Québec's Comeback

On per capita GDP & public debt, the gap with Ontario is closing

(A-220 production in Mirabel. Patrick Desrochers/Airbus Photo)

Over the last quarter century, Québec has made a quiet but impressive comeback.

In La Belle province, public finances and overall living standards have improved, while Ontario’s stagnated or even declined.

For most of the twentieth century, a Quebecer’s real per capita GDP was roughly three-quarters that of an Ontarian.