Québec Centre

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 24059 · Quebec

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

103,980

2021 count

Median household income

$58,800

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age44.4

Average age45.9

Average household size1.7

Aged 0–1410.8%

Aged 15–6463.2%

Aged 65 and over26.0%

Aged 85 and over4.2%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$58,800

Average household income$77,200

Median individual income$41,200

Low income (LIM-AT)15.8%

Low income (LICO-AT)10.0%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate57.7%

Unemployment rate8.8%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)63.3%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree12.4%

High school diploma or equivalent18.1%

Any postsecondary credential69.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher37.2%

Housing

Owner households34.8%

Renter households65.2%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter12.3%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter24.2%

Owners in core housing need2.0%

Renters in core housing need10.4%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,140

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$810

Median dwelling value$300,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house9.1%

Semi-detached house3.1%

Row house2.2%

Apartment in a duplex6.8%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys61.0%

Apartment, five storeys or more16.8%

Language

Knows English only0.6%

Knows French only48.6%

Knows both official languages50.2%

Knows neither official language0.5%

Mother tongue English2.0%

Mother tongue French88.6%

Mother tongue neither English nor French7.3%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants10.0%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20212.8%

Non-permanent residents4.0%

Indigenous identity1.6%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van61.2%

Public transit16.0%

Walking17.8%

Bicycle3.1%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results