Human Capital: the facts

With its eleven institutions of higher learning, including four major universities (two French-language and two English-language), several colleges and many private and public schools, the Montreal metropolitan area is a fantastic reservoir of highly skilled human resources.

Montreal has 166,000 students including the largest number of foreign students in Canada (17,000). More than 41,000 students earned a university degree in 2005 and close to 40% of the total population has a college or university degree.

Montreal is first among leading North American cities in terms of the proportion of university students per capita.

More than half of the population is bilingual (French/English) although more than 80 languages are spoken in the region.

Nearly 10,200 students are currently enrolled in a program related to life sciences and over 2,000 university degrees are awarded every year in life sciences.

Scientists

The life sciences industry employs over 40,500 highly skilled people including 11,750 employees working at 149 public research organizations.

Management

With over 600 companies and research organizations, the Metro Montreal life sciences industry offers a reservoir of trained and skilled professionals and managers.

Average Annual Salary Comparison   (in US$)

Source : ERI Economic Research Institute, October 1, 2007

This document had been prepared by: Montréal International