Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Montréal

Table B4.9

Montréal
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   256,200 148,300 100% 100% 58%
  Non-elderly women 91,200 49,300 36% 33% 54%
Non-elderly men 111,100 63,100 43% 43% 57%
Elderly women 40,700 28,000 16% 19% 69%
Elderly men 13,200 7,800 5% 5% 59%
 
Economic Families   251,100 85,700 100% 100% 34%
  Couples with no children < 18 112,700 24,800 45% 29% 22%
Couples with children < 18 73,300 25,700 29% 30% 35%
Lone-parent families < 18 33,900 23,700 13% 28% 70%
Other families 31,200 11,500 12% 13% 37%
 
Non-elderly family 203,100 73,900 81% 86% 36%
Elderly family 48,000 11,800 19% 14% 25%
 
Children 0-17 in families   179,500 87,600 100% 100% 49%
  Aged 0-5 68,400 35,500 38% 40% 52%
Aged 6-17 111,100 52,100 62% 60% 47%
 
All persons   988,300 407,300 100% 100% 41%
  Aged 0-14 153,900 77,800 16% 19% 51%
Aged 15-24 131,800 67,200 13% 16% 51%
Aged 25-34 190,000 77,200 19% 19% 41%
Aged 35-44 165,900 60,500 17% 15% 36%
Aged 45-54 121,000 37,800 12% 9% 31%
Aged 55-64 91,800 32,300 9% 8% 35%
Aged 65-74 82,200 30,900 8% 8% 38%
Aged 75+ 51,800 23,600 5% 6% 46%
 
Females 511,500 216,700 52% 53% 42%
Males 476,800 190,600 48% 47% 40%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   988,300 407,300 100% 100% 41%
  Recent immigrants 78,100 53,200 8% 13% 68%
Visible minorities 202,300 129,300 20% 32% 64%
Aboriginal identity 2,900 1,700 0% 0% 58%
With disabilities 83,900 47,400 8% 12% 56%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   700,400 275,100 100% 100% 39%
  Post-secondary certificate 285,100 87,200 41% 32% 31%
Secondary 165,900 66,400 24% 24% 40%
Less than secondary 249,500 121,500 36% 44% 49%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   700,400 275,000 100% 100% 39%
  Full-time, full year employment 229,200 30,700 33% 11% 13%
Part-time, full year employment 30,100 9,900 4% 4% 33%
Part-time, part year employment 214,100 84,900 31% 31% 40%
No employment in 1995 227,000 149,500 32% 54% 66%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $44,000 $13,900  
Average earnings $41,900 $10,400
Average government transfers $5,800 $7,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   32,200  
Average poverty gap $12,800
Average market gap** $17,700
 
* Population groups not mutually exclusive.
**Market gap based on income of market-poor families.
Notes: see Glossary for definitions of terms. A margin of error may be present due to rounding of figures. Percentages based on unrounded figures.

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