Statistical
Material and Charts
Last
revised: 23 August 2000 | Population
of the Administrative Regions of Quebec, 1971-1996
Population of the
Administrative Regions of Quebec, 1971-1996 | | % | % | % | % | N | Administrative Region | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | |
Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 107.836 | Lower Saint Lawrence | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 208.509 | Saguenay/Lac Saint-Jean | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 296.906 | Quebec | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 660.877 | Chaudière-Appalaches | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 387.891 | Mauricie/Bois-Francs | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 487.969 | Eastern Townships | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 286.579 | Montérégie | 13.8 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 1,316,541 | Montreal | 32.5 | 27.3 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 1,831,849 | Laval | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 347.643 | Lanaudière | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 388.943 | Laurentians | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 445.878 | Ottawa Valley | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 319.832 | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 157.467 | North Shore | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 106.856 | Northern Quebec | | | | | | | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37.561 | | | | | | | Total for Quebec | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 7,389,137 | Source: La Situation
démographique au Quebec, 1996 | Copyright 1999, Claude
Bélanger, Marianopolis College | |