In 2021, most of the population of the city of Montreal, located in the Canadian province of Quebec, could speak both English and French. In fact, approximately 1.23 million men and 1.68 million women were bilingual. Of those who spoke only one of the official languages, the majority (1.43 million people) spoke only French. In addition, more than 68,400 people did not know either language, with women outnumbering men.

In 2021, French was the first language spoken by over 71 percent of the population of Montréal, Québec in Canada. 20.4 percent of the city's residents had English as their first language, 6.7 percent used both English and French as their primary language, and 1.6 percent of the population spoke another language. That same year, 46.4 percent of people living in the province of Québec could speak both English and French.

According to the Canadian government, approximately 2.54 million people residing in Montreal, in the province of Quebec, had French as their mother tongue in 2021. About 474,730 of them had English, the second official language, as their birth language. However, there were more people that year ( 522,255) whose mother tongue was an Indo-European language, such as German, Russian or Polish.

Data on the first official language spoken of the population of Canada and Canada outside Quebec, and of all provinces and territories, for Census years 1971 to 2016.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

The Quebec general election was held on October 3, 2022 in Canada, to elect the *** members of the **** legislature to the Quebec National Assembly. When asked a month before the election, ** percent of residents of Montreal and Laval (a suburb of Montreal) considered language and Bill ** to be the main issue in the campaign. The issue was most important to those whose mother tongue was English (** percent).

Bill ** is an act relating to the official language of Quebec, which came into effect in 2022, and aims to make French the only official and common language in Quebec.

Over the past fifty years, the proportion of Quebecers speaking both English and French has increased steadily, from **** percent in 1971 to almost half the population (**** percent) in 2021. The rate of English-French bilingualism, on the other hand, has declined in the rest of the country: outside Quebec, just over ten percent of people were bilingual in English and French in 2001, compared to *** percent two decades later.

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This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly social and political issues. The questions ask opinions on who of the present candidates would make the best prime minister, the treatment and perception of AIDS and what Canada's most urgent health problem is. There are also questions on other topics of interest such as illegal immigrants to Canada, attitudes toward two of Canada's major cities, Toronto and Montreal, and the content of respondents' daydreams. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, political and social variables. Topics of interest include: attitudes toward Toronto and Montreal; opinions and perceptions of AIDS; urgent health issues; ratings of party leaders Mulroney, Turner and Broadbent; the Canadian Senate; free trade; illegal immigrants to Canada; learning a second language; english taught in Quebec; daydreams' content; and the Canadian parole system. Basic demographic variables are also included.