Contrecoeur

Population : 5,570 people

Low-income people : 329, or 5.9% (9.6% on the South Shore)

Children (0-14 years) : 15.6% (18.1% on the South Shore)

Seniors (65 years and over) : 14.5% (12.3% on the South Shore)

People living alone : 11.6% (10.2% on the South Shore)

Seniors living alone : 3.6% (3.2% on the South Shore)

Families with or without children : 1,755

Families with children : 52.1% (62.4% on the South Shore)

Single parent families : 26.8% (25.9% on the South Shore)

People 15 years and over without a high school diploma : 30.5% (22.6% on the South Shore)

Immigrants : 1.6% (9.9% on the South Shore)

New immigrants : 0.0% (1.9% on the South Shore)

Visible minorities : 1.5% (8.4% on the South Shore)

Mother tongue : 

• French 97.0% (82.9% on the South Shore)
• English 0.6% (7.0% on the South Shore)
• Other 1.4% (8.9% on the South Shore)

Renter households : 26.3% (31.2% on the South Shore)

Renter households who devote 30% or more of their income to rent : 17.3% (33.4% on the South Shore)

Low-income single parent families : 20, or 8.2% (17.2% on the South Shore)

Low-income children under age 6 : 45, or 13.4% (9.7% on the South Shore)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population