Sainte-Catherine

DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL DEMOGRAPHICS

Total population: 17,045 people

Youth (0 to 14 years): 16.6% (17.4% in South Shore)

Seniors (65 and over): 14.5% (17.1%in South Shore)

People living alone: 10.3% (11.8% in South Shore)

Seniors living alone: 26.4% (26.7% in South Shore)

Families with children: 64% (60.2%in South Shore)

Single-parent families: 28.4% (28% in South Shore)

Immigrants: 7.5% (13.2% in South Shore)

New immigrants: 0.6% (2.2% in South Shore)

Visible minorities: 7.1% (13.2% in South Shore)

SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND LIVING CONDITIONS

People 15 and older without a diploma or degree (low education level): 22.5% (18% in South Shore)

Low-income individuals: 1,170, or 7% (10.3% in South Shore)

Children under 6 from a low-income family: 90, or 8.3% (10.2% in South Shore)

Low-income Seniors: 310, or 14.5% (14% in South Shore)

Renter households: 23.9% (30.4% in South Shore)

Renter households that dedicate 30% or more of income to housing: 38.7% (32.7% in South Shore)

People who have moved over the past 5 years: 30.8% (34.4% in South Shore)

 

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population