Montreal Boroughs

LaSalle Borough

Main Socioeconomic Variables

The main socioeconomic variables of the LaSalle Borough give you a first portrait of the people who chose to live in this particular borough. Of course, the geographical boundaries of the Montreal Boroughs are man made and have often been modified during the course of history.

Nevertheless, each borough developed its own characteristics, its own personality and its own life. Some may be closer to your preferences than others, and this is fine, but they are all worth discovering.

Élection Montréal / LaSalle

Cécil P. Newman / LaSalle Borough

Population: A total number of 40,775 people live in the Cecil P. Newman electoral district of the LaSalle borough.

Young people represent 23% of the population while older people, 65 years old and over represent 13%.

Households: There are 16,900 households in the district with an average of 2.4 persons per household. Homes with one person only represent 30% of all the households.

Single-parent families represent 22% of all the families living in Cecil P. Newman.

The dwellings of the district are distributed between 35% of owners and 65% of tenants.

Languages: French is spoken in 45% of the households, English in 39% and a foreign language in 16%.

Religions: 65% of the people living in Cecil P. Newman are Roman Catholics, 8% do not practice any religion and 4% are Anglicans.

Immigrants represent 30% of the total population, 15% of which arrived in Montreal between 1996 and 2001. Italy (20%), India (9%) and Poland (6%) are the three main countries of origin of the immigrants living in this Montreal borough.

Education: 33% of the 20 years old and over population does not have a high school diploma while 17% studied at the university.

The average income is $44,176, similar to the average in Montreal. In total, 26.8% of the people in households earn less than the yearly minimum income.

Sault Saint-Louis / LaSalle Borough

Population: A total number of 33,208 people live in the Sault Saint-Louis electoral district of the LaSalle borough.

Young people represent 19% of the population while older people, 65 years old and over represent 20%.

Households: There are 15,270 households in the district with an average of 2.1 persons per household. Homes with one person only represent 37% of all the households.

Single-parent families represent 21% of all the families living in Sault Saint-Louis.

The dwellings of the district are distributed between 43% of owners and 57% of tenants.

Languages: French is spoken in 60% of the households, English in 32% and a foreign language in 8%.

Religions: 75% of the people living in Sault Saint-Louis are Roman Catholics, 6% are non-religious and 4% are Anglicans.

Immigrants represent 18% of the total population, 15% of which arrived in Montreal between 1996 and 2001. Italy (19%), China (5%) and Poland (5%) are the first three countries of origin of the immigrants living in this Montreal borough.

Education: 28% of the 20 years old and over population do not have a high school diploma while 20% hold a university degree.

The average income is $48,127, higher than the average in Montreal. In total, 19.3% of the people in households earn less than the yearly minimum income.

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