News Releases

- BMO releases report on outlook for economy, labour market and housing market in Montreal

- Sturdy non-residential construction and employment

- BMO open for business with $10 billion in available credit

- Ninety-two per cent of high-net worth individuals in Quebec have completed a graduate, professional or undergraduate degree, compared to 80 per cent nationally

- Nearly two-thirds of millionaires in Quebec are self-made

- Forty-four per cent were either born outside of Canada or are first generation Canadian

- Sixty-eight per cent of high-net worth British Columbians were born outside of Canada or are first generation Canadian

- Nearly three quarters of the wealthy in B.C. are self-made millionaires

- Majority of the wealthy are over the age of 50

- Thirty-six per cent of affluent Albertans are women

- More than two-thirds of high-net worth individuals in Alberta are self-made

- Education pays: 78 per cent hold at least a university degree; only 11 per cent have a high school diploma or less

- Almost half of high-net worth Ontarians were either born outside of Canada or are first generation Canadians

- More than one-third of Ontario's wealthy are women

- Sixty-four per cent are self-made millionaires

- Education is key: 77 per cent hold at least a university a degree; just 14 per cent have a high school diploma or less