Montréal changes from block to block

In one dissemination area of the city of Montréal, 84.5 percent of the population in private households report Italian origin, while in another 52.5 percent report Haitian.

About 4.2 million people in private households were counted in the Montréal census metropolitan area. · Quebec

Within the city of Montréal the mix changes over a few streets: in one dissemination area in the northeast, 84.5 percent of the population in private households report Italian origin, while in another in the north 52.5 percent report Haitian.

Two neighbouring cities inside the island read differently again: Jewish origin is reported by 33.2 percent of the population in private households in Hampstead and 28.2 percent in Côte-Saint-Luc.

At the western tip, 16.8 percent of the population in private households in Beaconsfield report Irish origin and 13.9 percent report English, and at the eastern tip the most reported response in Montréal-Est is Canadian, at 33.3 percent.

Across the Montréal census metropolitan area 261,785 people reported Italian origins and 127,220 reported Haitian.

Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population

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