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Immigration and language in Canada, 2011 and 2016
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Immigration and language in Canada, 2011 and 2016

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Table A.7
Immigrants' knowledge of official languages, by mother tongue and period of immigration, Quebec, 2011 and 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Immigrants' knowledge of official languages. The information is grouped by Mother tongue (appearing as row headers), Knowledge of official languages, 2011, 2016, Recent
2006 to 2011, Established before 2006, Total
Immigrants, Recent
2011 to 2016 and Established before 2011, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Mother tongue	Knowledge of official languages	2011			2016
		Recent 2006 to 2011	Established before 2006	Total Immigrants	Recent 2011 to 2016	Established before 2011	Total Immigrants
		number
English	English	5,390	30,920	36,310	5,160	32,515	37,675
	French	310	440	750	295	620	915
	English and French	5,710	35,810	41,520	5,485	37,215	42,700
	Neither	75	170	245	75	100	175
	Total	11,500	67,330	78,830	11,015	70,445	81,460
French	English	120	365	480	75	400	475
	French	24,865	55,655	80,520	29,590	72,915	102,500
	English and French	22,415	84,685	107,100	27,395	109,370	136,760
	Neither	230	215	445	120	185	305
	Total	47,635	140,915	188,555	57,170	182,875	240,045
Other languages	English	26,120	96,665	122,785	23,365	102,840	126,205
	French	61,825	133,680	195,500	55,560	171,080	226,635
	English and French	65,395	281,270	346,665	55,305	313,725	369,025
	Neither	10,920	31,640	42,555	12,770	35,150	47,920
	Total	164,255	543,255	707,510	146,995	622,805	769,800
Total	English	31,640	127,935	159,575	28,595	135,765	164,360
	French	87,015	189,765	276,780	85,435	244,620	330,055
	English and French	93,530	401,750	495,280	88,180	460,310	548,490
	Neither	11,220	32,040	43,260	12,960	35,445	48,405
	Total	223,400	751,495	974,895	215,170	876,135	1,091,305
Notes: Multiples responses have been equally redistributed between the “English”, “French” and “Other languages” categories. The “Other languages” category refers to languages other than English and French. These include Aboriginal, immigrant and sign languages. This table does not include data on non-permanent residents. Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey and 2016 Census of Population.

Date modified:: 2019-01-28