Québec (Province), Canada
Québec (Province), Canada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
province · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Quebec at a glance
Rolled up from the 81 regions inside Quebec on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population8,501,490
census
Places inside81
55 with a full /local page
Businesses on file164,851
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered400
in the company directory
Who represents them54
places with a /politics page
Property & employers18 · 16
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Quebec, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 9,067,114 persons (2026-07) ↗
- GDP
- 646,481 CAD millions, current prices (expenditure-based) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 5.7 % (15+, seasonally adjusted, LFS) (2026-10) ↗
- Inflation
- 3.1 % CPI all-items, 12-month change (Sep 2025 to Sep 2026) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 79,000 CAD, median total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Average household income
- 105,000 CAD, average total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 388,754 CAD millions, total debt held by all family units (Survey of Financial Security) (2023) ↗
- Average household debt
- 148,700 CAD, average total debt among family units holding debt (65.4% of family units hold debt) (2023) ↗
- Median net worth
- 371,000 CAD, median net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Average net worth
- 752,400 CAD, average net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Home ownership
- 59.7 % of family units holding a principal residence (SFS) (2023) ↗
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| French ↗ | 82.2% | first official language spoken (French only) | 2021 |
| English ↗ | 13% | first official language spoken (English only) | 2021 |
| English and French ↗ | 3.9% | first official language spoken (both) | 2021 |
| English–French bilingual ↗ | 46.4% | can conduct a conversation in both English and French | 2021 |
| French ↗ | 100% | official status (sole official language of Québec) | 2021 |
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Largest companies in Quebec
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alimentation Couche-Tard (Laval) ↗ | revenue | 72.86 USD billions (Wikipedia shows '$') | 2025 |
| BCE Inc. (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 24.47 CAD billions | 2025 |
| Metro Inc. (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 21.2 CAD billions | 2024 |
| Desjardins Group (Lévis) ↗ | revenue | 20.32 CAD billions | 2021 |
| Saputo Inc. (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 19.061 CAD billions | FY2025 |
| Hydro-Québec (Montréal; Crown corporation) ↗ | revenue | 17.999 CAD billions | 2025 |
| WSP Global (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 16.17 CAD billions | 2024 |
| CGI Inc. (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 15.9 CAD billions | 2025 |
| National Bank of Canada (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 13.98 CAD billions | 2025 |
| Bombardier Inc. (Montréal) ↗ | revenue | 9.55 USD billions | 2025 |
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Largest listed companies headquartered in Quebec
By market cap (USD billions, 2026-11-10). Market caps from companiesmarketcap.com; listing and head office from search.coshares + search.cos (RegionID walked to the province).
| # | Company | Ticker | Market cap | Rank in Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) | TSX:CNR | $75.92B | 14 |
| 2 | Bombardier | TSX:BBD.B | $44.4B | 28 |
| 3 | Dollarama | TSX:DOL | $41.08B | 30 |
| 4 | BCE | TSX:BCE | $20.2B | 44 |
| 5 | WSP | TSX:WSP | $17.59B | 49 |
| 6 | CGI | TSX:GIB.A | $16.9B | 51 |
| 7 | Metro | MRU.TO | $14.66B | 58 |
| 8 | Saputo | TSX:SAP | $12.37B | 68 |
| 9 | CAE | TSX:CAE | $8.84B | 82 |
| 10 | TFI | TSX:TFII | $7.61B | 91 |
Source: companiesmarketcap.com · listings and head offices from search.coshares + search.cos
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Worth knowing
- 2026-10In the October 5, 2026 general election the governing CAQ lost all 79 of its seats; the Parti Québécois rose from 7 seats to 60, five short of a majority, and no party reached 30% of the popular vote for the first time in Québec history. ↗
- 2026-10Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was sworn in on October 21, 2026 as Québec's 34th premier, returning the sovereigntist PQ to power; he named a 22-minister cabinet. ↗
- 2021-05In 2021, 46.4% of Québec residents (3,898,980 people) could hold a conversation in both English and French, the highest share ever recorded by a census in the province; 51.7% could converse in English. ↗
- 2022-08The share of Québec residents whose first official language spoken is French fell from 83.7% in 2016 to 82.2% in 2021. ↗
- 2026-11QPAREB: Montréal CMA sales slowed in October 2026; the single-family median price rose 2% from a year earlier while condo and plex medians were stable. ↗
- 2026-11QPAREB: Québec City CMA listings in the central sector rose 56% year over year in October 2026, but median prices still rose 4% (single-family), 8% (condo) and 3% (plex). ↗
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Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
Median household income$74,931
Median rent$811/mo
Immigrants14.6%
Renters40%
Aged 65+20.6%
Unemployment7.6%
Low income12%
Speak a non-official language at home7.9%
Non-official languages spoken most often at home
- Spanish107,510 · 1.3%
- Arabic99,350 · 1.2%
- Mandarin44,795 · 0.5%
- Italian24,910 · 0.3%
- Russian20,585 · 0.2%
- Romanian20,070 · 0.2%
- Portuguese18,525 · 0.2%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)18,470 · 0.2%
