A new report published Wednesday by the Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec (OCCQ), which is part of the Institut de la statistique du Québec, reveals the value of independent television production in Quebec declined by eight per cent in 2024-2025, marking a second consecutive annual drop.
The finding is part of the 2026 edition of the Profil de l’industrie audiovisuelle au Québec report, which outlines the financial year that ended March 31, 2025. The annual profile of Quebec’s audiovisual industry is developed by the OCCQ with the contribution of the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM).
The AQPM said in a press release Quebec’s independent TV production sector has suffered a decline of nearly 20 per cent in two years, having fallen from a value of $933 million in 2022-2023 to $750 million in 2024-2025. One-third of this decline is attributable to investments by Quebec broadcasters, which decreased by 19 per cent during the same period and still represent the most significant source of funding for independent TV production, according to the AQPM’s press release.
Fiction was the hardest-hit TV genre in 2024-2025, with a 16 per cent drop in one year and a collapse of nearly 35 per cent in two years, the AQPM said. Documentaries and variety shows saw respective increases in value of 16 per cent and three per cent between 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, but remain down three per cent and 16 per cent over two years, according to the AQPM.
On the other hand, film production experienced a rebound of nearly 30 per cent in its value in 2024-2025 after an exceptional 43 per cent drop in value the previous year, the AQPM noted.
The AQPM, which represents more than 150 Quebec-based independent film, television and web production companies, said the number of direct jobs in TV production decreased by 13 per cent, while it increased by 23 per cent for film production. Combined with film production, however, independent audiovisual production as a whole saw a seven per cent decline.
“Independent production companies and all professionals in the audiovisual industry are suffering the repercussions of the decline reported in the 2026 edition of this economic profile,” Hélène Messier, president and CEO of the AQPM, said in an English translation of the association’s press release. “The situation is worrying and requires a rapid response from governments to find lasting solutions to the decline in traditional sources of funding. In this regard, the AQPM eagerly awaits [Quebec Culture] Minister Mathieu Lacombe’s audiovisual strategy, which follows on from the report of the Working Group on the Future of Audiovisual in Quebec published in September 2025.”
