Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

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👴 People living alone and single-parent families – pronounced realities in Walkley and Saint-Raymond–West Haven

The Saint-Raymond–West Haven sector stands out with higher proportions of people living alone (25% versus 19% in Montreal) and single-parent families (38% versus 31 %). This sector accounts for 40% of all people living alone in the neighborhood. Saint-Raymond–West Haven (38%) and Walkley (36%) also have single-parent family rates above the Montreal average.

📍 Poverty – concentrated in specific sectors

The neighborhood’s low-income rate is slightly above the Montreal average (13% versus 11%), but particularly high in Saint-Raymond–West Haven (18%) and Walkley (14%). Two-thirds of the 8,770 low-income residents in the neighborhood live in these two sectors (3,765 in Saint-Raymond–West Haven and 2,170 in Walkley).

🌎 Immigrant population – strong presence in Saint-Raymond–West Haven and Walkley

67% of the neighborhood’s 4,535 new arrivals aged 0–5 live in Saint-Raymond–West Haven (1,710 people) or Walkley (1,310 people). Saint-Raymond–West Haven is home to 2,550 non-permanent residents, making it a key settlement area in NDG.

👨🏾‍🤝‍👨🏼 Diversity – high in certain sectors

26,605 people belong to visible minority groups, representing 40% of the neighborhood’s population (versus 38% in Montreal). In Walkley (52%) and Saint-Raymond–West Haven (50%), about one in two residents belongs to a visible minority group. These sectors also have the largest numbers of visible minority residents: 8,040 in Walkley and 10,220 in Saint-Raymond–West Haven.

💬 French language knowledge – lower in certain sectors

The share of residents reporting knowledge of French fell from 76% in 2016 to 74% in 2021. This varies by sector: 83% in NDG-East, but only 69% in Walkley and Saint-Raymond–West Haven.

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