Parc-ExtensionMontréal
A neighbourhood of 29,066 in Montréal. It is one of 77 neighbourhoods of Montréal.
Is Parc-Extension a good place to live?
Parc-Extension’s weakest subject is cost of living (D−). Health outcomes beat most towns (A). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A+). Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #493 of 499 in Quebec. It comes out better than 17% of Canadian towns. Incomes are on the low side (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.
How Parc-Extension grades
Each subject compares Parc-Extension 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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What makes Parc-Extension stand out
The 3 things Parc-Extension does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Parc-Extension.
Rent takes more of local pay in Parc-Extension than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 34% of household income
Owners put the median home at $552,000, above both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Just over a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Parc-Extension shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Montréal metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 34% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 26% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $552,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
Trips to work from Parc-Extension take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 35 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Health in Parc-Extension beats 90% of Canadian towns
Smokers make up 13% of the region’s adults, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Women in the region live to 85.5 and men to 81.2, 83.4 years taken together (2022/2024). Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.2 km from the average resident of Parc-Extension, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Parc-Extension | 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
Parc-Extension’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline
Measured across the Montreal health region: radon tests
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. Burn scars are few around Parc-Extension, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.001% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Parc-Extension | 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 · Earthquake risk published for the city of Montréal, not by town
The force covering Parc-Extension records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 116
The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Parc-Extension doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Montréal service area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Parc-Extension | 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
Summer arrives in force in Parc-Extension, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average. Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Parc-Extension | 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))
Visible minorities make up more of Parc-Extension than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 68%
42% speak both English and French, about level with Quebec’s towns (44%) and above Canadian towns (7.5%). People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 47.4% of Parc-Extension
The 2021 census counted 13,795 women and 15,290 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 69% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 32% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 42% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Parc-Extension in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Montréal. Expect around 16 cm of snow in November. Next comes December, with normal highs of −1°C and lows of −9°C. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation.
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
At 6.5 visits per person served, Bibliothèque de Parc-Extension is busier than four in five Quebec’s town libraries
Bibliothèque de Parc-Extension serves the whole of Montréal, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,948,747 people, Parc-Extension among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Parc-Extension is 12 km from Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Of the land within 10 km, 1.6% has protected status, below Quebec’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. The largest is Bassin de la Prairie (Verdun) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 424 ha, 9.4 km from the edge of town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.6% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Independent schools are common around Parc-Extension: 37 of 129
23 of the 129 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. 3 boards run its schools. The 3 km around Parc-Extension counts 81 elementary schools, 30 secondary schools and 18 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École BarclayIn Parc-ExtensionElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| L'École Ali Ibn Abi Talib IndependentNearest secondary school, 0.3 kmAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| École Saint-Raphaël (Sinclair Laird / St. Raphael Center) EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
41% of Parc-Extension’s homes were built before 1961
| Heritage | Parc-Extension | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 41% | 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 Parc-Extension
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and 78 more in and around Parc-Extension
What there is to see in Parc-Extension and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts4.3 km outside town, to the southeast · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal3.5 km outside town, to the southeast · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal4.5 km outside town, to the east · 54K visitors a year
MuseumMcCord Stewart Museum4.3 km outside town, to the east · 79K visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture4.9 km outside town, to the southeast · 68K visitors a year (2011)Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- 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
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McCord Stewart Museum: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Parc-Extension
No notable person born in Parc-Extension is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Pierre Dansereau: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain · Michel Chartrand: Snouppix, Public domain · Gérard Desrosiers: Randoss, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Parc-Extension
Neighbourhood in Montréal
No official boundary marks Parc-Extension off from the rest of Montréal: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 29,066 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Parc-Extension’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parc-Extension | 29,066 | — | C− | D− | C | A |
| Parc-Jarry | 15,699 | 1.1 | C+ | D | C | A |
| Saint-Édouard | 16,771 | 1.8 | C | D− | C | A |
| Mont-Royal | 22,821 | 1.9 | B+ | C+ | C | A |
| Crémazie | 29,907 | 1.9 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Outremont | 24,629 | 2 | B+ | C+ | C | A |
| Parc-Kent | 27,291 | 2.4 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Parc-Extension
Do people in Parc-Extension speak French?
French comes first: 10.5% speak it alone, while 42% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
Is Parc-Extension a young town or an old one?
At 36.9, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 16% of the population and seniors 15%.
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).