.75% 240,225 228,940
10–14 years 419,160 5.13% 214,345 204,815
15–19 years 429,825 5.26% 219,070 210,755
20-24 years 500,100 6.13% 252,600 247,500
25-29 years 495,410 6.07% 248,030 247,380
30-34 years 515,505 6.31% 256,440 259,070
35–39 years 550,540 6.74% 274,595 275,945
40–44 years 506,525 6.20% 254,100 252,425
45–49 years 519,425 6.36% 260,410 259,015
50–54 years 619,435 7.59% 309,070 310,370
55–59 years 636,475 7.80% 314,190 322,285
60–64 years 562,670 6.89% 276,140 286,535
65-69 years 488,175 5.98% 236,395 251,775
70-74 years 373,590 4.58% 176,905 196,690
75-79 years 256,905 3.15% 116,020 140,890
80-84 years 187,835 2.30% 78,390 109,450
85 years and over 188,685 2.31% 61,885 126,805
Total 8,164,360 100% 4,016,760 4,147,605

In 2016, Quebec's median age was 41.2 years old. According to Quebec's age pyramid, the most numerous generation is the baby-boomers that are between 54 and 74 years of age. There are a few other less pronounced peaks, namely in the 1980s, and the one around 2010. A noticeable crater can be observed around the year 2000 because of a record-low amount of births. In 2020, 20.8% of the population is less than 20 years old, 59.5% are aged between 20 and 64 years old, and 19.7% are 65 years old or older. In 2019, Quebec witnessed an increase in the number of births compared to the year before (84,200 vs 83,840) and had a replacement rate of about 1.6 per woman. Replacement rates being below 2.1 something that is the norm in industrialised regions like Quebec. Quebec has a higher replacement rate than the Canadian average (1,47). Quebec's rate can also be both higher (ex. Switzerland (1.48), Portugal (1.42), Japan (1.36), Italy (1.29), etc.) or lower (ex. United States (1.73), New Zealand (1.75), Sweden (1.70), England (1.65), etc.) than other industrialised regions'. In Quebec, a lowered rate of giving birth has been mostly observed in people in their 20s. From 30 years of age and onwards, the rate is either increasing or stable. This demonstrates a trend towards wanting to form a family later in life. As of 2020, the average lifespan is 82.3 years. Between 2010 and 2019, there were between 1000 and 1600 deaths every week, with deaths being at their highest levels in January and their lowest levels in July.[12] In 2021, the region's life expectancy increased after a decline amid the pandemic, reaching 83 years.[13]

Population history

Population since 1824: Шаблон:Graph:Chart

Year Population Five-year % change Ten-year % change % Canada
1822 427,465 n/a n/a n/a
1831 553,134 n/a 29.4 n/a
1841 650,000 n/a 17.5 60.07Шаблон:Ref label
1851 892,061 n/a 37.0 48.32Шаблон:Ref label
1861 1,111,566 n/a 24.9 44.42Шаблон:Ref label
1871 1,191,516 n/a 7.9 32.3
1881 1,359,027 n/a 14.1 31.4
1891 1,488,535 n/a 9.5 30.8
1901 1,648,898 n/a 10.8 30.7
1911 2,005,776 n/a 21.6 27.8
1921 2,360,665 n/a 17.8 26.9
1931 2,874,255 n/a 21.8 27.7
1941 3,331,882 n/a 15.9 29.0
1951 4,055,681 n/a 21.8 28.9
1956 4,628,378 14.1 n/a 28.8
1961 5,259,211 13.6 29.7 28.8
1966 5,780,845 9.9 24.9 28.8
1971 6,027,765 4.3 14.6 27.9
1976 6,234,445 3.4 7.8 27.1
1981 6,438,403 3.3 6.8 26.4
1986 6,532,460 1.5 4.8 25.8
1991 6,895,963 5.6 7.1 25.2
1996 7,138,795 3.5 9.3 24.5
2001 7,237,479 1.4 5.0 23.8
2006 7,546,131 4.3 5.7 23.4
2011 7,903,001 4.7 9.2 23.1
2012 8,085,900 n/a n/a 23.3
2013 8,155,500 n/a n/a 23.2
2014 8,214,500 n/a n/a 23.1
2015 8,259,500 n/a n/a 23.0
2016 8,326,100 5.3 16.6 23.0
2017 8,398,200 3.8 n/a 22.0

Source: Statistics Canada [1][2][3] Шаблон:Webarchive[4] Шаблон:Note label % Province of Canada population

Ethnic origin

Ethnic origin Population Percent
Canadien/Canadian 4,474,115 60.1%
French 2,151,655 28.8%
Irish 406,085 5.5%
Italian 299,655 4.0%
English 245,155 3.3%
First Nations 219,815 3.0%
Scottish 202,515 2.7%
Québécois 140,075 1.9%
German 131,795 1.8%
Chinese 91,900 1.24%
Haitian 91,435 1.23%
Spanish 72,090 0.97%
Jewish 71,380 0.96%
Greek 65,985 0.89%
Polish 62,800 0.84%
Lebanese 60,950 0.83%
Portuguese 57,445 0.77%
Belgian 43,275 0.58%
East Indian 41,600 0.56%
Romanian 40,320 0.54%
Russian 40,155 0.54%
Moroccan 36,700 0.49%
American (USA) 36,695 0.49%
Métis 36,280 0.49%
Vietnamese 33,815 0.45%
Acadian 32,950 0.44%
Ukrainian 31,955 0.43%
African (Black) 30,170 0.41%
Filipino 25,680 0.35%
Algerian 25,150 0.34%
British Isles 23,445 0.32%
Armenian 23,230 0.31%
Dutch 23,015 0.31%
Hungarian 22,585 0.30%
Swiss 20,280 0.27%
Egyptian 17,950 0.24%
Salvadoran 15,770 0.21%
Syrian 14,925 0.20%
Ethnic origin Population Percent
Colombian 14,845 0.20%
Mexican 14,215 0.19%
Berbers 13,415 0.18%
Inuit 12,915 0.17%
Iranian 12,370 0.17%
Peruvian 12,335 0.17%
Jamaican 11,935 0.16%
Pakistani 11,710 0.16%
Chilean 11,585 0.16%
Turk 11,385 0.15%
Austrian 11,295 0.15%
Sri Lankan 10,750 0.14%
Congolese 10,190 0.14%
Cambodian 10,175 0.14%
Welsh 9,815 0.13%
Black 9,520 0.13%
Tunisian 7,870 0.11%
Bulgarian 6,955 0.09%
Guatemalan 6,880 0.09%
Laotian 6,425 0.09%
Norwegian 6,350 0.09%
Bangladeshi 6,095 0.08%
Yugoslav 6,090 0.08%
Swedish 5,975 0.08%
Afghan 5,855 0.08%
Lithuanians 5,665 0.08%
Korean 5,555 0.07%
Czech 5,540 0.07%
West Indian 5,420 0.07%
Barbadian 5,340 0.07%
Croatian 5,330 0.07%
Latin/Central/South American 5,270 0.07%
European 5,130 0.07%
Danish 5,130 0.07%
Palestinian 4,940 0.07%
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 4,810 0.06%
Japanese 4,560 0.06%
Slovak 4,560 0.06%

Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (7,435,905) and may total more than 100 percent due to dual responses.
Only groups with 0.06 percent or more of respondents are shown.
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Ethnicity according to the older more general system of classification is shown below:

Origins 2001 %
North American 4,989,230 70.02%
French 2,123,185 29.80%
British Isles 547,790 7.69%
Southern European 409,095 5.74%
Aboriginal 159,900 2.24%
Western European 153,750 2.16%
Arab 135,750 1.91%
East and Southeast Asian 132,280 1.86%
Origins 2001 %
Eastern European 130,410 1.83%
Caribbean 108,475 1.52%
Other European 86,450 1.21%
Latin, Central and South American 65,150 0.91%
South Asian 62,585 0.88%
African 48,715 0.68%
West Asian 40,960 0.57%
Northern European 15,295 0.21%

Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (7,125,580) and may total more than 100% due to dual responses
Only groups of more than 0.02% are shown
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Future projections

Panethnic origin projections in Quebec (2031–2041)[16][17][18][19]
Panethnic group 2031 2036 2041
[[Population|Шаблон:Abbr]] Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr
EuropeanШаблон:Efn 6,913,000 Шаблон:Percentage 6,805,000 Шаблон:Percentage 6,677,000 Шаблон:Percentage
African 620,000 Шаблон:Percentage 722,000 Шаблон:Percentage 829,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Middle EasternШаблон:Efn 498,000 Шаблон:Percentage 588,000 Шаблон:Percentage 683,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Indigenous 283,000 Шаблон:Percentage 305,000 Шаблон:Percentage 325,000 Шаблон:Percentage
East AsianШаблон:Efn 225,000 Шаблон:Percentage 255,000 Шаблон:Percentage 284,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Latin American 212,000 Шаблон:Percentage 238,000 Шаблон:Percentage 265,000 Шаблон:Percentage
South Asian 169,000 Шаблон:Percentage 189,000 Шаблон:Percentage 207,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Southeast AsianШаблон:Efn 155,000 Шаблон:Percentage 170,000 Шаблон:Percentage 185,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Other/multiracialШаблон:Efn 66,000 Шаблон:Percentage 77,000 Шаблон:Percentage 90,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Projected Quebec population 9,141,000 Шаблон:Percentage 9,349,000 Шаблон:Percentage 9,545,000 Шаблон:Percentage

Visible minorities and Indigenous peoples

The 2021 census counted a total Indigenous population of 205,010 (2.5%) including 116,550 First Nations (1.4%), 61,010 Métis (0.7%), and 15,800 Inuit (0.2%).[20] The Indigenous population tends to be undercounted, as some Indian bands regularly refuse to participate in Canadian censuses for political reasons regarding the question of Indigenous sovereignty. In 2016, the Mohawk reserves of Kahnawake and Doncaster 17 along with the Indian settlement of Kanesatake and Lac-Rapide, a reserve of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, were not counted.[21]{Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (7,435,905)}[22]

Approximately 16% of the population of Quebec belongs to a visible minority group, as of the 2021 Canadian census. This is a lower percentage than that of British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba but higher than that of the remaining five provinces. Most visible minorities in Quebec live in or near Montreal.

Visible minority and Indigenous population
(2011 Canadian census, 2016 Canadian census, & 2021 Canadian census)
Population group Population
(2011)
%
(2011)
Population
(2016)
%
(2016)
Population
(2021)
%
(2021)
EuropeanШаблон:Efn 6,740,370 Шаблон:Percentage 6,750,200 Шаблон:Percentage 6,762,735 Шаблон:Percentage
Visible minority group
Source:[23][24]
South Asian 83,320 Шаблон:Percentage 90,335 Шаблон:Percentage 127,990 Шаблон:Percentage
Chinese 82,845 Шаблон:Percentage 99,505 Шаблон:Percentage 115,240 Шаблон:Percentage
Black 243,625 Шаблон:Percentage 319,230 Шаблон:Percentage 422,405 Шаблон:Percentage
Filipino 31,495 Шаблон:Percentage 34,910 Шаблон:Percentage 44,885 Шаблон:Percentage
Latin American 116,380 Шаблон:Percentage 133,920 Шаблон:Percentage 172,925 Шаблон:Percentage
Arab 166,260 Шаблон:Percentage 213,740 Шаблон:Percentage 280,075 Шаблон:Percentage
Southeast Asian 65,855 Шаблон:Percentage 62,820 Шаблон:Percentage 70,455 Шаблон:Percentage
West Asian 23,445 Шаблон:Percentage 32,405 Шаблон:Percentage 43,985 Шаблон:Percentage
Korean 6,665 Шаблон:Percentage 8,055 Шаблон:Percentage 10,360 Шаблон:Percentage
Japanese 4,025 Шаблон:Percentage 4,570 Шаблон:Percentage 5,305 Шаблон:Percentage
Visible minority, n.i.e. 8,895 Шаблон:Percentage 9,840 Шаблон:Percentage 12,150 Шаблон:Percentage
Multiple visible minority 17,420 Шаблон:Percentage 23,045 Шаблон:Percentage 34,960 Шаблон:Percentage
Total visible minority population 850,235 Шаблон:Percentage 1,032,365 Шаблон:Percentage 1,340,735 Шаблон:Percentage
Indigenous group
Source:[23][25]
First Nations (North American Indian) 82,425 Шаблон:Percentage 92,655 Шаблон:Percentage 116,550 Шаблон:Percentage
Métis 40,960 Шаблон:Percentage 69,365 Шаблон:Percentage 61,010 Шаблон:Percentage
Inuk (Inuit) 12,570 Шаблон:Percentage 13,940 Шаблон:Percentage 15,800 Шаблон:Percentage
Indigenous responses Шаблон:Abbr 4,415 Шаблон:Percentage 4,170 Шаблон:Percentage 8,515 Шаблон:Percentage
Multiple Indigenous responses 1,545 Шаблон:Percentage 2,760 Шаблон:Percentage 3,135 Шаблон:Percentage
Total Indigenous population 141,915 Шаблон:Percentage 182,885 Шаблон:Percentage 205,010 Шаблон:Percentage
Total number of responses 7,732,520 100% 7,965,450 100% 8,308,480 100%
Total population 7,732,520 100% 8,164,361 100% 8,501,833 100%

