Chart 3
First official language spoken by immigrants and recent immigrants, Quebec, 1971 to 2021

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.

Chart description

This is a line chart.

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

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.