"The majority of migrants to Quebec are English-speaking – 33 per cent of the anglophone population is made up of immigrants, compared to only 7 per cent of the French-speaking population – and inflows of foreign migrants contribute to higher poverty rates among anglophones."
"A wealthy minority exists within the anglophone community, skewing their average income data upwards"
It is this Westmount/West Island wealthy minority I'm referring to when I say you should look at occupation and income levels.
There's no surprise blue-collar francophones earn more - that was the whole impetus behind the Quiet Revolution.
Programmer salaries in NYC are about three times what they are in Montreal, while the cost of living is only about twice as high. Salaries in the US have a very real effect on Canadian ones - it's so easy to get a NAFTA visa that the US and Canada basically share a labor market of programmers.
You seem to have a very distorted view of the job market in Montreal. Perhaps the company you're working at isn't very representative?
I won't disagree that NY salaries are higher but 3 times higher? It's probably more around 1.1 times higher. I'm frequently getting contacted by recruiters. Here is a sample of an email I recently received:
> Analyste-programmeur SHAREPOINT SR. [...] permanent temps plein et est situé à Montréal [...] salaire offert est entre 80000-85000$/an (selon le profil) + boni 20%
> Directeur Technologique (architecture et Base de Données) - Montréal - 100000-120000$
Just last week I had a talk with someone who knows the NY job market very well. Senior developers are getting 160-240 thousand dollars. That's 3x the team lead or senior analyst salaries in that list.
"The majority of migrants to Quebec are English-speaking – 33 per cent of the anglophone population is made up of immigrants, compared to only 7 per cent of the French-speaking population – and inflows of foreign migrants contribute to higher poverty rates among anglophones."
"A wealthy minority exists within the anglophone community, skewing their average income data upwards"
It is this Westmount/West Island wealthy minority I'm referring to when I say you should look at occupation and income levels.
There's no surprise blue-collar francophones earn more - that was the whole impetus behind the Quiet Revolution.
Programmer salaries in NYC are about three times what they are in Montreal, while the cost of living is only about twice as high. Salaries in the US have a very real effect on Canadian ones - it's so easy to get a NAFTA visa that the US and Canada basically share a labor market of programmers.