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Map of indigenous communities in Quebec, this includes reserves, settlements and northern villages. Шаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:LegendШаблон:Legend

The indigenous peoples of Quebec have inhabited the region for several millennia. Each community possesses its own social structure, culture and territorial entity. In 2016, the indigenous population of Quebec numbered 182,885 people.[26] However, because federal law only recognized children of indigenous fathers until the 1980s, the actual number may be higher.

All the ethnicities living primarily south of the 55th parallel are collectively referred to in Quebec as "Amerindians", "Indians", "First Nations" or, obsolete, "Redskins". The ten First Nations ethnic groups in Quebec are linked to two linguistic groups. The Algonquian family is made up of eight ethnic groups: the Abenaki, the Algonquin, the Attikamek, the Cree, the Wolastoqiyik, the Mi'kmaq, the Innu and the Naskapis. These last two formed, until 1978, a single ethnic group: the Innu. The Iroquoian family is made up of the Huron-Wendat and the Mohawks. Only the Mohawks were part of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee), along with five other Indigenous groups from New York State and Ontario. The eleventh indigenous ethnic group in Quebec, the Inuit (or, obsolete, the Eskimos), belong to the Inuit–Aleut family. The Inuit live mainly in Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec (Nouveau Quebec) and make up the majority of the population living north of the 55th parallel.

Of these indigenous peoples, so-called "nomadic" tribes exist, specifically the tribes of Algonquian cultures (eg: the Algonquins, the Cree and the Innu), as well as more "sedentary" ones, specifically the tribes of Iroquoian traditions (eg: the Iroquois and the Hurons-Wendat). The more sedentary groups are the ones who developed more complex forms of social organization. Traditionally, nomadic tribes follow the migration of herds of animals that serve as prey, such as bison, moose or seals.[27] The way of life of the Algonquian and Inuit tribes is dictated by the obligations of hunting and fishing. The traditions of the Iroquoian tribes, producers of the Three Sisters (corn, beans and squash), are instead developed around a matriarchal structure derived from the "long cabin" called a longhouse which houses within it several families under the authority of one dean.

Relations with Québécois

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An Inuit inuksuk at the Шаблон:Ill in front of the Parliament of Quebec.

Although they represent today approximately 3% of the Quebec population, the indigenous peoples of Quebec have contributed a lot to Quebec society thanks to their ideals of respect for flora, fauna, nature and the environment as well as thanks to their values of hospitality, generosity and sharing. Economically, through the fur trade and the development of relationships with settlers, including coureurs des bois, merchants, cartographers and Jesuit fathers. In addition to contributing to Шаблон:Ill, indigenous peoples also contributed through their more advanced knowledge than settlers in the following areas: holistic medicine, the functioning of human biology, remedies for several diseases, curing scurvy at settlers' arrival (its thought this was done with a cure made from fir, white cedar or anneda), winter clothing (tanning), architecture that insulates against the cold, means of faster transport on snow (snowshoes and dogsled) and on water (canoes, kayaks and rabaskas), l'acériculture (the process of making maple syrup), sports (lacrosse and ice fishing), moose and caribou hunting, trapping, the territory and its components, watersheds and their watercourses and natural resources.[28]

When Europeans arrived in America in the 16th century, the Algonquian-speaking peoples and the St. Lawrence Iroquoians made allies with the French colonists for the purpose of trade. The first connection was made with the arrival of Jacques Cartier when he set foot in Gaspé and met Donnacona, chief of the village of Stadacona (Stadaconé, today, the city of Quebec), in 1534. Moreover, the legend of the Kingdom of Saguenay prompted King Francis I to finance new trips to the New World. Шаблон:Quote

Rights of indigenous people

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Nemiscau: the village in Nord-du-Québec home to the Grand Council of the Crees.

In the Royal Proclamation of 1763, issued by King George III, the indigenous peoples were stated to have an indisputable right to their lands. However, quickly following the proclamation and after the peace treaties with New France and France concluded, the British Crown decided to institute territorial treaties which allowed British authorities to proceed with the total extinction of the land titles of the Indigenous groups.[29]

Entirely under federal tutelage and direction, indigenous rights were enunciated in the Indian Act and adopted at the end of the 19th century. This act confines First Nations within the Indian reserves created for them. The Indian Act is still in effect today.[30]

In 1975, the Cree, Inuit and the Quebec government agreed to an agreement called the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement that would extended Indigenous rights beyond Indian reserves, and to over two-thirds of Quebec's territory. Because this extension was enacted without the participation of the federal government, the extended Indigenous rights only exist in Quebec. In 1978, the Naskapis joined the agreement when the Northeastern Quebec Agreement was signed. As a result, these three ethnic groups were able to break away from their subjugation to the Indian Act.

