Average Job Tenure: Total employed, all industries, Quebec
Verified average job tenure for the selected Total employed, all industries population in Quebec, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Total employed, all industries · Quebec, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
Across the sectors reported for Quebec, average job tenure runs from 48 months in accommodation and food services to 192 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Quebec ranks 6th of 10 for total employed, all industries average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 1% above the Canada-wide figure of 100.3 months. The range runs from 94.5 months in Alberta to 111.5 months in Saskatchewan.
Average tenure describes the people who are still there, not the ones who left. A sector can hold long-serving staff and still lose newcomers quickly, so read it next to your own first-year exits, not instead of them.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Total employed, all industries compares in Quebec, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada reports average job tenure of 101.2 months in Quebec across Total employed, all industries in 2025. This is a descriptive population benchmark, not an assessment of any one employer's retention performance, and it shouldn't be read as a goal to hit. Your own tenure records and exit data will tell you far more, particularly against Gallup's finding that replacing an individual employee can cost one-half to two times that employee's annual salary.
Average job tenure: Total employed, all industries vs regional average
| Measure | Total employed, all industries | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 101.2 months | 106.8 months |