Quebec
Ethnic origin Population Percent
Canadian ( Canadiens ) 4,474,115 60%
French 2,151,655 29%
Irish 406,085 5.5%
Italian 299,655 4%
English 245,155 3.3%
First Nations 219,815 3%
Scottish 202,515 2.7%
Québécois 140,075 2%
German 131,795 1.8%
Demographics
This article contains too many pictures , charts or diagrams for its overall length . Please help to improve this article by converting charts or diagrams into prose text or adjusting the sand­wich­ing of text between two im­ages and indiscriminate galleries . See the Manual of Style on use of images . ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Main articles : Demographics of Quebec and French Canadian In the 2016 census , Quebec had a population of 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 1,356,625.27 km2 ( 523,795.95 sq mi ) , it had a population density of 6.0/km2 ( 15.6/sq mi ) in 2016 . [ 1 ] In 2013 , Statistics Canada estimated the province 's population to be 8,155,334 . [ 132 ] @ media all and ( max-width:720px ) { body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.mw-graph { min-width : auto ! important ; max-width:100% ; overflow-x : auto ; overflow-y : visible } } .mw-parser-output .mw-graph-img { width : inherit ; height : inherit } At 1.69 children per woman , Quebec 's 2011 fertility rate is above the Canada-wide rate of 1.61 , [ 133 ] and is higher than it was at the turn of the 21st century . However , it is still below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 . This contrasts with its fertility rates before 1960 , which were among the highest of any industrialized society . Although Quebec is home to only 24% 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 . By 2012 , the population of Quebec reached 8 million , and it is projected to reach 9.2 million in 2056 . [ 134 ] Life expectancy in Quebec reached a new high in 2011 , with an expectancy of 78.6 years for men and 83.2 years for women ; this ranked as the third-longest life expectancy among Canadian provinces , behind those of British Columbia and Ontario . [ 133 ] All the tables in the following section have been reduced from their original size , for full tables see main article Demographics of Quebec . Origins in this table are self-reported and respondents were allowed to give more than one answer .
Quebec (/k(w)ɪˈbɛk/ (listen); French: Québec [kebɛk] (listen)) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada (with Ontario). Quebec is the second-most populous province of Canada, after Ontario. It is the only one to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, Eastern Townships, and Gaspé regions. The Nord-du-Québec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples. The climate around the major cities is four-seasons continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers, but farther north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions.