Mercier East

Population : 40,695 people

Low-income people : 7,553, or 18.6% (22.8% on Montreal Island)

Children (0-14 years) : 14.7% (15.7% on Montreal Island)

Seniors (65 years and over) : 14.8% (14.6% on Montreal Island)

People living alone : 17.1% (17.5% on Montreal Island)

Seniors living alone : 5.1% (5.2% on Montreal Island)

Families with or without children : 11,395

Families with children : 60.0% (62.7% on Montreal Island)

Single parent families : 40.1% (33.0% on Montreal Island)

People 15 years and over without a high school diploma : 27.1% (21.5% on Montreal Island)

Immigrants : 11.8% (30.7% on Montreal Island)

New immigrants : 2.8% (7.5% on Montreal Island)

Visible minorities : 10.3% (25.0% on Montreal Island)

Mother tongue : French 82.7% (48.8% on Montreal Island) English 2.9% (16.8% on Montreal Island) Other 13.2% (31.7% on Montreal Island)

Renter households : 57.2% (62.1% on Montreal Island)

Renter households who devote 30% or more of their income to rent : 32.0% (38.7% on Montreal Island)

Low-income single parent families : 730, or 26.7% (28.4% on Montreal Island)

Low-income children under age 6 : 580, or 28.1% (29.7% on Montreal Island)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population