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Table A.1
Knowledge of French of retail and client services workers and workers in other occupations, by select CMAs, 2006

  Retail and service workers Workers in other occupations
Francophones2 † Use French at home3† Francophones2 Use French at home3
percentage
Place of work (CMA1)
Moncton 37.4 38.8 40.2 41.2
Greater Sudbury 24.9 23.4 29.3* 26.9*
Ottawa-Gatineau 31.3 34.7 33.9* 37.2*
Ottawa-Gatineau (Que.) 86.2 93.4 74.3* 80.3*
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.) 15.5 17.8 25.3* 28.0*
Parliament Hill 19.7 22.4 36.9* 41.1*
Byward Market 17.6 19.2 28.3* 34.3*
Montréal 69.9 81.3 69.8 80.6*
Suburban rings of Montréal 87.4 93.3 86.1* 92.7*
Island of Montréal 55.9 71.7 61.8* 74.6*
City of Montréal (without the city centre) 61.7 77.2 63.8* 76.9
Other municipalities on the Island of Montréal 34.8 48.0 46.8* 58.9*
City centre 51.1 70.2 65.7* 78.1*
East of Saint-Laurent 69.9 83.9 79.5* 91.3*
Between Saint-Laurent and Peel 50.9 70.7 68.2* 80.2*
West of Peel 43.9 63.6 53.0* 66.7*
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
1. Census metropolitan area.
2. Persons whose mother tongue or one of the mother tongues is French.
3. Uses French at home the most often or regularly.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
Date Modified: 2010-01-26

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