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Population

13,826

people, Census 2021

Median age

39.6

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

58%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

43%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

TownGrade

C⁻

#2,221 of 2,556

Is Ville-Émard a good place to live?

A tough set of grades. Its weakest is cost of living (D−). Health is a strength (A). Overall, that makes a C−, good for #485 of 499 in Quebec. Nationally, it does better than 18% of Canadian towns. It lags on jobs & income as well (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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability AHealthWeakestD⁻Cost of living D⁻Jobs & income

What makes Ville-Émard stand out

The 3 things Ville-Émard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

43% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Households renting

Housing

64% rent their home

Compare 25% for the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

How Ville-Émard grades

Each subject compares Ville-Émard with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

WalkabilityNear the top of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnD⁻Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedD⁻Open →HealthIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →Hazard riskGraded on two hazards, earthquakes and radon, with nearby wildfire counted only against itCOpen →SafetyMore crime than in most townsCOpen →

SchoolsWe don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

Nearby attractions

Parc Angrignon and 41 more in and around Ville-Émard

Sights in Ville-Émard and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

GardenParc Angrignonin town

Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts4.2 km outside town, to the north · 1M visitors a year

Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal3.6 km outside town, to the northwest · 2M visitors a year

CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral4.7 km outside town, to the north

MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel3.6 km outside town, to the northeast · 74K visitors a year

MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture3.5 km outside town, to the north · 68K visitors a year (2011)

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Parc Angrignon: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Maison Saint-Gabriel: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ville-Émard.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Rent takes more of local pay in Ville-Émard than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, higher than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $552,000, above Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

$552,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Ville-Émard$552,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	27%	18%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	21%	13%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$552,000	$300,000	$406,000

$1,346

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

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Renting$1,346 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living9.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $552,000, against the median household income Owners and renters36% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Data for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom covers the Montréal metro area

Work & commuteJobs & income D⁻

Trips to work from Ville-Émard take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

43%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van54%

Public transit35%

Walk5%

Bicycle2%

Census 2021	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	33 min	27 min	26 min

$58,900

median household income, 2020

29%

worked from home, May 2021

83%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageVille-Émard’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment12% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work43% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

HealthHealth A

Ville-Émard scores better for health than 92% of Canadian towns

Lives here run to 83.4 years on average, above Quebec’s towns (82.5) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, behind the 57% for Quebec. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Ville-Émard is well placed: 1.0 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

54%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Ville-Émard54%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Ville-Émard	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%

83.4

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

1.0 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageVille-Émard’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey54% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.0 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 85.5, men 81.2 Conditions and habits14% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy published for the Région de Montréal, not by town

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Hazards in Ville-Émard: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.8% of tested homes

Source area for radon tests: the Montreal health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.20 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for Ville-Émard on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Montréal, Ville-Émard included.

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Ville-Émard6.8%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Ville-Émard	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%

$0.20

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

5.3 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageVille-Émard’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon6.8% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.20 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SafetySafety C

Crime runs heavier where Ville-Émard is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 80

The violent index for its police area came to 116, above both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 29.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Ville-Émard 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.

80Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202381

202481

202578

2023–2025	Ville-Émard	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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

32%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageVille-Émard’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety80 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Ville-Émard’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Ville-Émard safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

Afternoon heat in Ville-Émard beats that of 78% of Canadian towns

Gardeners get 167 frost-free days, from 29 April to 14 October. A normal winter brings 217 cm of snow, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

26.7°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.2°C

Spring11.0°C

Summer25.5°C

Autumn13.5°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Ville-Émard	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

217 cm

of snow a year

146

days with frost a year

167

frost-free days, 29 Apr to 14 Oct

122

days with precipitation a year

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The yearJuly highs 26.7°C, January lows −13.5°C Rain and snow1,041 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow217 cm of snow a year Weather station12 km to the station · Montréal Trudeau (Airport)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))

Outdoors

Protected land around Ville-Émard beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 100 km there is no national park. Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 16 km. Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area (3,183 ha) is the biggest, 8.3 km from town. 21 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

10%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Ville-Émard10%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	10%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	16	10	4

16 km

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageVille-Émard’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas21 protected areas within 10 km · Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks16 km to a provincial park · Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Who lives here

Ville-Émard is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 58% speak both languages

31% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Children are 14% of the town. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.

