{"id":93921,"date":"2025-11-06T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=93921"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:53:38","slug":"riviere-des-prairies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/neighbourhood-profiles\/montreal-island\/riviere-des-prairies\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivi\u00e8re-des-Prairies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\ud83d\udccd<\/strong><\/strong> Poverty \u2013 well below the Montreal average<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

4% of the neighborhood\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Immigrant population \u2013 long-established neighborhood<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Immigrants represent 35% of the population (19,915 people), slightly above the Montreal average (33%). Rivi\u00e8re-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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffe\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Diversity \u2013 visible minority presence<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

38% of residents (21,750 people) belong to a visible minority group, a rate equal to the Montreal average (38%). These residents are more concentrated in the western sector (13,650 people).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfe2<\/strong> <\/strong> Housing \u2013 high concentration of renter households spending too much on housing in the western sector<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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