MontagneMontréal
In Montréal, this neighbourhood has 28,569 residents. Of Montréal’s 77 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Montagne a good place to live?
A town with more to fix than most. Cost of living is its weak spot (D−). It does especially well on health (A). Fewer journeys need a car (A+). Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than nearly a fifth of Canadian towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D−).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. A university neighbourhood: graded, but left out of rankings (so many residents are students that income and jobs read as students' figures).
What makes Montagne stand out
The 3 things Montagne does most differently from other towns.
How Montagne grades
Each subject compares Montagne with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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Canadian Centre for Architecture and 149 more in and around Montagne
Sights in Montagne and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecturein town · 68K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumRedpath Museumin town
FortFort de la Montagnein town
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts100 m outside town, to the north · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal900 m outside town, to the west · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral700 m outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redpath Museum: D. Benjamin Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort de la Montagne: Colocho, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montagne.
Renting in Montagne eats 35% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns and across Canadian towns
Owners make up a fifth of households, below Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Half of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 35% | 18% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 20% | 70% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 50% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates. · Data for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom covers the Montréal metro area
Commuters in Montagne travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 29 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer around Montagne (14% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)
The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Montagne is well placed: 0.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Life expectancy in the region is 83.4 years (85.5 for women, 81.2 for men, 2022/2024). Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, above Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, behind the 57% for Quebec.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.4 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 56% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de Montréal
Montagne’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline
Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.20 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire seldom reaches Montagne: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). The national flood inventory has no study of the town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Montréal, Montagne included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Montreal health region
Violent crime weighs more where Montagne is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 116
Measured across the Montréal service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.4 violent incidents are reported each year. Across its police area, there are 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 116 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 80 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 15.4 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Afternoon heat in Montagne beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
The most precipitation falls in October: 103 mm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 146 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it. Also worth knowing: a normal January brings 52 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 217 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 146 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,041 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))
Protected areas cover 42% of Montagne
Biggest among them: Lac St-Louis (Île St-Bernard/Pt Mercier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 1,242 ha, 9.5 km off. A provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), lies 11 km away. 7.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 20 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 7.7% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Montagne is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 57% speak both languages
Visible minorities make up 56% of the population, above both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 6.4% of residents. What’s more, over-65s are 17% of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.7% of Montagne’s residents are women
14,665 men and 13,900 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Montagne | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.4% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 77% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 4.1% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 78% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Montagne: −2°C at night, 6°C by day
Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −1°C and lows near −9°C. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Montréal forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 243 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 268 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 277 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
More visits per person served than 84% of Quebec’s town libraries: Montréal public library counts 6.5
The library figures on this page are Montréal’s: Montréal public library serves all 1,948,747 people of the city, Montagne among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Around Montagne, 49 schools of 168 teach in English
No single board runs them all: there are 3. 62 of the 168 are independent, against 9% in Quebec. In or within 3 km of Montagne: 98 elementary schools, 51 secondary schools and 19 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Priory inc. EnglishIn MontagneElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
| Académie Michèle-Provost IndependentIn MontagneAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| Collège Trafalgar pour filles EnglishTeaches in EnglishSecondary | Secondary | – | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.
Back to 1535 in Montagne, with Hochelaga
On the list: 3 municipal citations and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Inside the town the registers count 27 historic places; 23 are top designations. Homes from before 1961 make up nearly a quarter of the stock, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Montagne | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 24% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Montagne
Famous people from around Montagne
No notable person born in Montagne is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Caroline Rhea: Mremoji, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sam Roberts: Sandy Chase, CC BY 2.0 · Don Getty: Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Ltd., CC BY 2.0 · Kenneth Farmer: The original uploader was YUL89YYZ at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
Montagne’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagne | 28,569 | — | C− | D− | C | A |
| Petite-Bourgogne | 21,834 | 1.1 | C | D | C | A |
| Milton-Parc | 11,369 | 1.7 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Westmount | 20,377 | 1.9 | A− | C+ | C | A |
| Vieux-Montréal | 14,615 | 1.9 | B | C− | C | A |
| René-Lévesque | 28,061 | 2 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Saint-Henri | 17,309 | 2.2 | C | D | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Montagne
Do people in Montagne speak French?
Yes: this is Quebec. 4.2% of residents speak only French and 57% speak both French and English (Canadian towns’ median: 8%).
Is Montagne a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 32.2 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 6%, people 65 and over 17%.
About Montagne
Neighbourhood in Montréal
Where Montagne begins and ends inside Montréal is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 28,569 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).