Ethnicity, Language and Immigration Thematic Series
Key facts on the English language in Quebec in 2021

This fact sheet gives an overview of the situation of English in Quebec in 2021. It begins by providing information on the changes in the number and proportion of the population who can have a conversation in English, whose first official language spoken is English, whose mother tongue is English, and who speak English at home or use English at work. Next, it presents information on English-language instruction in primary and secondary schools, on English spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is English. Additional data on these topics can be found in the appendix.

The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the Census of Population. To learn more about census concepts and the historical comparability of data, please refer to the 2021 Census of Population Languages Reference Guide and the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide.

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Highlights

• In Quebec, 4,344,550 residents (51.7% of the population) could have a conversation in English in 2021. This number and proportion were the highest ever observed for the province in a census.
• In 2021, 1,611,375 Quebec residents (19.2% of the population) spoke English at least regularly at home. This includes all those who spoke English most often at home, whether predominantly (874,185 people, or 10.4% of the population) or equally with other languages (237,485 people, or 2.8%). Moreover, among people with English as one of their mother tongues, the vast majority (90.1%) spoke English at least regularly at home.
• In 2021, 1,452,285 workers living in the province (35.4%) used English at least regularly at work. This includes all those who used English most often at work, whether predominantly (570,380 workers, or 13.9%) or equally with other languages (228,415 workers, or 5.6%).
• Two-thirds of immigrants (66.6%) could have a conversation in English in 2021. This proportion was higher than the proportion for the non-immigrant population (48.9%).
• More than a third of Quebec residents (36.0%) who had English as their only first official language spoken in 2021 were born outside Canada.

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Ability to conduct a conversation in English

Data table for Chart 1



Data table for Chart 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 1. The information is grouped by Knowledge of official languages (appearing as row headers), 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Knowledge of official languages	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
	number
English and French	2,412,985	2,660,590	2,907,700	3,017,865	3,328,725	3,586,410	3,898,980
English only	373,755	358,505	327,040	336,785	363,860	372,450	445,575
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991 to 2021.

• In 2021, 4,344,550 Quebec residents could have a conversation in English, representing an all-time high.

• Of these, 445,575 people could converse in English, but not in French. After decreasing in the 1990s, this number has been rising since 2001, and in 2021, topped the 1991 figure (+71,820 people). In 2021, these people represented 5.3% of the Quebec population, down slightly from 1991 (5.5%), but higher than in 2016 (4.6%).
• Moreover, 3,898,980 people could have a conversation in English and French in 2021, a number that has been steadily increasing since 1991 (+1,485,995). They represented 46.4% of the population in 2021, the highest proportion observed in a census in Quebec.
• For the first time in the census, more than half of Quebec residents (51.7%) could have a conversation in English in 2021.
• The proportion of Quebec residents with a French mother tongue who could converse in English rose from 31.4% in 1991 to 42.2% in 2021. Meanwhile, this proportion remained fairly stable among those who learned a language other than French or English first at home in their childhood, from 67.5% in 1991 to 68.8% in 2021.
• In the 2021 Census, the proportion of the population whose mother tongue is not English but who could converse in this language varied by census metropolitan area (CMA). For example, it was higher in Gatineau^Note (68.2%) and Montréal (58.7%) than in Sherbrooke (44.6%), Québec (40.6%) or Saguenay (23.1%).

Description for Map 1

This map shows the proportion of the population able to conduct a conversation in English in each census subdivision in the south of Quebec in 2021.

In this map we use 7 distinct colours to signify different values. Grey is used to represent areas for which no data are available. There are 46 census subdivisions in this group.

Teal is used to represent areas in which less than 10% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 11 census subdivisions in this group.

Green is used to represent areas in which 10% to less than 30% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 367 census subdivisions in this group.

Yellow is used to represent areas in which 30% to less than 50% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 229 census subdivisions in this group.

Orange is used to represent areas in which 50% to less than 70% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 110 census subdivisions in this group.

Dark orange is used to represent areas in which 70% to less than 90% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 56 census subdivisions in this group.

Red is used to represent areas in which 90% or more of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 34 census subdivisions in this group.

The boundaries of census subdivisions have been delimited by a gray line. Their colour was assigned according to the table below.



Map table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Map table 1. The information is grouped by Census Subdivision (appearing as row headers), Population knowing English (appearing as column headers).

