{"id":94117,"date":"2025-11-17T10:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=94117"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:20:24","slug":"longueuil-agglomeration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/neighbourhood-profiles\/south-shore\/longueuil-agglomeration\/","title":{"rendered":"Longueuil Agglomeration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\ud83d\udccd<\/strong><\/strong> Poverty \u2013 more pronounced in Le Vieux-Longueuil<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

The Longueuil agglomeration counts 26,200 low-income residents, two-thirds of whom (17,525 people) live in the city of Longueuil, and nearly half (12,360 people) in Le Vieux-Longueuil borough. The low-income rate stands at 6% overall\u2014slightly above the South Shore average (5%) but below Montreal\u2019s (11%). It reaches 7% in Brossard and Greenfield Park, and 9% in Le Vieux-Longueuil. Children aged 0\u20135 and young adults aged 18\u201324 are the most affected age groups both in Le Vieux-Longueuil and across the agglomeration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong><\/strong> Immigrant population \u2013 Longueuil and Brossard as arrival cities<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Immigrants represent 23% of the agglomeration\u2019s population (99,490 people). The proportion is especially high in Brossard, at 41%. Although the overall rate is below Montreal\u2019s (33%), immigrant growth between 2016 and 2021 was substantial (+21% versus +1% in Montreal). Half of all immigrants live in the city of Longueuil (53,060 people) and over one-third in Brossard (36,370).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270d\ufe0f<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> French language knowledge \u2013 lower in Brossard and Greenfield Park<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

In Brossard, 82% of residents know French, compared with 87% in Greenfield Park, 93% for the agglomeration as a whole, and 95% across the South Shore. The most notable decline was in Brossard, where the rate dropped from 84% in 2016 to 82% in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Visible minority groups represent 27% of the agglomeration\u2019s population (116,455 people), compared with 38% in Montreal. In Brossard, the proportion reaches 50%, making it the area outside Montreal with the strongest representation of visible minorities.<\/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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