Key Job Market Data on Montreal Quebec Canada

Montreal is not the capital city of Quebec, but it is one of the most important cities in North America. Quebec City is the capital of Quebec,the Capitale-Nationale region has over 20,000 businesses, mostly SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises):

• 57% have 1 to 4 employees
• 37% have 5 to 49 employees

Job distribution in the major sectors
Primary sector – agriculture, forestry, mines, fishing (1.4%)	4,600 jobs
Secondary sector – processing (12.6%)	42,000 jobs
Tertiary sector – services (86.1%)	286,900 jobs

Unemployment rate
Capitale-Nationale region	4.5%
Chaudière-Appalaches region	5.1%
Montréal	10.1%
All of Québec	8.61%
Canada	8.2%

(Source : Institut de la statistique du Québec et Statistique Canada, February 2010)

Average personal income in 2007 (C$)
Capitale-Nationale region	34,344
All of Québec	33,515
Montréal	32,387

(Source : Institut de la statistique du Québec, June 2009)