In recent times, discussions have been underway for several years with the Montagnais of the Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean for the potential creation of a similar autonomy in two new distinct territories that would be called Innu Assi and Nitassinan.[31] Moreover, in January 2010, an agreement between Quebec City and Montagnais granted the Mashteuiatsh Band Council the ability to plan out development in the entire Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve, which is located on the Nitassinan of the community of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh.[32][33]

A few political institutions have also been created over time:

Indigenous lands

The following table shows the traditional territories of the First Nations and Inuit peoples who live in Quebec, including the basins of the St. Lawrence Valley and James Bay, as well as on the Labrador peninsula.[37]

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Map of the traditional territory and co-territorial area of the Abenakis, which overlaps between Quebec and Massachusetts.
Traditional territories of the different Indigenous peoples of Quebec
Groups Sub-groups Name of territory Territorial division Other names for territory
Ojibwe Anishinaabewaki Osogonek Anishinaabe Ahiki
Algonquins Osogonek
Attikameks Kitaskino Nehirowisi Aski / Nitaskinan
Iroquois confederation Haudenosauneega Kanienkeh Aquanishuonigy
Mohawks Kanienkeh
Wabanaki confederation Wabanaki ***
Abenaki Ndakinna N'dakina
Maliseet Wolastokuk
Micmacs Mi'kma'ki Migmagi
Cree Eeyou Istchee
Hurons-Wendats Wendake
Innu-Montagnais Nitassinan Innu Assi
Inuit Inuit Nunangat Nunavik
Nunavimmiutitut Nunavik
Naskapis Nutshimiu-Aschiiy Nuchimiiyu - chhiiy

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Acadians

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Boats docked in the Magdalen Islands are sometimes decorated with Acadian flags.

The subject of Шаблон:Ill is an important one as more than a million people in Quebec are of Acadian ascent, with roughly 4.8 million possessing one or multiple Acadian ancestors in their genealogy tree. Furthermore, more than a million people wear a patronym of Acadian origin. All of this is because a large number of Acadians had fled Acadia to take refuge in Quebec during the Great Upheaval.[38][39][40][41]

Quebec houses an Acadian community spread out across several regions. Nowadays, Acadians mainly live on the Magdalen Islands and in Gaspesia, but about thirty other communities are present elsewhere in Quebec, mostly in the Côte-Nord and Centre-du-Québec regions. An Acadian community in Quebec can be called a "Cadie" or "Petite Cadie", and some cities and villages use the demonym "Cadien".[42]

The Festival Acadien des Îles-de-la-Madeleine is a festival which occurs every year in memory of the founders of the first villages on the Magdalen Islands. The festival is held in Havre Aubert for about two weeks. There, Québécois and Acadians from all corners of Quebec and other neighbouring lands mingle to celebrate Acadian culture.[43] The town of Bonaventure, in Gaspesia, also houses the Musé Acadien du Québec which features permanent exhibitions on Acadians in Quebec, like Une Acadie québécoise and Secrets d'Acadiens, les coulisses de la rue Grand-Pré.[44] In 2002, on National Acadian Day, the Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec unveiled a monument to Acadians entitled "Towards the Light". The monument symbolizes and explains the predominant role that the Acadians and their descendants played in the history of Quebec. The Premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, declared at this unveiling that: Шаблон:Quote

Languages

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Quebec differs from other Canadian provinces in that French is the only official and preponderant language, while English predominates in the rest of Canada.[45] French is the common language, understood and spoken by 94.46% of the population.[46][47] Quebec is the only Canadian province whose population is mainly Francophone; 6,102,210 people (78.1% of the population) recorded it as their sole native language in the 2011 Census, and 6,249,085 (80.0%) recorded that they spoke it most often at home.[48] Knowledge of French is widespread even among those who do not speak it natively; in 2011, about 94.4% of the total population reported being able to speak French, alone or in combination with other languages.[48]

A considerable number of Quebec residents consider themselves to be bilingual in French and English. In Quebec, about 42.6% of the population (3,328,725 people) report knowing both languages; this is the highest proportion of bilinguals in any Canadian province.[48] The federal electoral district of Lac-Saint-Louis, located in the Bilingual Belt, is the most bilingual area in the province with 72.8% of its residents claiming to know English and French, according to the 2011 census.[49] In contrast, in the rest of Canada, in 2006, only about 10.2 percent (2,430,990) of the population had a knowledge of both of the country's official languages.[48]

The Quebec government defends the French language and the Francophonie in the face of the mostly English-dominated rest of North America. The Gendron Commission report of 1968 established the foundations for the white book of the government of Quebec' linguistic policy. Dependent on commissions of inquiry, this policy statement is also accompanied the Charter of the French language -or "Bill 101"- since 1977. Шаблон:Quote

French

Шаблон:Main French is the official language of Quebec. Québécois French is the most widely used variant. The Шаблон:Lang oversees the application of the linguistic policy on the territory jointly with the Superior Council of the French Language and the Commission de toponymie du Québec. Their recommendations then become part of the debate on the standard for Quebec French and are represented in Le Grand Dictionnaire terminologique (GDT), the Шаблон:Ill (BDL) and various other works. Through its linguistic recommendations, the GDT fights against the invasion of Frenglish into the French language. Since the 1970s, scientific research on the matter has been carried out by university organizations, including the Trésor de la langue française au Québec (TLFQ) and the Шаблон:Ill.

The French settlers who settled in New France came largely from the western and northern provinces of France. They generally spoke a variety of regional languages of the Oïl language family.[50] Thus, creating the need for the colonists to "unify their patois" ("unite their dialects") and creating Quebec French. Québécois French became the vehicular language of New France, and it remained as such until the British's conquest of New France.

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The King's Daughters were sent to the New World to fix the gender imbalance in the colonies and boost population growth.

Early on, colonists borrowed words from Algonquin, a language they frequently interacted with, often to name and describe new aspects of geography, temperature, fauna or flora not present in the Old World.[51] Then, Quebec French's evolution was affected by the Шаблон:Ill due to the arrival of the King's daughters. These 800 women were mostly orphaned girls that had been adopted by the state as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV, and been educated in convents to become exemplary settlers and wives. Once their training was complete, between 1663 and 1673, they were sent to New France and married among the colonists, instilling the King's French into the population in the process.[52]

In his 1757 Memoir on the State of New France, Bougainville writes: Шаблон:Quote

The British conquest of 1759 turned the evolution of French in Quebec and North America upside down. By having ties severed with France, the French spoken in Quebec definitively separated from the French spoken in metropolitan France. Quebec French was then truly born, retaining the peculiarities of the old languages of Oïl (which were almost extinct in France at that point) and the King's French, and being both influenced and threatened by the language of the new English conquerors. Quebec's French continued to evolve in its own direction, retaining some aspects the non-isolated rest of the French-speaking world lost,[53] and, over time, new influences and remoteness formed the regional accents and different dialects of Quebec French.[54]

Canada is estimated to be home to between 32 and 36 regional French accents,[55][56] 17 of which can be found in Quebec.[57] There are 11 accents exclusive to mainland Quebec; they are the regional accents of Gaspé (Gaspésien), Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean (Saguenéen), Quebec-Charlevoix, Beauce (Beauceron), the Eastern Townships, Mauricie-Haute-Mauricie (Magoua), Greater Montreal, Eastern Montreal-Laval, Rouyn-Noranda and Côte-Nord. There are 4 accents off the mainland, 1 on the Isle-aux-Coudres, and 3 on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine: the accents of Villages Medelinots, Havre-aux-Maisons, and Havre-Aubert.[58] Finally, there are 2 accents that cross provincial borders: the accents of Outaouais-Eastern Ontario (Outaouais) and Témiscouata-Madawaska (Brayon). There are also people in Quebec who will naturally speak using Standard Québécois or Joual, both of which are considered sociolects rather than regional accents.

