Quebec electoral district | |||
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Outremont in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval (2013 boundaries)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic |
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District created | 1933 | ||
First contested | 1935 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 102,088 | ||
Electors (2015) | 71,300 | ||
Area (km²) | 11.95 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 8,542.9 | ||
Census divisions | Montreal Island | ||
Census subdivisions | Montreal |
Outremont is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It was known as Outremont—Saint-Jean from 1947 to 1966. Its population in 2006 was 95,711. Its current Member of Parliament is Tom Mulcair, former leader of the New Democratic Party.
Ethnic groups: 69.5% White, 6.9% Black, 6.7% Arab, 3.8% Latino, 2.8% Filipino, 2.4% South Asian, 2.1% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Chinese, 1.7% Indigenous, 2.1% Other
Languages: 47.9% French, 16.5% English, 5.4% Arabic, 4.8% Yiddish, 4.6% Spanish, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.8% Greek, 1.5% Romanian, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.3% Russian, 12.9% Other
Religions: 50.7% Christian, 11.0% Jewish, 9.5% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.2% Hindu, 0.3% Other, 26.0% None
Median income: $22,551 (2010)
Average income: $39,486 (2010)
The district includes the Borough of Outremont, the eastern part of Côte-des-Neiges in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and the western part of the Mile End in Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, plus bits of upper Downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie, La Petite-Patrie in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, and Parc Extension in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.