Living in Montréal-Ouest

In Montréal-Ouest, unemployment is 8.7% (2021).

Montréal-Ouest's population was 5,368 at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 8.68% at the end of 2021. Montréal-Ouest's foreign population totalled 1,275 at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population5,368people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary (region)3,676EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · www150.statcan.gc.ca

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 rate8.68%country median 8.4% — 3% aboveOfficial 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 mean7.08µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Montréal-Ouest?

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Montréal-Ouest.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Renter households in Montréal-Ouest spending 30% or more on housing totalled 21.4% at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Montréal-Ouest. 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	21.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	2,031 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	1,943 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 Montréal-Ouest a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

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

Family46%strong on family, weak on education · range 35–57%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Montréal-Ouest?

The unemployment rate is about 8.7 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 8.68 % · Statistics Canada¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Montréal-Ouest is 8.7%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Montréal-Ouest 8.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	63.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,676 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	8.68 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Montréal-Ouest?

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

Left over each month€1,878of €2,804 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.	€2,804
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	€1,878

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is Montréal-Ouest?

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 citiesMontréal-Ouest 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

Montréal-Ouest's nearest airport was YUL, 7 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	7 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 Montréal-Ouest. 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 Montréal-Ouest?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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: 7.08 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

PM2.57.1WHO 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 Montréal-Ouest is 7.1 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Montréal-Ouest 7.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.08 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

Montréal-Ouest's total area was 1.4 km² at the end of 2021. The number of households reached 1,940 at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, the median age reached 43.2 years.

How many people live in Montréal-Ouest?

The published population was 5,368 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport76.2%
Foreign residents23.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	1.37 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	1.37 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Foreign-resident share	24.98 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Foreign residents	1,275 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	3,738 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Population	5,368 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

5,040

5,157

5,275

5,392

5,36820012005200920152022

Population rose 2.4% between 2001 and 2022, from 5,242 to 5,368.

International community in Montréal-Ouest

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	1,275	100.0%
Europe	530	41.6%
Asia	355	27.8%
Americas	230	18.0%
Africa	150	11.8%
Italy	135	10.6%
France	115	9.0%
United Kingdom	105	8.2%
Iran	100	7.8%
United States of America	70	5.5%
Other places of birth in Americas	65	5.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Other places of birth in Africa	65	5.1%
Other places of birth in Asia	55	4.3%
Poland	35	2.7%
Romania	35	2.7%
Lebanon	35	2.7%
India	35	2.7%
Germany	30	2.4%
Morocco	30	2.4%
China	30	2.4%
Philippines	30	2.4%
Brazil	25	2.0%
Egypt	25	2.0%
Mexico	20	1.6%
Trinidad and Tobago	20	1.6%
Other places of birth in Europe	20	1.6%
Greece	15	1.2%
Ethiopia	15	1.2%
South Africa, Republic of	15	1.2%
Hong Kong	15	1.2%
El Salvador	10	0.8%
Guyana	10	0.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.8%
Russian Federation	10	0.8%
Algeria	10	0.8%
Oceania and other places of birth	10	0.8%

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	5,105	100.0%
Canadian citizens	4,765	93.3%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	3,610	70.7%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	1,150	22.5%
Not Canadian citizens	345	6.8%

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	5,110	100.0%
Single responses	4,760	93.2%
Official languages	4,385	85.8%
English	3,660	71.6%
French	720	14.1%
Non-official languages	370	7.2%
Non-Indigenous languages	370	7.2%
Multiple responses	350	6.8%
Indo-European languages	240	4.7%
English and French	200	3.9%
Italic (Romance) languages	105	2.1%

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Published group	People	Share
English and non-official language(s)	90	1.8%
Indo-Iranian languages	75	1.5%
Sino-Tibetan languages	60	1.2%
Chinese languages	60	1.2%
Persian languages	55	1.1%
Iranian languages	50	1.0%
Mandarin	45	0.9%
Balto-Slavic languages	45	0.9%
Slavic languages	45	0.9%
Iranian Persian	45	0.9%
Spanish	45	0.9%
Italian	40	0.8%
English, French and non-official language(s)	35	0.7%
French and non-official language(s)	25	0.5%
Afro-Asiatic languages	25	0.5%
Semitic languages	25	0.5%
Arabic	20	0.4%
Russian	20	0.4%
Indo-Aryan languages	20	0.4%
Korean	20	0.4%
Yue (Cantonese)	15	0.3%
Polish	15	0.3%
Germanic languages	15	0.3%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	10	0.2%
Portuguese	10	0.2%
Multiple non-official languages	5	0.1%
Hebrew	5	0.1%
Dravidian languages	5	0.1%
Telugu	5	0.1%
Armenian	5	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	5	0.1%
Serbian	5	0.1%
High German languages	5	0.1%
German	5	0.1%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.1%
Bengali	5	0.1%
Hindi	5	0.1%
Romanian	5	0.1%

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	25.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	1,940 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	69.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	43.2 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Montréal-Ouest

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Mont-Royal as a Montréal-Ouest alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Residents: 21,172 Mont-Royal vs 5,368 Montréal-Ouest+294%
Foreign residents: 34.8% Mont-Royal vs 25.0% Montréal-Ouest+39%
Unemployment: 7.8% Mont-Royal vs 8.7% Montréal-Ouest−10%
Annual PM2.5: 8.1 µg/m³ Mont-Royal vs 7.1 µg/m³ Montréal-Ouest+15%
Median gross pay, region: €3,540 Mont-Royal vs €3,676 Montréal-Ouest−4%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,641 Mont-Royal vs 3,641 Montréal-Ouestsame level

Full comparison More about Mont-Royal

Fort McMurray as a Montréal-Ouest 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 7.1 µg/m³ Montréal-Ouest+118%
Median gross pay, region: €5,120 Fort McMurray vs €3,676 Montréal-Ouest+39%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,390 Fort McMurray vs 3,641 Montréal-Ouestno percentage

Full comparison More about Fort McMurray

Cities near Montréal-Ouest

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

Westmount 4.8 km away

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

Mont-Royal 7.0 km away

Salary: 5,501 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Dorval 8.0 km away

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

Sainte-Catherine 8.1 km away

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

Châteauguay 11.2 km away

Salary: 3,094 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Constant 11.5 km away

Salary: 3,540 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 Montréal-Ouest?

The published population was 5,368 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Montréal-Ouest?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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 Montréal-Ouest?

What is the unemployment rate in Montréal-Ouest?

The unemployment rate is about 8.7 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Montréal-Ouest?

The median gross salary is 3,676 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

How many foreign residents live in Montréal-Ouest?

1,275 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is Montréal-Ouest a good place to live?

Montréal-Ouest 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 Montréal-Ouest?

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

How many people born in Europe live in Montréal-Ouest?

The official country of birth distribution records 530 people (41.6%) 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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