Desjardins Études économiques

Entre le réel et le virtuel : L'industrie du jeu vidéo au Québec

This Desjardins Études économiques Perspective, published in November 2013 as Volume 23, examines Quebec's video game industry, drawing on public data mostly gathered from companies, industry associations and private research firms because official economic data is scarce.

• Direct employment in Quebec's video game industry was estimated at about 9,000 in 2012, up from 1,200 in 2002.
• The ESAC estimated video game sector spending in Quebec at 741 M$ in 2012, while a 2008 government estimate of revenues was about 240 M$.
• Quebec's tax credits cover between 26.25% and 37.50% of eligible employee salaries, and the document says they were revised upward in autumn 2013.