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
Here is the translation of an article by Pierre Lussier in Le Messager. This is the last paragraph wich will interest members:
ReplyDeleteThe 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