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Montréal, Ville (CSD) - Quebec

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Montréal, Ville (CSD) - Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.5%

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Montréal was $50,227, a change of 11.1% from $45,199 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Montréal and higher level geographies, 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Montréal and higher level geographies, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Montréal and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Terrebonne (Ville) 34,835 41,800 20.0 74,485 78,986 6.0
Laval (Ville) 144,200 160,330 11.2 65,007 70,216 8.0
Montréal (Ville) 743,240 779,800 4.9 45,199 50,227 11.1
Westmount (Ville) 8,680 8,685 0.1 94,069 100,153 6.5
Montréal-Ouest (Ville) 1,860 1,850 -0.5 105,393 115,029 9.1
Côte-Saint-Luc (Ville) 13,535 13,490 -0.3 55,337 58,935 6.5
Hampstead (Ville) 2,520 2,475 -1.8 124,968 122,496 -2.0
Mont-Royal (Ville) 7,020 7,370 5.0 102,929 109,540 6.4
Dorval (Ville) 7,810 8,395 7.5 63,763 64,689 1.5
Kirkland (Ville) 6,540 6,685 2.2 109,765 115,381 5.1
Dollard-Des Ormeaux (Ville) 16,340 17,210 5.3 76,905 78,981 2.7
La Prairie (Ville) 8,560 9,695 13.3 76,634 79,881 4.2
Sainte-Catherine (Ville) 6,060 6,750 11.4 73,678 76,090 3.3
Deux-Montagnes (Ville) 6,780 7,095 4.6 68,159 72,438 6.3
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (Ville) 4,280 6,870 60.5 70,131 81,510 16.2
Pointe-Calumet (Municipalité) 2,565 2,620 2.1 62,269 60,416 -3.0
Brossard (Ville) 26,645 33,255 24.8 72,083 72,570 0.7
Saint-Lambert (Ville) 10,220 9,810 -4.0 72,897 78,319 7.4
Boucherville (Ville) 14,970 16,890 12.8 96,066 97,401 1.4
Longueuil (Ville) 98,745 105,535 6.9 54,779 58,626 7.0
Varennes (Ville) 7,620 8,160 7.1 86,048 90,315 5.0
Repentigny (Ville) 29,385 33,320 13.4 76,237 78,105 2.5
Montréal-Est (Ville) ... 1,735 ... ... 50,318 ...
Oka (Municipalité) ... 1,560 ... ... 71,196 ...
Senneville (Village) ... 350 ... ... 116,224 ...
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Ville) ... 1,960 ... ... 67,200 ...

Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Montréal, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Montréal, 2005 and 2015

Low income

  • In 2015, 377,955 persons or 22.7% were in low income, while in 2005, 23.9% of the persons in Montréal lived in low income2.
  • The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 24.2% compared to 22.3% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 22.9% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
  • Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 32.8%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 11.2%.

Figure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Montréal, 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for FigureFigure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Montréal, 2015

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Montréal and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Montréal and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, #qCSD.OFFNAME# and higher level geographies, 2015

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Montréal and higher level geographies, 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 58.8% of households in Montréal contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Quebec, 63.7% of households contributed to an account while 65.2% of households contributed nationally.

Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs, Montréal, 2015

Figure 1.6 description Long description for Figure 1.6 Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs

Median contribution amount

$ 6,510

$ 3,828

$ 2,963

$ 5,491

Income of couples

  • In 34.2% of couples in Montréal, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 43.9% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 21.9% of couples.
  • For Canada overall, each partner had fairly equal incomes in 32.0% of couples with men having the higher income in 50.7% of couples and women having higher income in 17.3% of couples.

Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Montréal and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Montréal and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Montréal was $71,038 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $47,709 and the median income of lower-income partners was $21,381.

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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

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