{"id":93847,"date":"2025-11-05T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=93847"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:50:19","slug":"pointe-aux-trembles-montreal-est","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/neighbourhood-profiles\/montreal-island\/pointe-aux-trembles-montreal-est\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointe-aux-Trembles\/Montr\u00e9al-Est"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Single-parent families \u2013 significant presence in Montr\u00e9al-Est<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

37% of families in Pointe-aux-Trembles and 43% of families in Montr\u00e9al-Est are single-parent households, above the Montreal average (31%). This represents 2,705 families in Pointe-aux-Trembles and 235 families in Montr\u00e9al-Est.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Poverty \u2013 lower than the Montreal average<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

6% of Pointe-aux-Trembles residents (3,015 people) live on low income, below the Montreal average (11%), while the rate in Montr\u00e9al-Est reaches 9% (380 people). In both sectors, children aged 0 to 5 are the most affected by poverty (7% in Pointe-aux-Trembles and 18% in Montr\u00e9al-Est), unlike Montreal overall, where adults aged 18 to 64 are generally the most affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270f\ufe0f<\/strong><\/strong> Low educational attainment (without a high school diploma) \u2013 above average<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Among adults aged 25 to 64, 15% in Pointe-aux-Trembles (3,125 people) and 21% in Montr\u00e9al-Est (535 people) do not have a high school diploma, compared with 9% in Montreal. Three-quarters of undereducated adults in Pointe-aux-Trembles live in Pointe-aux-Trembles-Ouest, the most populous sector of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong> Immigrant population \u2013 low proportion but rapid growth<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Pointe-aux-Trembles (17%, or 8,030 people) and Montr\u00e9al-Est (12%, or 520 people) have the lowest immigrant proportions on the island. Immigration in Pointe-aux-Trembles is older, while in Montr\u00e9al-Est, one-quarter (23%) of immigrants have been in Canada for less than five years. Between 2016 and 2021, both sectors experienced some of the fastest growth in immigrant populations on the island: +36% in Pointe-aux-Trembles and +58% in Montr\u00e9al-Est, the highest increase on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf93<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Youth graduation \u2013 below average but improving<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

High school graduation rates in Pointe-aux-Trembles and Montr\u00e9al-Est are below the Montreal average: 79% versus 84% in 2023. However, the rates have been improving over the past two years, rising from 71% in 2021 to 79% in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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