{"id":1639,"date":"2008-11-05T20:26:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/11\/05\/doubling-the-downtown-population-with-the-private-sector\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:23:29","slug":"doubling-the-downtown-population-with-the-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/05\/doubling-the-downtown-population-with-the-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubling the downtown population, with the private-sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of the 864 census tracts in the Montreal Metropolitan Area, only three doubled their populations between 2001 and 2006.  Two of the three cover areas in the Ville-Marie borough, as seen in the map below.  Such rapid growth in population is in large part due to public-private programs designed to bring residents downtown, albeit with somewhat different outcomes in each tract.  In this post I want to show a difference in how private-sector influence in urban development can affect changes taking place within a city.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;s=AARTsJqxmX3HY-TaMfpoOYBHRxRvO1I0RA&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=118276683320409532825.00045a8dc49b241a8f694&amp;ll=45.500021,-73.564678&amp;spn=0.021056,0.036478&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"350\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=118276683320409532825.00045a8dc49b241a8f694&amp;ll=45.500021,-73.564678&amp;spn=0.021056,0.036478&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>The northwest tract covers the central business district, from rue Sherbrooke to rue St. Antoine, and from rue de Bleury to rue Peel.  The southeast tract includes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitedesignmontreal.com\/visitedesignmontreal\/EN\/neighbourhoods\/old_port\/cite_du_multimedia.html\">Multimedia City<\/a>, from rue Notre-Dame to rue de la Commune, and from rue McGill to rue de la Montagne.  Between 2001 and 2006, the former&#8217;s population grew from 293 people 777 people, and the latter&#8217;s from 527 to 1146.  Significant changes in only five years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3176\/3006157293_34688b80ae.jpg\" alt=\"place st paul\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Renovated loft residences and new condos.  Photo taken from rue St. Maurice and rue St. Henri in the southeast tract<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the population in the southeast tract lives in housing constructed since 2001, much of which resulted from the public-private project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uqam.ca\/nouvelles\/2000\/00-079.htm\"><em>Le nouveau Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/a>.  <em>Le nouveau Montr\u00e9al<\/em> was a fairly new approach for Montreal, in that the municipality formed a partnership with private development companies and launched an advertisement campaign to promote living in the targeted areas.  Many of the new residences are renovated loft spaces and new condominiums, drawing people with higher incomes.  This has dramatically changed the composition of the tract&#8217;s population.  In 1996, the median income was $15,285.  In 2006, it was $40,715, one of the highest in the city.  The percentage of those living below the low-income cut-off dropped from 28.1% to 5.7% during the same years, and the average gross rent increased 108%.<\/p>\n<p>The northwest tract was not targeted by a specific public-private program such as <em>Le nouveau Montr\u00e9al<\/em>, yet still grew in population due to government incentives to bring people into the inner-city; over 30% of its population lives in housing constructed since 2001.  However, the composition of the tract&#8217;s population did not change as dramatically as in the northwest tract.  In 1996, the median income was $10,485, rising to $17,428 in 2006.  The percentage of those living below the low-income cut-off did not change from 16%, and the average gross rent increased 32%.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Montreal is calling for the construction of 60,000 to 75,000 new residences in the city by 2014, according to its <a href=\"http:\/\/ville.montreal.qc.ca\/portal\/page?_pageid=4977,15415617&amp;_dad=portal&amp;_schema=PORTAL\">Habiter Montr\u00e9al<\/a> plan, 15% of which is to be public housing and another 15% as affordable housing produced by the private-sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the 864 census tracts in the Montreal Metropolitan Area, only three doubled their populations between 2001 and 2006. Two of the three cover areas in the Ville-Marie borough, as seen in the map below. 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