Laval-des-Rapides

Population : 34,560 people

Low-income people : 6,012, or 17.4% (11.1% in Laval)

Children (0-14 years) : 14.2% (18.0% in Laval)

Seniors (65 years and over) : 16.4% (13.9% in Laval)

People living alone : 16.4% (10.0% in Laval)

Seniors living alone : 4.9% (3.6% in Laval)

Families with or without children : 9,685

Families with children : 58.4% (63.9% in Laval)

Single parent families : 35.7% (25.6% in Laval)

People 15 years and over without a high school diploma : 23.6% (22.1% in Laval)

Immigrants : 20.3% (20.2% in Laval)

New immigrants : 3.3% (2.5% in Laval)

Visible minorities : 15.2% (14.2% in Laval)

Mother tongue : 

• French 71.9% (66.4% in Laval)
• English 3.9% (6.9% in Laval)
• Other 21.8% (24.2% in Laval)

Renter households : 58.6% (31.1% in Laval)

Renter households who devote 30% or more of their income to rent : 36.1% (36.5% in Laval)

Low-income single parent families : 475, or 24.5% (17.1% in Laval)

Low-income children under age 6 : 406, or 22.8% (12.8% in Laval)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population