Montréal, 375 years: Celebrate our History
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Description: Montréal, 375 years: Celebrate our History
This year marks the 375th anniversary of the founding of Montréal, once called Ville-Marie. See how the city has evolved since 1642.
Population
The population of Montréal in 2016 was 6 times larger than it was in 1901.
Year | Population |
---|---|
1642 | 40 |
1666 | 235 |
1681 | 493 |
1685 | 685 |
1688 | 829 |
1692 | 1,021 |
1695 | 1,166 |
1698 | 1,310 |
1706 | 1,694 |
1716 | 2,174 |
1744 | 3,520 |
1754 | 4,000 |
1755 | 4,389 |
1761 | 6,722 |
1765 | 8,278 |
1775 | 12,167 |
1784 | 15,667 |
1790 | 18,000 |
1806 | 22,894 |
1814 | 34,230 |
1822 | 45,567 |
1825 | 49,818 |
1827 | 52,652 |
1831 | 58,320 |
1844 | 76,741 |
1851 | 86,660 |
1861 | 100,830 |
1871 | 115,000 |
1881 | 155,238 |
1891 | 219,616 |
1901 | 267,730 |
1911 | 470,480 |
1921 | 618,506 |
1931 | 818,577 |
1941 | 903,007 |
1951 | 1,021,520 |
1956 | 1,109,439 |
1961 | 1,191,062 |
1966 | 1,222,253 |
1971 | 1,214,352 |
1976 | 1,080,545 |
1981 | 1,018,609 |
1986 | 1,015,420 |
1991 | 1,017,666 |
1996 | 1,016,376 |
2001 | 1,039,534 |
2006 | 1,620,693 |
2011 | 1,649,519 |
2016 | 1,704,694 |
*Some of the pre-1871 population data was obtained through interpolation. |
Religion
Religion | 1911 | 2011 |
---|---|---|
No religion | 0.10% | 18.37% |
Other religion | 0.07% | 0.26% |
Muslim | 0.01% | 9.58% |
Jewish | 5.87% | 2.22% |
Hindu and Sikh | 0.00% | 1.74% |
Christian | 93.91% | 65.83% |
Buddhist | 0.04% | 2.00% |
Indigenous | 0.00% | 0.01% |
Almost 2 out of 10 people claimed no religious affiliation in 2011, a significant increase from 1911, when 1 person in 1000 would claim no religious affiliation.
Just over 6 in 100 people identified as belonging to a religion other than Christianity in 1911. By 2011, this ratio had increased to almost 2 in 5.
Family Structure
Families in 1921 | Families in 2011 | |
---|---|---|
Without children at home | 27.3% | 37.7% |
With children at home | 72.7% | 62.3% |
In 1921, families with children were mainly headed by married couples. In 2011, families with children were made up of:
- married couples (31.7%),
- free union couples (9.0%) and
- single parent families (21.6%).
Mother Tongue
First Language | 1941 | 2011 |
---|---|---|
French | 706,856 | 852,075 |
English | 294,789 | 239,315 |
Arabic | 2,233 | 83,780 |
Italian | 20,069 | 76,540 |
Spanish | 273 | 73,160 |
In 2011, 32.6% of Montrealers claimed a first language other than English or French, compared with 10.3% in 1941.
Ages
1921 | 2016 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Aged 0-4 | 34,734 | 34,873 | 50,510 | 48,300 |
Aged 5-14 | 65,516 | 67,163 | 84,975 | 81,995 |
Aged 15-24 | 54,034 | 62,054 | 102,175 | 103,545 |
Aged 25-44 | 92,317 | 96,376 | 265,800 | 267,615 |
Aged 45-64 | 42,691 | 43,160 | 213,955 | 212,800 |
Aged 65+ | 9,554 | 12,132 | 113,505 | 159,515 |
The proportion of persons aged 65 and older in 2016 was 4 times what it was in 1921, while the proportion of persons aged 14 and younger has fell by half.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.
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