Here are some interesting statistics on Verdun for the period 2001 to 2006 wich should interest the members:
Montreal growth 2.3%
Verdun growth 9%
40% of Verdun families are single parents.
25% for the Island of Montreal
45% for the center of Verdun (Wellington/Church)
31% for the Desmarchais/crawford district
IMMIGRATION:
+14% growth for Montreal
+46.8% growth for Verdun
30% of Montreal population is formed of immigrants
19% of Verdun population is formed of immigrants
The 3 important languages in Verdun after French and English are Chinese, Arab and Spanish
20% did not complete high school in Verdun
22.8% did not complete high school in Montreal
9.2% unemployment for Montreal
8.7% unemployed for Verdun
4.4% unemployed on Nun's Island
$30,117 average salary for Montreal
$23,000 average salary for center of Verdun (Wellington/Church)
$29,423 average salary for Desmarchais/Crawford sector
$68,00 average salary for Nun's Island
These statistics are from the ACTION VERDUN site (see my link) The site specifies that today's figures would be slightly different.
Guy
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Here is the translation of an article by Pierre Lussier in Le Messager. This is the last paragraph wich will interest members:
The francophones are largly the majority in the 3 sectors of Verdun and their demographic weight has increased in comparison to the anglophones. In total, the residents whose maternal languange is french, make up 62.7% of the population, 16.5% are of english language and 18.7% are allophones. The relative importance of francophones has slightly diminished with the arrival of a strong contingent of allophones. However, this diminishment has been two and a half times less than the anglophones. For the past 10 years, the demographic weight of the anglophones has diminished in an important way, namely 21% between 1996 and 2006, according to researchers who are pondering the isolation of this community, very few of wich are present in the decision organisms in the borough.
Guy
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