Housing crisis in the Montreal metropolitan area

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The housing crisis is still ongoing in the Montreal metropolitan area. Three categories of households are particularly affected:

  • low and modest income households
  • families with 2 children and more (3 and more bedroom units)
  • people with disabilities

Households spending more than 30% of their income on housing

  • Montreal : 36,5%
  • Laval : 35,6%
  • Mascouche : 29,5 %
  • Repentigny : 37,8%
  • Saint-Eustache : 38%
  • Saint-Jérôme : 42,5%
  • Sainte-Thérèse : 34,4%
  • Terrebonne : 32%

Households spending more than 50% of their income on housing

  • Montreal : 17,7%
  • Laval : 15%
  • Mascouche : 10,9 %
  • Repentigny : 15%%
  • Saint-Eustache : 16,4%
  • Saint-Jérôme : 17,1%
  • Sainte-Thérèse : 13,8%
  • Terrebonne : 13%

Data from 2016 Census

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