Fragility and protection of French

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The evolution of the proportion of francophones, anglophones and allophones between 1844 and 2006.

During the days of New France, there began to be an extremely pronounced demographic increase of anglophones versus francophones in North America, a trend which continues to this day. In 1700, for every 250,000 English-speakers, there was 16,500 French-speakers.[59]

After the conquest of 1759, this reality became more brutal for Quebec, which now had to avoid assimilation by the British Empire's regime and survive culturally as well as linguistically.[60]

Still today, as French's demographic weight on the continent and in Canada continues to decline, Quebec faces the threat of assimilation. Since 2011, the population with French as their mother tongue on the Island of Montreal, Quebec's metropolis, has fallen below 50%, with only 49% of the population being francophone[61] due to a sharp increase in the immigrant allophone population (whose mother tongue is neither French nor English).

Efforts have been made to preserve the primacy of the French language in Quebec. Such efforts include: instating the Charter of the French language,[62] Quebec's participation in the Francophonie since 1971,[63] French immigration to Quebec,[64] etc. Several institutions seek to protect and promote French such as the Шаблон:Lang, the Superior Council of the French Language, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, etc.

English

As of 2011, English is the mother tongue of nearly 650,000 Quebecers (8% of the population).[65] Anglo-Quebecers constitute the second largest linguistic group in Quebec. In addition, in 2001, roughly 50,000 people (0.7% of the population) considered their mother tongue to be both French and English.[66] According to the latest censuses of 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016, the percentage of anglophones in the population has more or less stabilized, but in absolute numbers, they are constantly increasing. Allophones, on the other hand, are increasing sharply in absolute numbers as well as in percentage. According to the 2016 census, 49.1% of people living in Quebec say they can conduct a conversation in English (English as mother tongue or as a second language). As for French-English bilingualism, 44.5% of people in Quebec state that they are bilingual, that is to say, able to conduct a conversation in both French and English.[67]

English made its first appearance in Quebec in 1760, when the British invaded and conquered Canada (New France). Shortly afterwards, the first English and Scottish merchants came to settle in the cities of Québec City and Montreal. In 1784, United Empire Loyalists flooded Quebec following their expulsion from the Thirteen Colonies during the United States' War of Independence. This dramatically increased the number of English speakers in Quebec. These Loyalists, avoiding the French-speaking and Catholic countryside, settled mainly in then underdeveloped regions, such as the Eastern Townships and the Outaouais. The proclamation of the Act of Union of 1840 caused massive immigration from the British Isles to Quebec, which introduced Celtic languages for the first time, and was aimed at the linguistic assimilation of the French-speaking population, which had a considerable impact on French-language culture in Quebec. Today, Anglo-Quebecers reside mainly in Montreal and the Pontiac region.

Anglophones in Quebec have several institutions and infrastructural systems. At the school level, anglophones in Quebec have several school boards grouped together into the Association des commissions scolaire anglophones du Québec.[68] In terms of media, anglophones own, among others, the Montreal Gazette in Montreal, and the Chronicle-Telegraph in Quebec City.[69] Other organisations include the Quebec Writers' Federation, which is a group of English-speaking Quebec authors,[70] and the Voice of English-speaking Quebec, which represents the interests of the English-speaking community in the Québec region.[71]

Other languages

The term "allophone" is used to refer to people whose mother tongue is neither French nor English.[72] We can distinguish two groups of allophones: people who speak indigenous languages, and those who speak so-called immigrant languages.

In the 2016 census, where one could note more than one language as their mother tongue, Quebec had 1,171,045 people (14.5% of the population) who reported a mother tongue that was neither French nor English, and 1,060,830 people (13.2% of the population) who did not declare French or English as a mother tongue at all.[73] In this census, 47,025 (0.6% of the population) reported an aboriginal language as a mother tongue, while 1,124,020 (13.9% of the population) reported an immigrant language as a mother tongue.[74]

Indigenous languages

Three families of aboriginal languages exist in Quebec, which encompass eleven languages. Each of these languages belong to and are spoken by members of a specific ethnic group. Sometimes, the language in question is spoken natively by all members of the group, sometimes they are spoken only by a few individuals. These languages are also sometimes sub-divided into different dialects in the indigenous communities.

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A multilingual road sign in Mistissini, showing Cree, English and French.

In the 2016 census, 50,895 people in Quebec said they knew at least one indigenous language.[75] Furthermore, 45,570 people declared having an aboriginal language as their mother tongue. For 38,995 of them, it was the language most frequently spoken at home. Additionally, 1,195 people who did not have an aboriginal language as their mother tongue reported using an aboriginal language most often at home.[76]

In Quebec, most indigenous languages are currently transmitted quite well from one generation to the next with a mother tongue retention rate of 92%.[77]

Immigrant languages

In the 2016 census, 1,124,020 people declared having an immigrant language as their mother tongue in Quebec. The most cited languages are Arabic (2.5% of the total population), Spanish (1.9%), Italian (1.4%), Creole languages (mainly Haitian Creole) (0.8%) and Mandarin (0.6%).[78]

Both the number and proportion of allophones have been increasing in Quebec since the 1951 census.[79]

In 2015, the vast majority (89%) of young allophone students in Quebec attended French-language schools.[80][81]

