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Quebec continues to lose residents to other parts of Canada, while failing to attract nearly as many to come live in La Belle Province, according government demographic data released on Tuesday. In fact, in 2013 more Quebecers left than in any other year since 1998.

Quebec’s net loss of 13,100 people last year appears to be Ontario and Alberta’s gain. The Institut de la statistique du Québec found that 7,100 Quebecers moved to Ontario, while another 4,700 packed their bags for Alberta.

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As usual, international immigration to Quebec more than made up for the number of Quebecers who moved to other provinces. Quebec took in 52,000 immigrants from around the world last year, most of them — just over a third — from Africa.

Quebec has lost residents to the rest of Canada every year since 1963, but rarely on such a large scale. The data for 2013 is close to equalling the net interprovincial migration losses Quebec experienced in the two years following the 1995 referendum.