{"id":90370,"date":"2025-09-25T16:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=90370"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:58:00","slug":"ahuntsic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/neighbourhood-profiles\/montreal-island\/ahuntsic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahuntsic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\ud83d\udc75 People living alone \u2013 more common among seniors<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

22% of residents (17,085 people) live alone, a higher proportion than in Montreal (19%). Among seniors, this rate climbs to 43% compared to 37% in Montreal. In some sectors, it is nearly one in two: 46% in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet and 48% in Ahuntsic Centre-Nord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd<\/strong> Poverty \u2013 more pronounced in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> and Saint-Sulpice-Ouest<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

The neighbourhood has 7,540 low-income residents, one-third of whom live in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet (2,670 people). Overall, the neighborhood\u2019s low-income rate is comparable to that of Montreal (10% versus 11%), but it rises to 11% in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet and 12% in Saint-Sulpice-Ouest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270f\ufe0f<\/strong> Low educational attainment (without a high school diploma) \u2013 concentrated in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet and Saint-Sulpice-Ouest<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

9% of residents aged 25 to 64 in the neighbourhood do not have a high school diploma, a proportion equivalent to Montreal\u2019s, but higher in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet (10%) and especially in Saint-Sulpice-Ouest (15%). These two sectors also account for the largest numbers of residents without a diploma: 1,390 in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet and 810 in Saint-Sulpice-Ouest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong> Immigrant population \u2013 lower than the Montreal average, but higher in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

30% of Ahuntsic\u2019s population is immigrant, a rate lower than the Montreal average (33%). Some sectors stand out, however: Sault-au-R\u00e9collet has 33% immigrants and Saint-Sulpice-Ouest 39%. One-third of the neighbourhood\u2019s immigrant population (8,150 out of 23,410, or 35%) lives in Sault-au-R\u00e9collet, which also has the largest number of non-permanent residents (1,395 people).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffe\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc<\/strong> Diversity \u2013 strong presence of visible minority groups in Saint-Sulpice-Ouest and Sault-au-R\u00e9collet<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

34% of Ahuntsic residents belong to a visible minority group, a proportion slightly lower than Montreal\u2019s (38%), except in Saint-Sulpice-Ouest, where it reaches 47%. However, Sault-au-R\u00e9collet is home to the largest number of people in these groups (9,130 residents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consult this dashboard to access a wide range of demographic, socio-cultural\/economic, and living-condition data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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