| The CMM at a glance ... |
1 |
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
Since January 1, 2001 |
120 |
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES |
14 |
REGIONAL COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES
4 of which are cities with RCM jurisdiction |
19.4% |
OF INHABITANTS OVER THE AGE OF 20
have a university degree |
82 |
LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES |
C$139 billion |
METROPOLITAN GDP (at market prices)
or C$38,000 per capita in 2006 |
1 (out of 82) |
CITY (Montreal)
with more than 1.6 million inhabitants in 2007 |
1.86 million |
JOBS IN 2006
or 49% of Quebec’s jobs |
2 (out of 82) |
CITIES (Laval and Longueuil)
with 200,000 to 400,000 inhabitants
in 2007 |
136,400 |
JOBS IN THE NEW ECONOMY IN 2005
including 88,500 in the information technology industry, 29,000 in aerospace and 18,900 in biopharmaceuticals |
34 (out of 82) |
MUNICIPALITIES
with 15,000 to 100,000 inhabitants in 2007 |
45 (out of 82) |
MUNICIPALITIES
with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants in 2007 |
14 million |
VISITORS IN 2005
in Montréal RMR |
5 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
3 of which are partial (Laurentians,
Lanaudière, Montérégie) |
80 million |
CONSUMERS
within a 1,000-km radius
|
7 |
REGIONAL CONFERENCES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS (CRÉ),
4 of which are partial (Laurentians,
Lanaudière, and two in Montérégie)
|
4,360 km2 |
TOTAL AREA
including 525 km2 of water resources
and 2,218 km2 of protected farmland, or 58%
of the entire region
|
1.84 million |
AUTOMOBILES
or 1.23 cars per dwelling in 2003 |
3.6 million |
POPULATION IN 2007
or nearly 50% of the Quebec population |
7.3 million |
TRIPS
in 24 hours in 2003, including 67.6% by car,
16.4% by public transit, 12.2% non-motorized
and 5.1% by other modes
|
926 |
PEOPLE PER km 2 IN 2007 |
1 |
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
with traffic of 11,4 million travellers in 2006 |
1.39 million |
PRIVATE DWELLINGS
49.9% are rented |
1 |
PORT
with traffic of 25.1 million tonnes of cargo in
2006, 45% of it containerized
|
2.4 |
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD |
5 |
UNIVERSITIES
three French-speaking and two English-speaking,
seven affiliated schools and
research institutes, for a total of 170,000
students in 2005
|
18.7% |
OF THE POPULATION ARE IMMIGRANTS,
one-third of whom arrived less than 10 years ago
|
66 |
CEGEPs AND COLLEGES,
public and private |
75 |
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
mostly French, and then English |
201 |
RESEARCH CENTRES |
20.6% |
OF INHABITANTS SPEAK AT LEAST TWO LANGUAGES AT HOME IN 2001
one of which is neither French nor English |
60 |
CONSULATES AND FOREIGN DELEGATIONS |