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Life expectancy in Quebec

1990 – 2022 · 33 data points 1 of 9 · Regions of Canada Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2022

Life expectancy, 1990 – 2022 years · Quebec · Canada · World
+0.8 since 2012
Quebec Canada World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2022

Compared with Life expectancy · years
Quebec
82.5
Canada
81.3
World
73.5 · 2024

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Quebec · 1990 – 2022
Latest value 82.5 · 2022
First value 77.0 · 1990
Highest 83.2 · 2021
Lowest 77.0 · 1990
Data points 33

By year

All years · 1990 – 2022

YearQuebecChange CanadaWorld
2022 82.5 −0.7 81.3 73.0
2021 83.2 +0.8 81.6 71.2
2020 82.3 −0.6 81.7 72.2
2019 82.9 +0.5 82.3 72.9
2018 82.5 ±0.0 81.9 72.6
2017 82.5 −0.0 81.9 72.4
2016 82.5 +0.4 82.0 72.2
2015 82.1 +0.0 81.9 72.0
2014 82.1 +0.1 81.9 71.8
2013 82.0 +0.3 81.8 71.5
2012 81.7 +0.1 81.8 71.3
2011 81.6 +0.1 81.6 71.0
2010 81.5 +0.2 81.4 70.7
2009 81.3 +0.3 81.2 70.4
2008 81.0 +0.2 80.8 70.0
2007 80.7 +0.0 80.6 69.8
2006 80.7 +0.6 80.6 69.5
2005 80.1 +0.2 80.2 69.1
2004 79.9 +0.2 80.1 68.8
2003 79.8 +0.4 79.8 68.5
2002 79.3 +0.1 79.6 68.2
2001 79.2 +0.2 79.5 67.9
2000 79.1 +0.6 79.3 67.7
1999 78.4 +0.2 78.9 67.3
1998 78.3 +0.4 78.7 67.1
1997 77.9 −0.1 78.5 66.8
1996 78.0 +0.4 78.3 66.5
1995 77.6 −0.0 78.1 66.2
1994 77.6 +0.3 78.0 66.0
1993 77.3 −0.3 77.8 65.7
1992 77.6 +0.4 77.9 65.5
1991 77.2 +0.2 77.7 65.3
1990 77.0 77.5 65.1

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2022

Ranking · Regions of Canada

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLife expectancy
1 British Columbia 82.7
2 Ontario 82.3
3 Quebec 82.1
4 Alberta 81.3
5 Prince Edward Island 81.3
6 New Brunswick 81.0
7 Nova Scotia 80.6
8 Saskatchewan 80.1
9 Manitoba 79.8
10 Newfoundland and Labrador 79.3
11 Yukon 78.6
12 Northwest Territories 77.7
13 Nunavut 71.0

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2014

What it means

How long a newborn would live on average if today's death rates stayed the same.

How it is calculated

Calculated from deaths by age in the year and the population of each age (a life table).