Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Children under 15 make up 20% in Mont-Royal, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. Its population is up 3% on 2016. Across Mont-Royal, 35% of residents are immigrants. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in 83% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Mont-Royal
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 78% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 10% speak only French and 10% only English. English & French ↓
Many graduates
73% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 21% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 78%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
17% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Since 2016, Mont-Royal has changed by +3%, slower than 55% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Mont-Royal ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 13%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a fifth of the total. With a median age of 42, Mont-Royal is younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mont-Royal, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Mont-Royal has 10%. One-person households: a quarter of the total.
Mont-Royal ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 52%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 28% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 83% of Canadian towns: 32%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, just over a third of households rent their home here. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 63% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later.
$123,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Mont-Royal’s, at $123,000, is 43% higher. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Mont-Royal ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.7%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are just over a third of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (47%) or in Europe (28%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 82% of Canadian towns: 23%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (9.5%), Jewish (6.4%) and Buddhist (2.5%). Visible minority residents are more common here than in 70% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%).
73% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
1.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 22,141 to 23,585 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 32.5 (Cité-Universitaire) up to 54.8 (Cobourg). Closest in median age to Mont-Royal are High Park-Swansea (41.5), Rockcliffe-Smythe (42), Erindale (42.1) and Renfrew-Collingwood (42.3).
Mont-Royal is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Royal | 22,821 | — | 42 | 19% | 35% |
| Parc-Kent | 27,291 | 1.6 km | 34.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Parc-Extension | 29,066 | 1.9 km | 36.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Savane | 32,028 | 2.1 km | 36.2 | 13% | 58% |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 2.6 km | 38.2 | 18% | 64% |
| Outremont | 24,629 | 2.7 km | 37.4 | 20% | 24% |
| Édouard-Montpetit | 20,601 | 2.8 km | 32.5 | 16% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Mont-Royal’s residents
What is the average age in Mont-Royal?
A median age of 42, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Mont-Royal bilingual?
English and French: 78% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 10%. French only: 10%. French mother tongue: 39%.
How diverse is Mont-Royal?
35% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 32% belong to a visible minority and 0.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Mont-Royal?
58% are Christian and 23% have no religion; 19% follow another religion.
Is Mont-Royal good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Mont-Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mont-Royal?
The median household in Mont-Royal took in $123,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mont-Royal?
Mont-Royal had about 22,821 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 20,953, 3% more than 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).