Rivière-des-Prairies
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Rivière-des-Prairies
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📍 Poverty – well below the Montreal average
4% of the neighborhood’s population (2,450 people) live on low income, one of the lowest rates on the Island of Montreal (11%). The rate is slightly higher in the western sector (5%), where 71% of all low-income residents in the neighborhood live (1,740 people). In both sectors, children aged 0 to 5 are the most affected by poverty, unlike the rest of Montreal, where adults are generally the most at risk.
✏️ Low educational attainment (without a high school diploma) – above the Montreal average
Among adults aged 25 to 64, 13% (3,715 people) do not have a high school diploma, higher than the Montreal average (9%). The majority of these adults (63%, or 2,360 people) live in the western sector of the neighborhood.
🌎 Immigrant population – long-established neighborhood
Immigrants represent 35% of the population (19,915 people), slightly above the Montreal average (33%). Rivière-des-Prairies stands out for having the highest proportion on the island of immigrants settled for more than five years: 95% of the immigrant population, compared with 83% in Montreal. 37% of them (13,410 people) live in the western sector.
👨🏾🤝👨🏼 Diversity – visible minority presence
38% of residents (21,750 people) belong to a visible minority group, a rate similar to the Montreal average (38%). These residents are more concentrated in the western sector (13,650 people).
🏢 Housing – high concentration of renter households spending too much on housing in the western sector
The vast majority of renter households in the neighborhood (1,645 out of 1,955 households, or 85%) who spend a disproportionate share of their income on housing live in the western sector. This sector also has the highest proportion of renters paying too much: 31%, compared with 21% in the eastern sector and 28% in Montreal.
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