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Population, urban and rural, by province and territory
(Quebec)
	Population	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	number			% of total population
Que.
1851	892,061	136,664	753,597	15	84
1861	1,111,566	203,496	908,070	18	82
1871	1,191,516	271,851	919,665	23	77
1881	1,359,027	378,512	980,515	28	72
1891	1,488,535	499,715	988,820	34	66
1901	1,648,898	654,065	994,833	40	60
1911	2,005,776	966,842	1,038,934	48	52
1921	2,360,665	1,322,569	1,038,096	56	44
1931	2,874,255	1,813,606	1,060,649	63	37
1941	3,331,882	2,109,684	1,222,192	63	37
1951	4,055,681	2,697,318	1,358,363	67	33
1956	4,628,378	3,240,838	1,387,540	70	30
1961	5,259,211	3,906,404	1,352,807	74	26
1966	5,780,845	4,525,114	1,255,731	78	22
1971	6,027,765	4,861,240	1,166,515	81	19
1976	6,234,445	4,932,750	1,301,695	79	21
1981	6,438,403	4,993,839	1,444,564	78	22
1986	6,532,460	5,088,985	1,443,465	78	22
1991	6,895,963	5,351,211	1,544,752	78	22
1996	7,138,795	5,597,625	1,541,170	78	22
2001	7,237,479	5,817,149	1,420,330	80	20
2006	7,546,131	6,050,346	1,495,785	80	20
Note: The rural population for 1981 to 2006 refers to persons living outside centres with a population of 1,000 AND outside areas with 400 persons per square kilometre. Previous to 1981, the definitions differed slightly but consistently referred to populations outside centres of 1,000 population. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1851 to 2006. Last modified: 2009-09-22.

For more statistical information, consult 2006 Census.

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