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Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 30,039
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 40.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.5% (estimated) · 2016: 44.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.7%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.1%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.5%2016: 24.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.8%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.5%2011: 21.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13%2011: 16.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%18%2011: 17% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.4%2016: 34% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.1%2011: 12.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.8%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.7%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.3%2016: 23% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.1%2016: 16% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.8%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%3.2%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%55.6%2016: 56.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%38.5%2016: 38.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.8%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.5%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%45.9%2016: 50.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%48.6%2016: 45.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%21.7%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%78.3%2016: 78.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%2.4%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.3%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%77.1%2016: 75.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.9%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%61.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%61%2016: 57.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%33%2016: 36.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021