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The number of people leaving Quebec for other provinces rose between 2011 and 2016, when compared with the previous five-year period, according to an analysis of Statistics Canada census data conducted by the Association for Canadian Studies.

“On average, we’re losing about 7,000 people per year from interprovincial migration over the last five years,” said Jack Jedwab, the president of the association.

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The analysis found that between 2011 and 2016, Quebec had a net loss of 36,955 residents, as 55,365 people moved here from other parts of the country while 92,320 people left for other provinces.

Between 2006 and 2011, Quebec’s net loss of residents through interprovincial migration was 20,245.

“It’s not just that more people are leaving, it’s that fewer people are coming here,” Jedwab said. Between 2011 and 2016, “8,000 fewer people came here than was the case in the previous five years and 8,000 more people left.”