The Spatial Patterning of Wealth and Poverty in the Montréal Region, 1971–2006: A Literature Review

This report reviews the abundant literature on the spatial distribution of wealth and poverty in Montréal over the 1971–2006 period. It serves as a companion document to A City-Region Growing Apart? Taking Stock of Income Disparity in Greater Montréal, 1970–2005, by Rose and Twigge-Molecey (2013), which was the Montréal component of a larger public outreach project titled: “Neighbourhood Trends in the Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver City-Regions.” This report reviews the literature to highlight how our work builds upon this rich body of existing scholarship and identifies research gaps our report could address. Additionally, this report makes accessible for the first time two significant sets of studies examining the spatial patterning of wealth in poverty in the Montréal area to non-French reading audiences