Living in Mont-Royal

In Mont-Royal, unemployment is 7.8% (2021).

At the end of 2022, Mont-Royal had a population of 21,172. Mont-Royal registered an unemployment rate of 7.83% at the end of 2021. Mont-Royal had a foreign population of 7,190 at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population21,172people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary5,501EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent852.6EUR/month31 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01

Unemployment rate7.83%country median 8.4% — 7% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada

Recorded crime3,641incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean8.11µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Mont-Royal?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

Renter households in Mont-Royal spending 30% or more on housing totalled 21.7% at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Mont-Royal. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁸Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	21.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	8,192 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	7,732 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	852.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01²Official · metropolitan-area figure

Is Mont-Royal a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student38%strong on cost, weak on education · range 27–49%

Family47%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–58%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Mont-Royal?

The median gross salary is about 5,501 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 5,501 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁴
Median gross salary (regional): 3,540 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸

What is the unemployment rate in Mont-Royal?

The unemployment rate is about 7.8 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 7.83 % · Statistics Canada¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Mont-Royal is 7.8%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Mont-Royal 7.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	57.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary	5,501 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,540 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	7.83 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Mont-Royal?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€3,126of €4,053 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€4,053
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01 · 2025-12-31	− €853
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€3,126

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Mont-Royal. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Mont-Royal?

Police recorded 3,641 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesMont-Royal highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,641 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁷Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Mont-Royal's nearest airport was YUL, 9 km away and offered 93 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	93 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	9 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YUL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mont-Royal. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Mont-Royal?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.11 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Mont-Royal is 8.1 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Mont-Royal 8.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 7.79 · Feb 11.35 · Mar 22.78 · Apr 26.02 · May 30.99 · Jun 32.77 · Jul 36.61 · Aug 34.73 · Sep 34.17 · Oct 26.37 · Nov 20.63 · Dec 17.12 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -41.45 · Feb -35.98 · Mar -32.83 · Apr -11.88 · May -2.87 · Jun 3.11 · Jul 8.64 · Aug 7.66 · Sep 0.72 · Oct -4.58 · Nov -20.9 · Dec -34.8 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -11.25 · Feb -9.59 · Mar -3.32 · Apr 5.4 · May 13.16 · Jun 18.53 · Jul 21.72 · Aug 21.09 · Sep 16.85 · Oct 8.81 · Nov 1.43 · Dec -6.62 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The city covered 7.5 km² at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Mont-Royal had 7,730 households. Mont-Royal's median age was 42 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Mont-Royal?

The published population was 21,172 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport66%
Foreign residents34%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	7.55 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	7.55 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	34.75 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Foreign residents	7,190 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	2,777 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Population	21,172 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

18,690

19,868

21,047

22,225

21,17220012005200920152022

Population rose 11.6% between 2001 and 2022, from 18,975 to 21,172.

