This is a demographic history of Quebec chronicling the evolution of the non-indigenous population in Quebec.

Year	Population	Change	Percent change
1605	44	N/A	N/A
1608	28	-16	-72.7
1610	18	-10	-77.7
1620	60	42	233.3
1630	100	40	66.7
1640	359	259	259
1653	2,000	1,641	557.1
1666	3,215	1,215	60.8
1667	3,918	703	21.9
1673	6,705	2,787	71.1
1675	7,832	1,127	16.8
1679	9,400	1,568	20
1683	12,566	3,166	33.7
1686	11,786	-780	-6.6
1692	12,431	645	5.5
1706	16,745	4,314	34.7
1713	18,469	1,724	10.3
1720	24,594	6,125	33.2
1727	31,184	6,590	26.8
1734	37,716	6,532	20.9
1739	43,362	5,646	15
1754	55,009	11,647	26.9
1765	69,810	14,801	26.9
1784	113,012	43,202	61.9
1790	161,311	48,299	42.7
1806	250,000	88,689	55
1814	335,000	85,000	34
1822	427,465	92,465	27.6
1831	553,134	125,669	29.4
1844	697,084	143,950	26
1851	890,000	192,916	27.7
1861	1,112,000	222,000	24.9
1871	1,192,000	80,000	7.2
1881	1,360,000	168,000	14.1
1891	1,489,000	129,000	9.5
1901	1,649,000	160,000	10.7
1906	1,815,000	166,000	10.1
1911	2,006,000	191,000	10.5
1916	2,182,000	176,000	8.8
1921	2,361,000	179,000	8.2
1926	2,573,000	212,000	9
1931	2,875,000	302,000	11.7
1936	3,102,000	227,000	7.9
1941	3,332,000	230,000	7.4
1946	3,645,000	313,000	9.4
1951	4,056,000	411,000	11.3
1956	4,628,000	572,000	14.1
1961	5,259,000	631,000	13.6
1966	5,781,000	522,000	9.9
1971	6,028,000	247,000	4
1976	6,234,000	206,000	3.4
1981	6,438,000	204,000	3.3
1986	6,532,000	94,000	1.5
1991	6,896,000	364,000	5.6
1996	7,139,000	243,000	3.5
2001	7,237,000	98,000	1.4
2006	7,546,000	309,000	4.3
2011	7,903,000	357,000	4.7
2016	8,164,000	261,000	3.3
2021	8,502,000	338,000	4.1
2024	9,056,000	554,000	5.3

• Demographics of Quebec
• History of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• the revenge of the cradles is an expression referring to the high birth rate of French Canadians prior to the late 20th century.

• Statistics Canada website