Given its 151,527 residents as of January 1, 2022, Lévis has risen to the top of the list of largest cities in Quebec having experienced the best growth rate, in addition to being ranked 7th among the largest cities in Quebec since 2017 in population chapter.
Even though the city occupies only 2.8% of the territory of the Chaudière-Appalaches region (444 km2 out of 15,703 km2), in terms of its demography, it represents 34.6% of the total population of the region. region (2021). Here is a community that makes the weight!
From the regions, to Lévis
“There is a new element in this attractiveness. While we thought that people came mainly from our region, Chaudière-Appalaches, we realized that we had a positive migratory balance from the surrounding regions, ”notes Gilles Lehouillier, mayor of Lévis.
Of the 4,087 new residents, more than half come from the Capitale-Nationale. Others left the regions of Bas-Saint-Laurent/Gaspésie, followed by Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord/Nord de Québec, etc., while Chaudière-Appalaches occupies one of the last ranks. , preceding Montreal and Outaouais/Abitibi.
It is mainly families, people or couples in employment and retirees who have chosen to start a new part of their life in Lévis, this city at the same time cradled by nature, the river and its tributaries, then connected to the rhythm of urban life.
“Between 2016 and 2021, for the first time, we experienced positive net migration with Montreal. So there are more people from Montreal who have settled in Lévis than the other way around,” said the mayor.
Over the next five years, the City plans to welcome between 2,350 and 2,500 new households, or about 6,500 people. Interregional migration (62%), international migration (21.5%) and natural increase (16.5%) will contribute to this demographic momentum.
Special booklet City of Lévis