- Haitian Creole18,315 · 0.2%
- Vietnamese18,295 · 0.2%
- Yue (Cantonese)16,065 · 0.2%
- Iranian Persian15,355 · 0.2%
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Largest employers headquartered in Quebec
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.Dollarama inc. Montréal, QC · Discount retail ↗41,000 worldwide, 2026
- 2.Great-West Lifeco Winnipeg, MB · Finance — life insurance and wealth holding company ↗33,430 worldwide
- 3.Knowlton Development Corporation (kdc/one) Longueuil, QC · Manufacturing — beauty, personal-care and home-care products (contract formulation) ↗15,000 worldwide
- 4.iA Groupe financier Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Insurance and wealth management ↗11,500 worldwide
- 5.Québecor Montréal, QC · Telecommunications, media and entertainment (Vidéotron, TVA) ↗10,000 worldwide, 2026
- 6.Agropur coopérative Longueuil, QC · Food manufacturing — dairy cooperative ↗7,000 worldwide
- 7.Beneva Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Insurance — mutual life, health and P&C insurer ↗6,500 worldwide
- 8.VIA Rail Canada inc. Montréal, QC · Passenger rail transportation (federal Crown corporation) ↗3,711 worldwide
- 9.Groupe Promutuel (Promutuel Assurance) Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Insurance — mutual property and casualty ↗2,400 worldwide
- 10.Genetec Inc. Montréal, QC · Software — physical security ↗2,300 worldwide
- 11.Levio Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · IT and management consulting — digital transformation ↗2,000 worldwide
- 12.Altasciences Laval, QC · Contract research (CRO/CDMO) — preclinical, clinical, bioanalytical ↗1,800 worldwide
- 13.Groupe Gilbert Chicoutimi (Saguenay), QC · Construction, industrial services and transport ↗1,500 worldwide
- 14.H2O Innovation Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Water treatment — membrane systems, specialty products and operations ↗1,200 worldwide
- 15.Eddyfi Technologies Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Technology — non-destructive testing instruments and software ↗1,000 worldwide
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Largest places in Quebec
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Montréal, QC full1,762,950
- 2.Ville du Québec (City), QC full549,459
- 3.Laval, Quebec full438,366
- 4.Gatineau-Hull, Quebec full291,041
- 5.Longueuil, Quebec full254,480
- 6.Sherbrooke, Quebec full172,950
- 7.Lévis, Quebec full149,683
- 8.Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) full139,163
- 9.Terrebonne, Quebec full119,944
- 10.Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec full97,875
- 11.Brossard, Quebec full91,525
- 12.Repentigny, Quebec full86,100
- 13.Saint-Jérôme, Quebec full80,215
- 14.Drummondville, Quebec full79,260
- 15.Granby, Quebec full69,025
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Inside Quebec
80 regions have Quebec as their parent.
- Aylmer, Quebec
- Baie-Comeau, Quebec
- Beauce, Québec
- Beauport, Quebec
- Belleterre, Quebec
- Boucherville, Quebec
- Brossard, Quebec
- Buckingham, Quebec
- Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
- Charlesbourg, Quebec
- Charny, Quebec
- Châteauguay, Quebec
- Chelsea, Quebec
- Chibougamau, Québec town
- Chicoutimi, Quebec
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
- Dorval, Quebec
- Drummondville, Quebec
- Gaspe, Quebec
- Gatineau-Hull, Quebec
- Granby, Quebec
- Grenville, Quebec
- Hudson, Quebec
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands), Quebec island
- Joliette, Quebec town
- Jonquière, Quebec
- Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec
- Kipawa, Quebec
- Kirkland-Beaconsfield, Quebec
- Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
- Lachute, Quebec
- LaSalle, Quebec
- Laval, Quebec
- Lévis, Quebec
- Longueuil, Quebec
- Matane, Quebec
- Mont-Joli, Quebec town
- Mont-Tremblant (Saint-Jovite) town
- Montréal, QC
- Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec
- Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec
- Pointe-Claire, Quebec
- Repentigny, Quebec
- Rigaud, Quebec
- Rimouski, Quebec
- Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
- Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
- Saint-Eustache, Quebec
- Saint-Georges, Quebec
- Saint-Georges, Quebec
- Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec
- Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec
- Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
- Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Lazare, Quebec
- Saint-Léonard, Quebec
- Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec
- Saint-Romuald, Quebec
- Saint-Sauveur, Quebec
- Saint-Zotique, Quebec
- Sainte-Adèle, Quebec
- Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
- Sainte-Foy, Quebec
- Sainte-Marie, Quebec
- Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
- Sept-Îles, Quebec
- Shawinigan, Quebec
- Sherbrooke, Quebec
- Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- Terrebonne, Quebec
- Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers)
- Val-d'Or, Quebec
- Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec
- Verdun, Quebec
- Victoriaville, Quebec
- Ville du Québec (City), QC
- Wakefield, Quebec
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Companies based in Quebec
5 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 400 across Quebec and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| accesso Paradox | Software | |
| Alias Entrepreneur | Media | |
| CDPQ | Finance | 1965 |
| Nitro Media | Media | |
| Vortex Aquatic Structures | Manufacturing |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Québec (Province), Canada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.