According to the 2001 Canadian census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%.

There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.

This is an ethnically mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities.

The district includes the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and the city of Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.