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First official language spoken by immigrants and recent immigrants, Quebec, 1971 to 2021

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% 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021 French, immigrantsFrench, immigrants French, recent immigrantsFrench, recent immigrants English, immigrantsEnglish, immigrants English, recent immigrantsEnglish, recent immigrants
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The categories "English and French" and "neither English nor French" are not shown.
Source(s):
Census of Population (3901), 1971, 1981, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2021. National Household Survey (5178), 2011.

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First official language spoken by immigrants and recent immigrants, Quebec, 1971 to 2021, %
  French, immigrants French, recent immigrants English, immigrants English, recent immigrants
1971 29.9 33.9 51.5 43.6
1976 .. .. .. ..
1981 37.5 51.3 42.6 27.9
1986 .. .. .. ..
1991 42.2 46.4 36.3 27.9
1996 44.1 47.9 33.7 27.2
2001 46.2 51.7 31.8 26.9
2006 48.4 54.2 29.1 21.7
2011 51.1 58.8 27.5 20.1
2016 54.2 60.5 24.7 18.4
2021 54.3 54.5 25.2 25.5
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not available for a specific reference period
Note(s):
The categories "English and French" and "neither English nor French" are not shown.
Source(s):
Census of Population (3901), 1971, 1981, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2021. National Household Survey (5178), 2011.
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