What is the population of Québec?
Québec has a city population of 531,902. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Québec
The second-largest city in Quebec by population, this city of 532,000 sits 379 km from Ottawa. Lévis, with 143,000 residents, lies 3 km away, and two further municipalities of 16,500 to 37,500 people are within 11 km, forming a cluster of substantial urban centres in the region.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 92
Elevation
54 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Toronto
Coordinates
46.812, -71.215
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 295 in CanadaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Québec | 532K |
Québec Population FAQ
Where is Québec?
Québec is in Quebec, Canada, 379 km from the capital, Ottawa. Its coordinates are 46.812, -71.215.
How big is Québec compared with other cities in Canada?
It is the 12th largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Canada, holding 1.3% of the national population.