Please complete your profile to unlock commenting and other important features.

The name you want to be displayed publicly in comments. Your username will be unique profile link.

population

Data from Statistics Canada on the country's queer community revealed that as of 2018, there were approximately one million LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada.

Canada's statistical agency released the data on June 16 to create a "portrait" of the "demographic and social profile of Canada's diverse LGBTQ2+ communities" — however, much of the data "[focuses] on LGB Canadians (lesbian, gay, bisexual), since Statistics Canada has been collecting detailed information on these communities since 2003."

Keep readingShow less

Canada geese are creating piles of trouble in Montreal's LaSalle borough so authorities are using dogs and remote-controlled devices to compel them to fly elsewhere.

Gabriel Chevrefils, LaSalle's division chief of Permits and Inspection, told Narcity the birds have become a public nuisance, threatening the city's playgrounds, lawns, golf courses and waterways with their poop.

Keep readingShow less

In a press conference on April 29, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that the province would be opening COVID-19 vaccine appointments to the province's entire adult population aged 18 and older.

Here's what you need to know about the vaccine rollout that's scheduled to happen over the course of the next few weeks. 

Keep readingShow less

At a press conference in Beauce on Thursday, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that he hopes the government will be able to start vaccinating Quebec's general population by the end of May.

"Towards the end of May, we'll be able to take care of category eight and nine and we'll be able to move to the general population," said the health minister.

Keep readingShow less

Among Canada's three major cities, Montreal experienced the least year-over-year job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic relative to its size, a new report by Statistics Canada shows.

The worst period of unemployment in Montreal occurred between April and June 2020, at the height of the first wave of COVID-19. 

Keep readingShow less

Montreal public health has estimated that 8-10% of new COVID-19 cases in Montreal stem from the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 virus variant, which was identified in the U.K.

In a press conference on February 24, Public Health Director Dr. Mylène Drouin confirmed that the city is managing 22 COVID-19 outbreaks linked to the B.1.1.7 virus variant. 

Keep readingShow less

La Surêté du Québec took to Twitter on January 25 to let the province's population know that "synthetic drug labs can be located anywhere."

In order to help locals attempt to spot such laboratories, a few "clues" were shared.

Keep readingShow less

Butters the wild turkey, iconic resident of Montreal's west end, has become the city’s newest animal influencer these last few months. He even has his own Facebook page. But Butters the turkey and his brethren are new in town, says Canadian Wild Turkey Federation biologist Tadeusz Splawinski.

In fact, after being hunted to near-extinction by the beginning of the 20th century, turkeys are experiencing a population explosion in Quebec thanks in part to climate change, he said.

Keep readingShow less

The Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) caused a stir on social media on January 13, when at least three people accused the SPVM Instagram account of deleting comments questioning its treatment of Montreal's homeless population

Beneath a photo of an SPVM officer with one of the police force's horses, Montrealer Sabrina Prosser pressed the SPVM on why a homeless Montrealer was reportedly issued a $1,550 ticket for breaking Quebec's COVID-19 curfew rules.   

Keep readingShow less

According to new data from Statistics Canada, Montreal experienced a "record-high population [loss] to surrounding areas" between July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020.

"Despite still showing overall positive population growth," Statistics Canada writes, the census metropolitan areas "of Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver continued to see more people moving out to other regions of their province rather than moving in."

Keep readingShow less

Montreal will begin vaccinating part of its homeless population in the coming days, according to an announcement by Public Health Director Mylène Drouin and Mayor Valérie Plante at a press conference on January 13.

Drouin said the city has seen 172 new cases of COVID-19 linked to the homeless community since the beginning of December.

Keep readingShow less

Data from the Montreal SPCA reveals a-paw-ling new details on how the pandemic is affecting the province’s stray cat population.

The number of cats spayed or neutered by the Montreal SPCA dropped by about 27% this year, according to executive director Élise Desaulniers.*

Keep readingShow less