Immigration to Québec.

8,695 new permanent residents named the Québec metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 14.5% of all admissions to Quebec.

Data through July 2026Retrieved October 8, 2026Updated monthly, mid-month

New permanent residents per year

Québec census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	3,035
2016	3,545
2017	2,890
2018	2,805
2019	2,360
2020	1,940
2021	4,275
2022	7,105
2023	5,890
2024	8,355
2025	8,695
2026 (Jan–Jul)	3,440

Source: IRCC, Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates (open data). 2026 covers January to July only.

Post-graduation work permits

New PGWP holders per year in this metropolitan area.

Category	PGWP holders
2015	80
2016	45
2017	55
2018	90
2019	110
2020	95
2021	175
2022	185
2023	250
2024	230
2025	230
2026 (Jan–Jul)	395

Source: IRCC, Temporary Residents: TFWP and IMP Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates. 2026 covers January to July only.

More context

Who lives here.

Neighbourhood maps of origins, languages and recent immigrants: Census Atlas: Québec.
Province: Quebec.

About this data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. IRCC rounds every figure to the nearest 5 and suppresses values from 0 to 5; we count suppressed cells as zero, so totals here can be slightly below IRCC’s published totals. “Rounded, not for calculations.” Not an official IRCC publication. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.