During this period, Quebec lost a net total of 582,479 residents, which accounts for both residents leaving the province, as well as residents of other provinces moving to Quebec. In other words, on average, 13,238 more Quebecers left the province annually than people from other provinces moved to Quebec. One easy statistic highlighting the dismal performance of Quebec in attracting people is that between 1971-72 and 2014-15, Atlantic Canada attracted 75 per cent more Canadians from other provinces than Quebec: 1.9 million people moved to the Atlantic provinces compared to 1.1 million for Quebec. Over the period studied, on average, Quebec attracted 3.5 people annually per 1,000 population to the province. Not surprisingly, Alberta recorded the highest level of in-migration at 26.8 people per 1,000 population.

Source: National Post June 29, 2016 16:41 UTC