{"id":90993,"date":"2025-10-03T15:27:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=90993"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:18:19","slug":"mercier-est","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/neighbourhood-profiles\/montreal-island\/mercier-est\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercier-Est"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67 Single-parent families \u2013 strong presence<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

36% of families are single-parent, a rate higher than the Montreal average (31%). This proportion reaches 40% in the Saint-Victor and Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-d\u2019Assise\u2013Saint-Bernard sectors, which have the highest concentration in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccdPoverty \u2013 less pronounced<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Mercier-Est has 4,020 low-income residents, representing 9% of its population, a rate below Montreal\u2019s average (11%). In the Saint-Victor sector, the rate is slightly higher at 11%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270f\ufe0f<\/strong> Low educational attainment (without a high school diploma) \u2013 higher than the Montreal average<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

13% of adults aged 25 to 64 do not have a high school diploma, compared to 9% in Montreal. In the Saint-Victor and Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-d\u2019Assise\u2013Saint-Bernard sectors, this proportion reaches 15%. Low educational attainment is a reality shared by several neighbourhoods in East Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong> Immigrant population \u2013 low, but growing<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

22% of the neighbourhood\u2019s population is immigrant, a rate well below the Montreal average (33%). Between 2016 and 2021, the immigrant population experienced significant growth (+22%), particularly in the Saint-Justin sector (+42%). In addition, half of the non-permanent residents in the neighbourhood are asylum seekers (680 people).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfe2<\/strong> Housing \u2013 lower cost and scarcity<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the neighbourhood is $881 (2024), well below the Montreal average ($1,145). However, available housing is extremely scarce, with a very low vacancy rate of 0.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discover key facts \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67 Single-parent families \u2013 strong presence 36% of families are single-parent, a rate higher than the Montreal average (31%). This proportion reaches 40% in the Saint-Victor and Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-d\u2019Assise\u2013Saint-Bernard sectors, which have the highest concentration…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":90373,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"33524,53993,1114,40269,54563,60315","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90993"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102124,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90993\/revisions\/102124"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}