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Statistics on Montreal and other large cities in Canada

Population numbers and density figures

Population information for census metropolitan areas (2001 Census boundaries) >>

Population density maps of Montréal:


French only 1996	Nighttime 2001	Daytime 2001	Infocité versions

Sources: Ville de Montréal (from Stats Canada) & Stats Canada source page for current population census & Infocité

- How is the territory inhabited?
- Why are some zones not inhabited (parks, industrial zones, Mont-Royal) ?

Statistics: populations of large cities in Canada and their vacancy/occupation rates.

Vacancy Rate in Montreal

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Montréal	6.2	5.7	5.9	4.7	3.0	1.5	0.6	0.7	1.0	1.5

Source : Canada Mortgage and Housing site. Using PDF from Canadian Housing Observer which includes data from other cities

- What is the total population of Montreal ?
- What is the link between the above statistics and the population documents ?

Concentration des activités économiques

Many of the following links are made to older documents for which there may be updated information in the current CMA Atlas on the Ville de Montreal (Careful, a 75 meg download). Alternatives were also found when possible.

Map: 1996 Active working population by area

2001 version on page 7 in this large PDF.

English Employment Participation Rate 2001 at Infocite

Map: Low tech manufacturing 2000 stats

Map: Wholesale enterprises (warehouses, etc.)

Map: Finance and other servers

Similar statistics and maps can be found at Infocité site
in section on Employment and Transportation here.

- Where are industries concentrated ?
- Where are service industries concentrated ?

Transports

Map: People who use cars to go to work

Infocité versions: Persons using car and persons using public transportation.

Montreal: A statistical profile has an extensive list of maps of car use in Montreal here.
("...part of an ongoing research project conducted by the School of Urban Planning at McGill University.")

Cummuting insights into other cities in Stats Can Traffic Report: Weekday commuting patterns

- Where do people live in Montreal ?
- Where do they work ?

A variety of work types

Photo of downtown Montreal financial district:

Source de l'image : le Québec en images http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/quebec/

- What type of economic activity occurs in this part of the city ?

Concentration and dispersion of cultural activity around Montreal

Statistics from : "Montreal in numbers / Montreal in brief" website
(This Ville de Montréal site is in transition, and main home page is no longer active. Links and images below are active as of Jan 2007.)

Cultural events, festivals, presence of international organizations, cultural and avant-garde activity.

- How would you rate the cultural life of Montreal?
- Do you think of Montreal as a world-class city, as a city known all over the world ?

Map: A variety of services