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MRC PONTIAC

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POPULATION 382,604 CITY OF GATINEAU

A look at the Outaouais

Population Household Economy • Residents of the Outaouais region are spread as • At the last census, 13% of the population was follows: 72% in the city of Gatineau, 13% in the considered low income in the Outaouais. In urban Collines de l’Outaouais RCM, 6% in the Papineau RCM, areas, poverty is highest in the Hull sector, where 17% 5% in the Vallée de la Gatineau RCM and 4% in the of people live on a low income. Pontiac RCM. • Statistically speaking, poverty is less prevalent in • According to the last census, just over 5% have some sectors and RCMs, but there are disadvantaged Indigenous origins. Of these 20,695 people, half live areas everywhere in the Outaouais. in Gatineau and nearly a quarter in the Vallée de la Gatineau RCM. Housing • Ten percent of Outaouais residents have immigrant • At the last census, 32% of people lived in rental roots. The majority (91%) now lives in Gatineau. The accommodations. The average monthly rent is $819, Hull sector has the largest proportion of immigrants, compared to $775 for all of Quebec. i.e. 19% of the population. • Among tenants, 36% spend 30% or more of their • The last census counted 108,555 families, including income on housing, leaving little room to meet other 20,535 single-parent households (19%). The median basic needs. after-tax income of lone-parent families is $50,345, and that of couples with children is $96,243. Education • In 2018, 65% of students in the Outaouais graduated from high school, while the provincial average is closer to 73%. $1,950,000 Donated to 84 organizations and 7 programs and

partnerships in 2020-21

PHILIPPE LAKE, GATINEAU PARK

These 21 local organizations, programs and partnerships shared $677,700: 1. Accompagnement des femmes immigrantes de 11. Connexions Resource Centre l’Outaouais (help for immigrant women) 12. Entraide familiale de l’Outaouais (assistance to 2. Accueil-Parrainage Outaouais (front-line low-income individuals and families) immigrant services) 13. Entre deux roues (information and assistance to 3. ACEF Outaouais (financial counselling for handicapped persons) individuals and families) 14. Équipe Soutien-famille (family help) 4. APICO (community integration) 15. Espace Outaouais (child abuse prevention) 5. AQETA Outaouais (learning disabilities) 16. Le Gîte Ami (emergency housing) 6. BRAS Outaouais 17. Les Apprentis (handicraft centre for the (AIDS awareness and assistance) intellectually disabled) 7. CALAS (fight against sexual assault) 18. Les Œuvres Isidore Ostiguy (housing for the 8. Centre d’intervention en abus sexuel pour la disadvantaged) famille (sexual abuse intervention) 19. Maison Alonzo Wright (psychological and 9. CIPTO (addiction prevention and psychosocial counselling) intervention) 20. Moisson Outaouais (food bank) 10. Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region 21. Tel-Aide Outaouais (phone hotline)

7 Programs and Partnerships 1. Concertation en développement social Outaouais 5. FTQ Social Representative Program (social development working group) 6. Back to School 2. IT Works Training Program 7. Table de Concertation sur la faim et le 3. Observatoire en Développement de l’Outaouais développement social de l’Outaouais (working (development studies) group on hunger and social development) 42. Opération Habit de neige (snowsuit fund)

Sources Quebec Ministry of Education. 2017. Report: Diplomation et qualification par commission scolaire au secondaire (Outaouais). Community Report, communautesoutaouais.org Statistics Canada – 2016 Census

Food Security Academic Success Housing and Accommodations Front-line and Referral Services Social and Vocational Integration Community Life and Citizen Engagement Donations Addiction Prevention and Harm Reduction Psychosocial Support Abuse and Violence Prevention

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