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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.8
Immigrants' knowledge of official languages, by mother tongue and period of immigration, Montréal CMA, 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	4,900	27,800	32,695	4,505	29,135	33,640
	French	270	290	560	225	470	695
	English and French	5,000	29,755	34,760	4,780	31,165	35,940
	Neither	65	160	225	65	100	165
	Total	10,255	58,000	68,250	9,575	60,870	70,445
French	English	90	320	405	75	355	430
	French	18,020	36,700	54,720	21,885	50,520	72,405
	English and French	18,435	67,315	85,750	22,460	86,215	108,675
	Neither	180	190	370	85	190	275
	Total	36,745	104,505	141,250	44,510	137,285	181,790
Other languages	English	24,370	90,810	115,180	21,730	96,150	117,875
	French	51,540	118,275	169,815	45,190	147,645	192,835
	English and French	58,375	257,445	315,820	48,140	281,830	329,965
	Neither	8,985	30,185	39,170	10,145	33,260	43,405
	Total	143,280	496,710	639,990	125,200	558,885	684,085
Total	English	29,380	118,900	148,280	26,305	125,635	151,940
	French	69,845	155,270	225,115	67,295	198,640	265,935
	English and French	81,820	354,500	436,320	75,365	399,225	474,590
	Neither	9,230	30,545	39,775	10,300	33,545	43,845
	Total	190,270	659,215	849,485	179,265	757,040	936,305
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