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A bit dry, no?

August 15, 2010 by Brigitte Pellerin 4 Comments

L’Actualité magazine (Maclean’s French-speaking sister publication) has a feature (not online yet, as far as I can tell) about the virtues of what they call “la vie en solo”, or solitary life. Here’s a quote, in the original French:

L’enfer, c’est les autres. Et le paradis, alors? Il se trouve au Québec, si l’on se fie aux données du dernier recensement de Statistique Canada. Menez votre propre enquête et allez cogner aux portes. Vous verrez que dans la Belle Province, près d’un ménage sur trois est composé d’une seule personne. Pas de coloc qui vide le carton de lait sans le remplacer. Pas de conjoint pour faire la morale quand on rentre passés les 12 coups de minuit. Pas d’adolescents [en réalité aucun enfant] pour transformer la salle de bains en zone sinistrée. Le bonheur !

Partout en Occident, de plus en plus de gens optent pour la vie en solo. Surtout dans les grandes villes. Et Montréal se classe parmi les capitales canadiennes du genre, avec 40 % des ménages qui ne comptent qu’une seule personne — surtout dans les quartiers centraux. Le Plateau-Mont-Royal [très bobo] fait figure de Mecque (53 % des ménages), talonné par Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie (47 %).

Québec (37 % de ménages solos), Trois-Rivières (35 %) et Rimouski (35 %) ont leur place au palmarès. À Toronto, seulement 30 % des logements sont habités par une seule personne. À Halifax, c’est 28 %, et à Calgary, 26 %. En fait, seule Vancouver rivalise avec Montréal, avec 38 % de ménages solos…

Throughout Quebec, close to one household in three is composed of one person. In Montreal, that number climbs to 40 per cent. In the famous Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, it’s more than half. Is it any wonder we find a high tolerance for abortion in that province?

[h/t République de bananes]

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  1. SUZANNE says

    August 15, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    There are environmental consequences to all these solo households. Think about it…

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  2. Julie Culshaw says

    August 16, 2010 at 6:28 am

    wow, that’s just so sad.

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  3. Elizabeth says

    August 16, 2010 at 9:39 am

    I agree, that is very sad. I am someone who needs a lot of alone time and an introverted neat freak. But seriously, is having a continually clean bathroom provide as much happiness as snuggling with someone special on a stormy night or hearing your child began to communicate with you?

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  4. Andrea Mrozek says

    August 16, 2010 at 10:00 am

    Living alone isn’t sad, but glorifying living alone for the cleanliness of it all is. Vive the decline of western nations! Doesn’t spell F-U-N to me, all those old folks living alone, but hey, guess that’s why I’m not an editor at Actualite.

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