Table 2 Characteristics (mean and standard deviation) of the CMA of Montreal 1 : DA-level variables
| Â | CMA of Montreal | Socially wealthy (Q1) | Socially deprived (Q5) | Materially wealthy (Q1) | Materially deprived (Q5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low immigration (Q1) | High immigration (Q5) | Low immigration (Q1) | High immigration (Q5) | Low immigration (Q1) | High immigration (Q5) | Low immigration (Q1) | High immigration (Q5) | ||
Number of DAs | 6,009 | 339 | 95 | 214 | 200 | 230 | 40 | 184 | 502 |
Total population | 3,606,770 | 183,780 | 66,070 | 119,950 | 137,220 | 138,455 | 43,145 | 99,540 | 302,645 |
Immigration score2 | 0 (3.7) | −4.5 (0.5) | 5.1 (1.4) | −4.5 (0.5) | 5.3 (1.5) | −4.4 (0.5) | 4.6 (1.0) | −4.6 (0.5) | 6.3 (1.9) |
Social deprivation score2 | 0 (1.9) | −2.5 (0.7) | −2.6 (0.8) | 2.8 (1.1) | 2.3 (0.7) | −1.8 (1.3) | −1.2 (1.6) | 1.7 (2.1) | 0.7 (1.3) |
Material deprivation score2 | 0 (1.9) | −1.3 (1.5) | −0.5 (1.8) | 1.6 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.5) | −2.5 (0.7) | −2.4 (0.7) | 2.5 (0.9) | 2.7 (0.8) |
DA-level variables 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% of people with maternal language other than French or English | 21.5 (19.5) | 3.3 (2.6) | 49.6 (11.6) | 3.3 (2.3) | 42.4 (11.4) | 3.6 (2.8) | 39.7 (8.4) | 3.1 (2.6) | 55.8 (14.8) |
% of people who do not speak French or English | 1.6 (2.8) | 0.02 (0.2) | 4.9 (3.9) | 0.03 (0.18) | 4.2 (3.6) | 0.01 (0.14) | 2.9 (1.3) | 0.04 (0.25) | 6.5 (4.6) |
% of recent immigrants* (<5Â years) | 4.5 (6.6) | 0.2 (6.6) | 5.8 (7.5) | 0.3 (0.8) | 13.0 (7.4) | 0.2 (0.7) | 6.8 (6.4) | 0.2 (0.6) | 13.4 (9.1) |
% of immigrants* (5–10 years) | 2.5 (3.6) | 0.1 (0.5) | 5.5 (4.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 7.0 (5.1) | 0.2 (0.5) | 5.5 (3.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 6.8 (4.9) |
% of immigrants* (10–15 years) | 2.6 (3.6) | 0.1 (4.6) | 6.8 (5.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 6.7 (4.2) | 0.1 (0.5) | 5.9 (3.0) | 0.1 (0.4) | 7.6 (4.5) |
% of immigrants* (15–25 years) | 3.4 (4.0) | 0.2 (6.7) | 9.2 (3.9) | 0.2 (0.5) | 6.9 (4.3) | 0.2 (0.6) | 8.9 (3.7) | 0.2 (0.6) | 8.2 (4.7) |
Average income (x 1000) | 34.3 (16.2) | 40.2 (11.3) | 37.6 (15.1) | 27.7 (6.2) | 23.6 (6.0) | 46.1 (11.6) | 53.2 (13.9) | 25.2 (5.2) | 20.4 (3.9) |
Employment rate | 62.2 (12.0) | 73.2 (8.6) | 63.7 (9.9) | 53.6 (15.7) | 50.0 (9.2) | 77.4 (7.5) | 69.8 (5.9) | 49.9 (13.9) | 48.2 (7.7) |
% of people without high school certificate | 22.0 (10.7) | 19.4 (9.0) | 18.7 (10.0) | 31.9 (9.1) | 26.1 (12.8) | 12.6 (4.4) | 10.7 (4.1) | 38.9 (7.3) | 35.0 (8.6) |
% of separated, divorced or widowed people | 18.3 (6.8) | 12.4 (2.4) | 10.4 (2.2) | 30.6 (7.9) | 24.6 (4.8) | 14.2 (4.2) | 14.0 (4.6) | 27.2 (10.2) | 28.9 (4.7) |
% of people living alone | 13.4 (10.1) | 3.4 (2.2) | 4.6 (5.0) | 23.8 (10.1) | 23.7 (8.6) | 4.8 (4.0) | 10.6 (8.2) | 19.8 (12.5) | 14.2 (7.2) |
% of single-parental families | 18.1 (10.7) | 7.7 (5.4) | 8.3 (5.6) | 26.0 (11.4) | 31.2 (12.2) | 10.9 (7.0) | 10.9 (6.8) | 21.0 (12.7) | 27.2 (11.3) |