Mother tongue language

Mother tongue language in Quebec (Statistics Canada: 2006,[82] 2001,[83] 1996[84])
Language(s) 2011 2006 2001 1996
Population Percentage (%) Population Percentage (%) Population Percentage (%) Population Percentage (%)
French 6,102,210 78 5,877,660 79 5,761,765 80.8 5,742,575 80.4
English 599,225 7.6 575,555 7.7 557,040 7.8 568,405 8.0
Both English and French 64,800 0.8 43,335 0.6 50,060 0.7 97,225 1.4
Total population 7,815,950 100 7,435,905 100 7,125,580 100 7,138,795 100

Language spoken at home

Language spoken most often at home in Quebec (Statistics Canada: 2006[82])
Language Population Percentage (%)
French 6,027,735 81.1
English 744,430 10.0
Both English and French 52,325 0.7
Non-official languages 518,320 7.0
Both French and a non-official language 54,490 0.7
Both English and a non-official language 26,560 0.4
French, English and a non-official language 12,035 0.2
Total population 7,435,905 100

Knowledge of languages

Шаблон:Bar box The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census and the 2016 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least one per cent of respondents.

Knowledge of languages in Quebec
Language 2021[85] 2016
[[Population|Шаблон:Abbr]] Шаблон:Abbr Pop. Шаблон:Abbr
French 7,786,735 Шаблон:Percentage 7,522,350 94.43%
English 4,317,180 Шаблон:Percentage 3,930,690 49.35%
Spanish 453,905 Шаблон:Percentage 390,355 4.90%
Arabic 343,675 Шаблон:Percentage 267,965 3.37%
Italian 168,040 Шаблон:Percentage 173,710 2.18%
Haitian Creole 118,010 Шаблон:Percentage 108,315 1.36%
Mandarin 80,520 Шаблон:Percentage N/A <1%

Religion

Шаблон:Pie chart Religion, more precisely the Roman Catholic Church, has long occupied a central and integral place in Quebec society since the arrival of the first French settlers in New France. However, since the Quiet Revolution and the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, there has been a real separation between state and religion, and society in general sees religion as a private matter.

Main religious denominations in Quebec[86][87][88]
2001 2011 2021
Number % Number % Number %
Total population 7,125,580 100 7,732,520 100 8,308,480 100
Christianity 6,432,520 90.4 6,356,880 82.2 5,383,240 64.8
- Catholicism 5,939,795 83.6 5,775,740 74.7 4,472,555 53.8
- Christian (n.o.s) 464,020 5.6
- Christian Orthodox 100,375 1.4 129,780 1.7 145,845 1.8
- Anglican Church of Canada 85,475 1.2 73,550 1.0 55,290 0.7
- Pentecostal 22,670 0.3 41,070 0.5 39,700 0.5
- Baptist 35,455 0.5 36,615 0.5 33,755 0.4
- United Church of Canada 52,950 0.7 32,930 0.4 19,595 0.2
- Presbyterian 8,770 0.1 11,440 0.1 8,010 0.1
- Lutheran 9,640 0.1 7,200 0.1 4,875 0.1
- Other Christian Denominations1 72,935 1.0 248,560 3.2 141,635 1.8
No religious affiliation 413,185 5.8 937,545 12.1 2,260,720 27.3
- Muslim 108,620 1.5 243,430 3.2 421,710 5.1
- Jewish 89,920 1.3 85,100 1.1 84,530 1.0
- Buddhist 41,375 0.6 52,390 0.7 48,365 0.6
- Hindu 24,530 0.3 33,540 0.4 47,390 0.6
- Sikh 8,220 0.1 9,275 0.1 23,345 0.3
- Indigenous Religion 740 <0.1 2,025 <0.1 3,790 <0.1
- Other Religions 6,470 0.1 12,340 0.2 26,385 0.3
1 Includes Christian(n.o.s) in 2001 and 2011
Religious groups in Quebec (1981−2021)
Religious group 2021[89] 2011[90] 2001[91] 1991[92] 1981[93]
[[Population|Шаблон:Abbr]] Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr
Christianity 5,385,240 Шаблон:Percentage 6,356,880 Шаблон:Percentage 6,432,430 Шаблон:Percentage 6,349,220 Шаблон:Percentage 6,098,710 Шаблон:Percentage
Irreligion 2,267,720 Шаблон:Percentage 937,545 Шаблон:Percentage 413,190 Шаблон:Percentage 262,800 Шаблон:Percentage 132,935 Шаблон:Percentage
Islam 421,710 Шаблон:Percentage 243,430 Шаблон:Percentage 108,620 Шаблон:Percentage 44,925 Шаблон:Percentage 12,115 Шаблон:Percentage
Judaism 84,530 Шаблон:Percentage 85,100 Шаблон:Percentage 89,920 Шаблон:Percentage 97,730 Шаблон:Percentage 102,355 Шаблон:Percentage
Buddhism 48,365 Шаблон:Percentage 52,390 Шаблон:Percentage 41,375 Шаблон:Percentage 31,635 Шаблон:Percentage 12,000 Шаблон:Percentage
Hinduism 47,390 Шаблон:Percentage 33,540 Шаблон:Percentage 24,525 Шаблон:Percentage 14,125 Шаблон:Percentage 6,690 Шаблон:Percentage
Sikhism 23,345 Шаблон:Percentage 9,275 Шаблон:Percentage 8,225 Шаблон:Percentage 4,525 Шаблон:Percentage 1,790 Шаблон:Percentage
Indigenous spirituality 3,790 Шаблон:Percentage 2,025 Шаблон:Percentage Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:N/a
Other 26,385 Шаблон:Percentage 12,340 Шаблон:Percentage 7,295 Шаблон:Percentage 5,330 Шаблон:Percentage 1,390 Шаблон:Percentage
Total responses 8,308,480 Шаблон:Percentage 7,732,520 Шаблон:Percentage 7,125,580 Шаблон:Percentage 6,810,300 Шаблон:Percentage 6,369,070 Шаблон:Percentage
Total population 8,501,833 Шаблон:Percentage 7,903,001 Шаблон:Percentage 7,237,479 Шаблон:Percentage 6,895,963 Шаблон:Percentage 6,438,403 Шаблон:Percentage

From the beginning of Canada, and throughout French-Canadian history, catholicism and the Catholic Church have played a preponderant role in the social and political development of Quebec.

