Montréal has emerged from years of global uncertainty with one of the strongest tourism rebounds in North America. Supported by sustained international promotion, a thriving business-events sector, improved air travel performance, and renewed traveler confidence, 2024 marked a landmark year for the city. According to data from Tourisme Montréal, ADM Aéroports de Montréal, CTV, CBC, […]
Across Canada, more people than ever are living alone. Statistics Canada notes that, for the first time, single-person households have become the most common household type in the country—a trend that is clearly visible in Montréal’s neighbourhood portraits as well. But this shift does not happen evenly across the island. Central boroughs like Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie […]
Montréal is often talked about as one city, but the numbers tell a story of two very different Montréals living side-by-side.When you compare income, education and housing costs in Lachine, Montréal-Nord, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and the city as a whole, you see clear fault lines in opportunity, affordability and long-term prospects. What do the numbers […]
Montréal is often described as a young, dynamic city—but kids are not spread evenly across the island.Some neighbourhoods concentrate a huge share of families and children, while others are older, more transient, or made up mostly of singles and couples. Where are Montréal’s main “family neighbourhoods”? Across the island, three areas stand out as especially […]
Understanding crime in Montréal means looking beyond headlines and digging into the numbers for each neighbourhood. The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) publishes detailed crime profiles for each poste de quartier (PDQ). This article is fully based on data from this page: https://spvm.qc.ca/en/Fiches/Details/Crime-profiles My goal as a data scientist is to […]