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Mass exodus

A new report by the Fraser Institute says Quebec has lost almost 600,000 residents to other provinces since 1971 — the highest out-migration rate in the country.

The think-tank's report studied interprovincial migration between 1971 and 2015 and concluded Quebec is the only province in Canada to have suffered a net loss every year in that period.

Since 2003, however, Ontario has had a total of more than 40,000 additional people leave the province when compared with those leaving Quebec.

Most of them have gone to Alberta and British Columbia.

Quebec's migration losses were disproportionately among young people starting off their careers.



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