The first mass in what would become Quebec was celebrated in 1535, by the priest accompanying Jacques Cartier on his voyage to the New World. Amerindians were evangelized by Catholic missionaries before the founding of parishes. In 1627, Cardinal Richelieu recited a royal proclamation by Louis XIII which banished all non-Catholics, including Huguenots, from New France. In 1658, the apostolic vicariate of Quebec was founded, followed by the Archdiocese of Quebec in 1674. The archbishop of Quebec, who today is the primate of the Catholic Church of Canada, was once part of the Sovereign Council of New France.[94]

The extraordinary power that the Catholic Church once had in Quebec is reflected in all areas of culture, from language to the fine arts, theater, literature and film.[94] The golden age for ecclesiastics would come in the mid-nineteenth century (around 1840) as this was a period during which the Church, influenced by ultramontanism, concretized its influence (see Clericalism in Quebec). The influence of the Church began to wane a hundred years later, when, after the Grande Noirceur, Quebec society was profoundly transformed by the Quiet Revolution. Created in 1966, the Шаблон:Ill deals with current issues concerning ethical and moral values (ex. gay marriage, euthanasia and abortion).

Several holy men and women from Quebec have been recognized for their venerable actions and canonized as saints:

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The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is an important symbol of the protestant religion in Quebec.

Protestantism, a practice consisting of reformed catholicism, has been present in Quebec for a long time. From the very beginning of Canada, several Huguenots of the calvinist religion were present in Quebec. Huguenots have been identified in almost all classes of society: settlers, fishermen, daughters of the king, etc. During the early French Regime, the number of protestant immigrants was estimated to be 1,450 people. In 1627, protestantism became no longer tolerated in New France.[99] After Quebec was conquered by the British, the Protestant religion, more particularly of the Anglican faith, became tolerated again. This was because British immigrants who came to certain regions of Quebec followed this religion.

The Шаблон:Ill preceded Catholicism in Quebec.

While the first synagogue was established in Montreal in 1777, Jews remained a negligible religious group in Quebec until the early 20th century when a wave of Jewish immigrants settled in Montreal. The Jewish community of today, established mainly on the island of Montreal, now numbers about 120,000 people.[100] In 2010, this community was made up of 26.1% traditionalist Jews, 24.3% orthodox, 15.2% conservative, 9% reconstructionist and reformist, and 25.4% of Montreal Jews say they have no religious affiliation.[101] In the 20th century, successive waves of immigrants from Africa, Asia, Greece, Ireland and Italy settled in Montreal, bringing their cultural and religious customs. Some religious communities, such as Eastern Christians, then established places of worship.

Religion and politics

Шаблон:Main Many aspects of life for French-speaking Quebeckers remained dominated by the Catholic Church in the decades following 1867. The Church operated many of the institutions of the province, including most French-language schools,[102] hospitals, and charitable organizations. The leader of the Catholic Church in Quebec was the Bishop of Montreal, and from 1840 to 1876 this was Ignace Bourget, an opponent of liberalism. Bourget eventually succeeded in gaining more influence than the liberal, reformist Institut Canadien. At his most extreme, Bourget went so far as to deny a Church burial to Joseph Guibord, a member of the Institut, in 1874. A court decision forced Bourget to allow Guibord to be buried in a Catholic cemetery, but Bourget deconsecrated the burial plot of ground, and Guibord was buried under army protection.[103] The conservative approach of the Catholic Church was the major force in Quebec society until the reforms of the Quiet Revolution during the 1960s. In 1876, Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was defeated in a federal by-election because of pressure from the Church on voters, but succeeded in getting his loss annulled with the help of a new federal law. He quickly lost the subsequent election. In 1877, the Pope sent representatives to force the Quebec Churchto minimize its interventions in the electoral process.[104]

Lionel Groulx wanted to build a nationalistic French-Canadian identity, in purpose to protect the power of the Church and dissuade the public from popular-rule and secularist views. Groulx propagated French-Canadian nationalism and argued that maintaining a Roman Catholic Quebec was the only means to 'emancipate the nation against English power.' He believed the powers of the provincial government of Quebec could and should be used within Confederation, to bolster provincial autonomy (and thus Church power), and advocated it would benefit the French-Canadian nation economically, socially, culturally and linguistically. Groulx successfully promoted Québécois nationalism and the ultra-conservative Catholic social doctrine, to which the Church would maintain dominance in political and social life in Quebec.[105] In the 1920s–1950s, this form of traditionalist Catholic nationalism became known as clerico-nationalism.

During the 1940s and 1950s Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis party, the Union Nationale, often had the active support of the Roman Catholic Church during political campaigns, using the slogan Le ciel est bleu; l'enfer est rouge ("Heaven is blue; hell is red"; red is the colour of the Liberal party, and blue was the colour of the Union Nationale).[106]

Churches

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The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.

The oldest parish church in North America is the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec. Its construction began in 1647, when it was then known under the name Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, and it was finished in 1664.[107] Its first mass was celebrated by Father Vimont on December 24, 1650. This church obtained the status of cathedral in 1674, when François de Laval became archbishop of Quebec, and then the status of minor basilica in 1874. It was also rebuilt twice after the siege of Quebec in 1759 and the fire of 1922.[108]

The most frequented place of worship in Quebec is the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. This basilica welcomes millions of visitors each year, especially during the novena of Saint Anne, on July 26. The Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré basilica is recognized for its numerous miracles, which is why thousands of crutches can be found at its entrance.[109]

Saint Joseph's Oratory is the largest place of worship in the world dedicated to Saint Joseph. Located beside Mount Royal, it is known for its 283 steps, which pilgrims come to climb on their knees every year, reciting a prayer on each of the steps.

Many pilgrimages include places such as Saint Benedict Abbey, Шаблон:Ill, Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Marie-Reine-du-Monde de Montréal Basilica-Cathedral, Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral, Saint-Patrick's Basilica, etc.