39.6median age

Ville-ÉmardQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

18%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree19%

Postsecondary qualification58%

Women and men · all residents

50.5% of Ville-Émard’s residents are women

6,835 men and 6,980 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in Ville-Émard
	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	14%	17%	16%
15 to 64	68%	62%	64%
65+	18%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	19%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	58%	59%	56%

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English and French58% speak both · 26% speak French but not English Ages39.6 median age · 18% are 65 or over Households6,565 households

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

Ville-Émard in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

The month after, December, normally sees −1°C afternoons and −9°C nights. November usually brings some 16 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 84 mm. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.

6°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C

December−1°C

January−5°C

February−3°C

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

−2°C

a normal November night

84 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageVille-Émard’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

More visits per person served than 84% of Quebec’s town libraries: Montréal public library counts 6.5

Ville-Émard is served by Montréal public library, the library of all of Montréal, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,948,747 people.

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Places to belong2 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

48 of the 106 schools around Ville-Émard teach in English

They come under 4 school boards. 23 of the 106 are independent, against 9% in Quebec. The 3 km around Ville-Émard counts 66 elementary schools, 30 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade.

106schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Dollard-des-OrmeauxIn Ville-ÉmardElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École Honoré-MercierNearest secondary school, 0.3 kmSecondary	Secondary	–	French public
École Westmount Park (St. John Bosco) EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary	Elementary	–	English public

See all 106 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public50

English public33

Independent23

Schools within 3 km	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
School boards	4	2	3

0.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Language48 of 106 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Every school106 schools within 3 km · 66 elementary schools, 30 secondary schools and 10 schools for every grade The boards4 school boards · Centre de services scolaire de Montréal Questions“What schools are there in Ville-Émard?”

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.

History

52% of Ville-Émard’s homes were built before 1961

Within 5 km of the town lies one more that belongs to it.

52%built before 1961

52%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

historic place just outside the town

Heritage	Ville-Émard	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	52%	21%	18%

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Older homes52% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Ville-Émard have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ville-Émard

15pages on Ville-Émard

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 80 Housing & costD⁻Homes 9.4 × income Property pricesSchools106 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 83.4 in its region Work & commuteD⁻55% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors10% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 39.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from around Ville-Émard

2 notable people were born in Ville-Émard; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Sylvain ChicoineCanadian politician · born 1970

René LépineCanadian real estate development tycoon · 1929–2012

Pierre BoutinCanadian politician · born in Saint-Henri · 1821–1901

Ville-Émard’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Côte-Saint-PaulDesmarchais-CrawfordUpper LachineSault-Saint-LouisVerdun-CentreSaint-HenriVille-Émard

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Ville-Émard	13,826	—	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Côte-Saint-Paul	16,403	1.2	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Desmarchais-Crawford	18,505	1.5	C	D	C	A
Upper Lachine	21,130	2.4	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Sault-Saint-Louis	47,270	2.4	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Verdun-Centre	30,304	2.6	C⁻	D⁻	C	A
Saint-Henri	17,309	2.9	C	D	C	A

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Ville-Émard

Do people in Ville-Émard speak French?

Almost everyone does. 58% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 26.1% speak French and no English.

How old are the people of Ville-Émard?

Its median age is 39.6, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.

About Ville-Émard

Neighbourhood in Montréal

Ville-Émard is one of Montréal’s neighbourhoods, which TownRatings draws from census dissemination areas and names from the city’s own map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 13,826 (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).