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Quebec

State · Canada · Pop. 8.9M · #46 region by EV

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987 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

355 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

128 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

773Startups

272 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

280 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 35%

221 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 26%

163Breakouts

109 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 30%

54 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 38%

51Scaleups

34 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.4%

17 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.7%

16Valuation Outcomes

16 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.6%

Pre-Seed

272

Seed

280

Series A

221

Series B

109

Series C

Unicorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Quarterly report

Quebec's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Quebec-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Quebec

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Quebec-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Quebec - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Quebec-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Quebec

VC investment into Quebec-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Quebec's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Quebec.

University-linked startup formation

245

University spinouts

1,851

Total alumni-founded companies

1,211

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

501

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

139

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Quebec stacks up

Compare Quebec with peers from the same country (Canada) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Ontario

$387B

British Columbia

$81.3B

Quebec

$66B

Alberta

$24.3B

Newfoundland and Labrador

$3.9B

Nova Scotia

$2.9B

New Brunswick

$1.5B

Saskatchewan

$1.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top regions in Canada ranked by combined EV. Quebec's row is highlighted (#3).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Ontario	$387B	15.1×	39	$3.3B	4,420
2	British Columbia	$81.3B	9.8×	23	$1.8B	2,089
3	Quebec	$66B	3.7×	16	$1B	1,401
4	Alberta	$24.3B	5.1×	8	$373.7M	1,191
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	$3.9B	68.2×	1	$86.2M	59
6	Nova Scotia	$2.9B	6.1×	0	$163.3M	245
7	New Brunswick	$1.5B	3.3×	0	$12.9M	97
8	Saskatchewan	$1.4B	13.8×	0	$4M	76
9	Manitoba	$1.3B	5.6×	0	$107.7M	80
10	Prince Edward Island	$104.6M	—	0	$5.4M	17

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Country Canada North America · Pop. 41.3M · #6 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 389.6M · #2 region by EV

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