International community in Mont-Royal

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	7,190	100.0%
Asia	3,340	46.5%
Europe	2,020	28.1%
Africa	1,145	15.9%
Lebanon	770	10.7%
Americas	685	9.5%
China	670	9.3%
France	665	9.2%
Viet Nam	450	6.3%
Other places of birth in Europe	430	6.0%
Other places of birth in Africa	385	5.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Syria	380	5.3%
Egypt	340	4.7%
Other places of birth in Asia	275	3.8%
Romania	270	3.8%
Iran	245	3.4%
Morocco	235	3.3%
United States of America	185	2.6%
Pakistan	155	2.2%
Other places of birth in Americas	150	2.1%
Greece	150	2.1%
Algeria	135	1.9%
Haiti	125	1.7%
Italy	120	1.7%
Philippines	110	1.5%
Russian Federation	105	1.5%
Iraq	85	1.2%
Colombia	80	1.1%
Brazil	70	1.0%
Poland	70	1.0%
United Kingdom	60	0.8%
India	60	0.8%
Germany	55	0.8%
Ukraine	45	0.6%
Turkey	40	0.6%
Mexico	35	0.5%
Peru	35	0.5%
Korea, South	30	0.4%
Bangladesh	25	0.3%
Portugal	20	0.3%
Nigeria	20	0.3%
Taiwan	20	0.3%
Hungary	15	0.2%
El Salvador	10	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10	0.1%
South Africa, Republic of	10	0.1%
Oceania and other places of birth	10	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	20,695	100.0%
Canadian citizens	17,780	85.9%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	13,380	64.7%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	4,405	21.3%
Not Canadian citizens	2,915	14.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	20,695	100.0%
Single responses	18,760	90.6%
Official languages	14,645	70.8%
French	8,930	43.2%
English	5,720	27.6%
Non-official languages	4,110	19.9%
Non-Indigenous languages	4,110	19.9%
Multiple responses	1,935	9.4%
Indo-European languages	1,605	7.8%
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,070	5.2%
Chinese languages	1,065	5.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Mandarin	935	4.5%
English and French	775	3.7%
Afro-Asiatic languages	760	3.7%
Semitic languages	750	3.6%
Arabic	730	3.5%
Italic (Romance) languages	600	2.9%
French and non-official language(s)	470	2.3%
Indo-Iranian languages	395	1.9%
English and non-official language(s)	380	1.8%
Austro-Asiatic languages	380	1.8%
Vietnamese	380	1.8%
Balto-Slavic languages	310	1.5%
Slavic languages	305	1.5%
English, French and non-official language(s)	285	1.4%
Spanish	255	1.2%
Iranian languages	240	1.2%
Persian languages	235	1.1%
Russian	230	1.1%
Iranian Persian	230	1.1%
Romanian	195	0.9%
Greek	160	0.8%
Indo-Aryan languages	155	0.7%
Armenian	110	0.5%
Yue (Cantonese)	100	0.5%
Portuguese	95	0.5%
Korean	90	0.4%
Italian	50	0.2%
Urdu	45	0.2%
Austronesian languages	40	0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	40	0.2%
Mongolian	40	0.2%
Bengali	35	0.2%
Turkic languages	30	0.1%
Turkish	30	0.1%
Uralic languages	30	0.1%
Hungarian	30	0.1%
Gujarati	30	0.1%
Multiple non-official languages	25	0.1%
Dravidian languages	25	0.1%
Bulgarian	25	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	25	0.1%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	25	0.1%
Tamil	20	0.1%
Serbian	20	0.1%
Germanic languages	20	0.1%
Chinese, n.o.s.	15	0.1%
Hebrew	15	0.1%
Albanian	15	0.1%
Polish	15	0.1%
High German languages	15	0.1%
Nilo-Saharan languages	10	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)	10	0.0%
Creole languages	10	0.0%
Haitian Creole	10	0.0%
Malayalam	10	0.0%
Ukrainian	10	0.0%
German	10	0.0%
Hindi	10	0.0%
Kacchi	10	0.0%
Sign languages	5	0.0%
American Sign Language	5	0.0%
Quebec Sign Language	5	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0.0%
Amharic	5	0.0%
Croatian	5	0.0%
Yiddish	5	0.0%
Japanese	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	34.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	7,730 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	62.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	42 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Mont-Royal

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Fort McMurray as a Mont-Royal alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Annual PM2.5: 15.4 µg/m³ Fort McMurray vs 8.1 µg/m³ Mont-Royal+90%
Median gross pay, region: €5,120 Fort McMurray vs €3,540 Mont-Royal+45%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,390 Fort McMurray vs 3,641 Mont-Royalno percentage

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Cities near Mont-Royal

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Westmount 5.1 km away

Salary: 5,447 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Dorval 11.1 km away

Salary: 3,486 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Sainte-Catherine 13.7 km away

Salary: 3,333 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Dollard-Des Ormeaux 14.0 km away

Salary: 3,377 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Mont-Royal?

The published population was 21,172 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Mont-Royal?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is Mont-Royal?

What is the typical salary in Mont-Royal?

The median gross salary is about 5,501 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Mont-Royal?

The unemployment rate is about 7.8 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Mont-Royal?

The median gross salary is 3,540 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Mont-Royal a good place to live?

Mont-Royal may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Mont-Royal?

Hampstead, Westmount, Côte-Saint-Luc, Saint-Michel, Montréal-Ouest are near Mont-Royal. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Mont-Royal?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,340 people (46.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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