Metropolitan area

1986

1991

1996

Variation 1986-1996

Population

%

Montreal

3,032,022

3,213,207

3,365,160

10.98

Quebec

619.079

663.067

699.035

12.92

Gatineau-Hull

205.623

232.722

258.16

25.85

Chicoutimi-Jonquière

162.415

165.014

167.854

3.70

Sherbrooke

133.561

142.729

148.925

11.27

Trois-Rivières

132.063

139.763

142.028

7.57

Rest of Quebec

2,449,019

2,524,102

2,607,975

6.45

Total for Quebec

6,733,782

7,080,604

7,389,137

9.74

Source: La Situation démographique au Québec, 1996

Copyright 1999, Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College