Montreal Boroughs

Riviere des Prairies
Pointe aux Trembles

Main Socioeconomic Variables

The main socioeconomic variables of the Riviere des Prairies Pointe aux Trembles 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 / Riviere des Prairies Pointe aux Trembles

La Pointe aux Prairies
Riviere des Prairies
Pointe aux Trembles Borough

Population: A total number of 34,564 people live in the La Pointe aux Prairies electoral district of the Riviere des Prairies Pointe aux Trembles borough.

Young people represent 27% of the population while older people, 65 years old and over represent 10%.

Households: There are 12,350 households in the district with an average of 2.7 persons per household. Homes with one person only represent 20% of all the households.

Single-parent families represent 17% of all the families living in La Pointe aux Prairies.

The dwellings of the district are distributed between 69% of owners and 32% of tenants.

Languages: French is spoken in 88% of the households, English in 7% and a foreign language in 5%.

Religions: 88% of the people living in the La Pointe aux Prairies district are Roman Catholics, 4% are non-religious and 2% are Baptists.

Immigrants represent 15% of the total population, 6% of which arrived in Montreal between 1996 and 2001. Italy (31%), Haiti (30%) and Portugal (3%) are the three main countries of origin of the immigrants living in this Montreal borough.

Education: 29% of the 20 years old and over population does not have a high school diploma while 14% hold a university degree.

The average income is $55,551, higher than the average in Montreal. In total, 16.4% of the people in households earn less than the yearly minimum income.

Pointe aux Trembles
Riviere des Prairies
Pointe aux Trembles Borough

Population: A total number of 33,408 people live in the Pointe aux Trembles electoral district of the Riviere des Prairies Pointe aux Trembles borough.

Young people represent 25% of the population while older people, 65 years old and over represent 13%.

Households: There are 13,205 households in the district with an average of 2.5 persons per household. Homes with one person only represent 26% of all the households.

Single-parent families represent 21% of all the families living in Pointe aux Trembles.

The dwellings of the district are distributed between 54% of owners and 45% of tenants.

Languages: French is spoken in 97% of the households, English in 1% and a foreign language in 1%.

Religions: 90% of the people living in the Pointe aux Trembles district are Roman Catholics, 4% are non-religious and 1% are Baptists.

Immigrants represent 6% of the total population, 8% of which arrived in Montreal between 1996 and 2001. Haiti (37%), Italy (10%) and France (5%) 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 12% hold a university degree.

The average income is $49,415, higher than the average in Montreal. In total, 20.7% of the people in households earn less than the yearly minimum income.

Rivière des Prairies
Riviere des Prairies
Pointe aux Trembles Borough

Population: A total number of 34,485 people live in the Rivière des Prairies electoral district of the Rivière des Prairies Pointe aux Trembles borough.

Young people represent 25% of the population while older people, 65 years old and over represent 14%.

Households: There are 12,355 households in the district with an average of 2.7 persons per household. Homes with one person only represent 22% of all the households.

Single-parent families represent 18% of all the families living in Rivière des Prairies.

The dwellings of the district are distributed between 61% of owners and 39% of tenants.

Languages: French is spoken in 63% of the households, English in 17% and a foreign language in 20%.

Religions: 84% of the people living in the Rivière des Prairies district are Roman Catholics, 3% are non-religious and 3% Protestants.

Immigrants represent 32% of the total population, 5% of which arrived in Montreal between 1996 and 2001. Italy (55%), Haiti (25%), and Portugal (2%) are the three main countries of origin of the immigrants living in this Montreal borough.

Education: 36% of the 20 years old and over population does not have a high school diploma while 14% hold a university degree.

The average income is $52,013, higher than the average in Montreal. In total, 22.5% of the people in households earn less than the yearly minimum income.

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