By the numbers: Quebec student protests

Monday marked the 49th consecutive day of student protests across Quebec, and the 122th day since the conflict began in February.

As the strikes rage, Montreal’s summer of festivals, forums and events are further fuelling the students’ determination to fight the tuition hikes as publicly as possible.

Global News takes a look at some of the numbers behind the student protests.

4170 estimated number of arrests made in Quebec since February as a result of the protests

1742 total arrests in Montreal since February

518 highest number of arrests made in one day (Wednesday, May 24 in Montreal)

$3 million estimated cost of policing the protests given by the Montreal police officers’ union for the month of April alone

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$35 million total cost of extra policing costs submitted to the Quebec government by the Montreal mayor in March

$662 million Montreal police budget for 2012 (excluding extra policing costs)

11 per cent of Quebec businesses that have faced losses since beginning of the conflict, according to a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) survey

$12,565 reported loss per business

$250 billion Quebec’s growing public sector debt (and it keeps rising – check out the Quebec Debt Clock to keep track)

$14.5 billion Canada Student Loan debt owed by Canadian students (excludes debt owed for provincial and private student loans)

$95 million total of student contributions via tuition fees to Quebec university funding after tuition fee hikes

$850 million total cost of Quebec university funding after tuition fee hikes

$1,800 total of the proposed seven-year tuition fee hike for Quebec students

$2,519 average tuition for full-time undergraduate students in Quebec in 2011/2012

$5,366 average tuition for full-time undergraduate students in Canada in 2011/2012

$4,319 projected average tuition for full-time undergraduate students in Quebec in 2019

26 per cent student contribution from tuition fees to Quebec university revenue in 1960s

13 per cent student contribution from tuition fees to Quebec university revenue in 2008-2009

31 per cent estimated student contribution from tuition fees to Quebec university revenue after tuition fee hikes