Another important place of worship in Quebec is the anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral, which was erected between 1800 and 1804. It was the first anglican cathedral built outside the British Isles.[110]

In August 2019, the Minister of Culture, Nathalie Roy, announced the allocation of $15 million to preserve the cultural heritage that the churches of Quebec embody, and $5 million for the requalification of places of worship.[111]

Migration

Immigration

Quebec immigration[112]Шаблон:Rp[113]Шаблон:Rp[114]Шаблон:Rp
Year Immigrant percentage Immigrant population Total population
1861 Шаблон:Percentage 95,796 1,110,664
1881 Шаблон:Percentage 76,137 1,359,027
1891 Шаблон:Percentage 81,521 1,488,535
1901 Шаблон:Percentage 88,708 1,648,898
1911 Шаблон:Percentage 147,070 2,005,776
1921 Шаблон:Percentage 188,565 2,360,510
1931 Шаблон:Percentage 251,748 2,874,662
1941 Шаблон:Percentage 223,943 3,331,882
1951 Шаблон:Percentage 228,923 4,055,681
1961 Шаблон:Percentage 388,449 5,259,211
1971 Шаблон:Percentage 468,925 6,027,760

The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 1,210,595 persons or 14.6 percent of the total population of Quebec.[115]

Immigrants in Quebec by country of birth
Country of birth 2021[116][115] 2016[117] 2011[118][119] 2006[120][121] 2001[122][123]
[[Population|Шаблон:Abbr]] Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr
France 93,160 Шаблон:Percentage 81,225 Шаблон:Percentage 67,650 Шаблон:Percentage 59,215 Шаблон:Percentage 50,140 Шаблон:Percentage
Haiti 86,105 Шаблон:Percentage 80,965 Шаблон:Percentage 69,075 Шаблон:Percentage 56,755 Шаблон:Percentage 47,850 Шаблон:Percentage
Algeria 72,835 Шаблон:Percentage 59,460 Шаблон:Percentage 47,330 Шаблон:Percentage 29,515 Шаблон:Percentage 16,610 Шаблон:Percentage
Morocco 68,870 Шаблон:Percentage 60,695 Шаблон:Percentage 48,375 Шаблон:Percentage 33,565 Шаблон:Percentage 20,185 Шаблон:Percentage
China 52,500 Шаблон:Percentage 49,555 Шаблон:Percentage 43,735 Шаблон:Percentage 39,190 Шаблон:Percentage 24,405 Шаблон:Percentage
Italy 43,975 Шаблон:Percentage 51,025 Шаблон:Percentage 57,710 Шаблон:Percentage 65,550 Шаблон:Percentage 69,450 Шаблон:Percentage
Lebanon 42,280 Шаблон:Percentage 39,140 Шаблон:Percentage 38,570 Шаблон:Percentage 34,875 Шаблон:Percentage 28,765 Шаблон:Percentage
Philippines 31,345 Шаблон:Percentage 24,410 Шаблон:Percentage 22,630 Шаблон:Percentage 16,335 Шаблон:Percentage 13,670 Шаблон:Percentage
Colombia 29,670 Шаблон:Percentage 25,575 Шаблон:Percentage 21,320 Шаблон:Percentage 13,390 Шаблон:Percentage 4,385 Шаблон:Percentage
Romania 27,515 Шаблон:Percentage 28,690 Шаблон:Percentage 25,770 Шаблон:Percentage 26,955 Шаблон:Percentage 14,505 Шаблон:Percentage
Total immigrants 1,210,595 Шаблон:Percentage 1,091,305 Шаблон:Percentage 974,895 Шаблон:Percentage 851,560 Шаблон:Percentage 706,965 Шаблон:Percentage
Total responses 8,308,480 Шаблон:Percentage 7,965,450 Шаблон:Percentage 7,732,520 Шаблон:Percentage 7,435,900 Шаблон:Percentage 7,125,580 Шаблон:Percentage
Total population 8,501,833 Шаблон:Percentage 8,164,361 Шаблон:Percentage 7,903,001 Шаблон:Percentage 7,546,131 Шаблон:Percentage 7,237,479 Шаблон:Percentage

Recent immigration

The 2021 Canadian census counted a total of 202,740 people who immigrated to Quebec between 2016 and 2021.[115]

Recent immigrants to Quebec by country of birth (2016 to 2021)[115]
Country of birth Population % recent immigrants
France 20,980 Шаблон:Percentage
Algeria 13,975 Шаблон:Percentage
Syria 13,390 Шаблон:Percentage
China 10,735 Шаблон:Percentage
Morocco 9,510 Шаблон:Percentage
Cameroon 8,835 Шаблон:Percentage
Haiti 8,600 Шаблон:Percentage
Philippines 8,480 Шаблон:Percentage
India 8,460 Шаблон:Percentage
Tunisia 6,640 Шаблон:Percentage
Total 202,740 Шаблон:Percentage

Interprovincial migration

Since it began being recorded in 1971 until 2018, each year Quebec has had negative interprovincial migration, and among the provinces it has experienced the largest net loss of people due to the effect.Шаблон:Fact Between 1981 and 2017, Quebec lost 229,700 people below the age of 45 to interprovincial migration.[124] Per capita, Quebec has lost significantly fewer people than other provinces. This is due to the large population of the province and the very low migration rate of francophone Quebeckers.Шаблон:Fact However, Quebec receives much fewer than average in-migrants from other provinces.Шаблон:Fact

In Quebec, allophones are more likely to migrate out of the province than average: between 1996 and 2001, over 19,170 migrated to other provinces; 18,810 of whom migrated to Ontario.[125]

Interprovincial migration between Quebec and other provinces and territories by mother tongue[126]
Mother Tongue / Year 1971–1976 1976–1981 1981–1986 1986–1991 1991–1996 1996–2001 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011-2016 Total
French −4,100 −18,000 −12,900 5,200 1,200 −8,900 5,000 −2,610 −9,940 −45,050
English −52,200 −106,300 −41,600 −22,200 −24,500 −29,200 −8,000 −5,930 −11,005 −300,635
Other −5,700 −17,400 −8,700 −8,600 −14,100 −19,100 −8,700 −12,710 −16,015 −111,025
Interprovincial migration in Quebec
In-migrants Out-migrants Net migration
2008–09 20,307 27,726 −7,419
2009–10 21,048 24,306 −3,258
2010–11 19,884 24,647 −4,763
2011–12 20,179 27,094 −6,915
2012–13 16,879 27,310 −10,431
2013–14 16,536 30,848 −14,312
2014–15 16,611 32,753 −16,142
2015–16 19,259 30,377 −11,118
2016–17 19,531 27,658 −8,127
2017–18 20,777 26,470 −5,693
2018–19 24,604 27,653 −3,049
2019–20 33,843 35,066 −1,223

Source: Statistics Canada[127]

See also

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Notes

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