Quebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024

By Canadian Press on May 8, 2025.

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting a near-record rate of immigration in 2024, with the province’s population increasing to more than 9.1 million at the start of this year.

A new report from Quebec’s statistics institute says nearly 160,000 immigrants arrived in Quebec last year, the second-highest number recorded after 2023.

The majority of the newcomers were non-permanent residents, including temporary foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers.

The institute says there were nearly 617,000 non-permanent residents in Quebec in January 2025, and nearly half were temporary foreign workers.

Deaths outnumbered births in Quebec last year, with the fertility rate reaching a record low of 1.33 children per woman.

Life expectancy in the province was 82.7 years, which has changed little since 2016.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 8, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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