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3 ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE3.1 Gross domestic product (GDP) and incomeModest GDP and incomes as compared with other North American areas ...With the exception of Alberta metropolitan areas whose economy depends largely on the oil sands industry, Canadianmetropolitan areas are struggling to attain a productivity level similar to that of their U.S. counterparts. In 2008, after Riverside,whose economy is greatly dependent on that of Los Angeles, Greater Montréal and the Québec area, followed by Vancouver,Ottawa-Gatineau and Toronto, posted the lowest per capita GDPs of North American’s 33 major metropolitan areas.In Greater Montréal and Québec area, household income is also lower than in the other areas of North America. One ofthe main factors behind this situation is that Greater Montréal and the province of Quebec as a whole are lagging behindin terms of university education (see p. 24).20Per capita GDP (current Canadian dollars),2001 and 2008WashingtonSan FranciscoHoustonCalgaryNew YorkBostonSeattleDenverDallasMinneapolisEdmontonLos AngelesSan DiegoPhiladelphiaChicago2008PortlandAtlanta2001ClevelandBaltimorePittsburghMiamiCincinnatiSt. LouisDetroitSacramentoPhoenixTampaTorontoVancouverOttawa-GatineauQuébec40,000Greater Montréal33,000Riverside(CAD) 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000Median gross household income(current Canadian dollars), 2005WashingtonSan FranciscoBostonMinneapolisBaltimoreCalgarySan DiegoNew YorkSeattleOttawa-GatineauDenverChicagoAtlantaSacramentoPhiladelphiaTorontoEdmontonLos AngelesDetroitRiversideDallasPortlandSt. LouisCincinnatiPhoenixHoustonVancouverClevelandMiamiTampaPittsburghQuébecGreater Montréal48,000(CAD) 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000N.B.:− As the data for the Canadian areas were supplied in 2002 constant dollarsby the Conference Board of Canada, they were converted into current dollarsto make them comparable to American data, which were provided in currentdollars. This conversion was made with the help of data on the provincial GDPat basic prices supplied by Statistics Canada.− The GDP of the U.S. areas has been converted into Canadian dollars using theOECD’s purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate, which eliminates priceleveldifferences among countries.− For Greater Montréal, data are at the CMA level.Sources: Conference Board of Canada, special compilation; Statistics Canada,CANSIM National Economic Accounts: Provincial and Territorial Accounts; StatisticsCanada, Census of Population 2001; Statistics Canada, Annual Demographic Estimates:Subprovincial Areas, 2004 to 2009; Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product(GDP) by State and Metropolitan Area; US Census Bureau, Population Estimates, 2000 to2009. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.N.B.: Median income for U.S. metropolitan areas has been adjusted to takeaccount of the 2005 PPP as calculated by the OECD.Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006; US Census Bureau,American Community Survey, 2006. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.
3.2 Cost of living and businessoperating costs... But among the lowest costs of living andbusiness operating costsOffsetting relatively low GDP and incomes is the cost ofliving in Greater Montréal, which is among the lowest inNorth America. This point, in particular, emerged from theannual surveys carried out by Mercer on the cost of living inworld’s large cities – which, in 2009, put Montréal as the mostaffordable large North American city after Portland, Detroit,Pittsburgh and Ottawa.The low cost of living can be noted, in particular, in termsof housing, one of the main sources of spending for NorthAmerican households: in Greater Montréal, about one-quarter(26%) of households spend 30% or more of their grossincome on housing, making ours one of North America’s mostaffordable metropolitan areas in terms of accommodationcosts in relation to income.Furthermore, owing primarily to labour costs that are lowerthan elsewhere, KPMG surveys show that average businesscosts in Montréal are the lowest in North America afterQuébec. The five Canadian cities covered by the latest surveyall have business costs lower than those observed in the majorU.S. urban centres.Mercer Cost of Living Index, main North Americancities, 2009New YorkLos AngelesSan FranciscoMiamiChicagoBostonHoustonWashingtonAtlantaSeattleTorontoDenverCalgaryVancouverClevelandSt. LouisMontréalPortlandDetroitPittsburghOttawa67.960 70 80 90 100(100 = New York City)N.B.: 21 of the 33 central cities of the benchmarking metropolitain areas areincluded in the 143 cities covered by Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey 2009.Source: Mercer, Cost of Living Survey 2009. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.Proportion of households spending 30% or moreof their gross income on housing (owners andtenants), 2006Los AngelesRiversideSan DiegoSacramentoMiamiSan FranciscoNew YorkBostonDenverChicagoSeattlePortlandWashingtonTampaAtlantaPhoenixTorontoDallasMinneapolisVancouverClevelandDetroitHoustonPhiladelphiaBaltimoreCincinnatiSt. LouisGreater Montréal26.4%PittsburghCalgaryOttawa-GatineauEdmontonQuébec0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006; US Census Bureau,American Community Survey, 2006. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.KPMG Business Cost Index, Main NorthAmerican Cities, 2010San FranciscoNew YorkLos AngelesSan DiegoBostonSeattleDenverRiversideMinneapolisWashingtonPortlandChicagoDetroitPhiladelphiaPhoenixHoustonSt. LouisDallasBaltimoreMiamiAtlantaTampaTorontoEdmontonVancouverGreater Montréal94.2Québec80 90 100 110(100 = average for the four major U.S. cities:New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas)N.B.: 27 of the 33 central cities of the benchmarking metropolitain areas areincluded in the 112 cities covered by KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010.Source: KPMG, Competitive Alternatives 2010. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFe21
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Page 5 and 6: IntroductionThis first issue of Met
Page 7 and 8: Greater Montréal: five geographic
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Page 11: 2 DEMOGRAPHICS2.1 Total population
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