Census Subdivision		Population knowing EnglishMap table 1 Note 1
Code	Name	percentage
2484070	Waltham	100.0
2484095	Sheenboro	100.0
2484082	L'Isle-aux-Allumettes	99.6
2484010	Shawville	99.4
2484015	Clarendon	98.6
2484090	Chichester	98.6
2484020	Portage-du-Fort	97.9
2466047	Montréal-Ouest	97.6
2466112	Baie-D'Urfé	97.6
2484030	Campbell's Bay	97.2
2484040	Litchfield	97.0
2484025	Bryson	96.9
2484005	Bristol	96.7
2466032	Westmount	96.6
2471100	Hudson	96.6
2466107	Beaconsfield	96.4
2466127	Senneville	95.8
2484055	Otter Lake	95.7
2483802	Kitigan Zibi	95.4
2466102	Kirkland	95.2
2484045	Thorne	95.2
2466062	Hampstead	95.1
2466097	Pointe-Claire	95.0
2466117	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	94.6
2484050	Alleyn-et-Cawood	93.5
2466142	Dollard-Des Ormeaux	93.0
2484100	Rapides-des-Joachims	92.9
2466058	Côte-Saint-Luc	92.2
2466087	Dorval	91.7
2471095	L'Île-Cadieux	91.7
2482025	Chelsea	91.5
2484035	L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet	91.5
2446070	Brome	91.2
2483010	Low	91.2
2484060	Fort-Coulonge	89.7
2484065	Mansfield-et-Pontefract	88.8
2482030	Pontiac	88.6
2446065	Bolton-Ouest	88.4
2466072	Mont-Royal	88.3
2445008	Stanstead	87.5
2469050	Elgin	87.2
2445020	Ogden	86.8
2476065	Harrington	86.5
2471105	Saint-Lazare	85.2
2471070	Pincourt	84.8
2446075	Lac-Brome	84.1
2478127	Lac-Tremblant-Nord	83.3
2445030	Potton	83.1
2476035	Wentworth	83.1
2471065	Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot	82.9
2483015	Kazabazua	82.6
2446058	Sutton	82.5
2471090	Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac	81.6
2445050	North Hatley	81.5
2446005	Abercorn	80.9
2471075	Terrasse-Vaudreuil	80.9
2483020	Lac-Sainte-Marie	80.9
2469045	Hinchinbrooke	80.6
2482035	La Pêche	80.2
2471083	Vaudreuil-Dorion	79.6
2446045	Stanbridge East	79.5
2458012	Saint-Lambert	79.1
2471060	L'Île-Perrot	79.1
2480085	Mulgrave-et-Derry	78.3
2469060	Godmanchester	76.2
2478060	Arundel	75.9
2483005	Denholm	75.9
2444050	Stanstead-Est	75.8
2469055	Huntingdon	75.7
2477050	Morin-Heights	75.7
2477011	Estérel	75.5
2445035	Ayer's Cliff	75.4
2445043	Hatley	75.3
2458007	Brossard	75.2
2445025	Stanstead	74.3
2473020	Rosemère	74.1
2482020	Cantley	74.0
2445095	Bolton-Est	73.8
2480065	Mayo	73.8
2481017	Gatineau	73.4
2467020	Candiac	72.7
2473025	Lorraine	72.3
2446010	Frelighsburg	71.9
2469030	Très-Saint-Sacrement	71.7
2467050	Châteauguay	70.7
2468010	Hemmingford	70.5
2466023	Montréal	70.4
2476052	Grenville-sur-la-Rouge	70.4
2458037	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	70.1
2469075	Dundee	70.1
2446017	Saint-Armand	69.9
2468015	Hemmingford	69.9
2445055	Hatley	68.8
2478050	Barkmere	68.8
2482015	Val-des-Monts	68.2
2477035	Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs	67.7
2445085	Austin	67.4
2471133	Rigaud	67.4
2467055	Léry	66.9
2471055	Pointe-des-Cascades	66.8
2477030	Piedmont	66.8
2446078	Bromont	66.7
2469037	Ormstown	66.7
2465005	Laval	66.1
2476055	Grenville	66.1
2477043	Saint-Sauveur	65.8
2478055	Montcalm	65.1
2471140	Pointe-Fortune	64.7
2444045	Barnston-Ouest	64.2
2467015	La Prairie	64.2
2480145	Bowman	63.9
2469025	Howick	63.5
2471050	Les Cèdres	63.5
2482005	L'Ange-Gardien	63.5
2469005	Havelock	62.9
2446050	Dunham	62.8
2478042	Ivry-sur-le-Lac	62.8
2458033	Boucherville	62.7
2472010	Deux-Montagnes	62.7
2445080	Saint-Benoît-du-Lac	62.5
2477060	Wentworth-Nord	62.4
2442075	Melbourne	62.3
2471125	Très-Saint-Rédempteur	61.5
2476025	Gore	61.2
2422015	Lac-Saint-Joseph	60.7
2473005	Boisbriand	60.4
2446035	Bedford	60.2
2445100	Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton	60.1
2477065	Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard	60.1
2477055	Lac-des-Seize-Îles	60.0
2473015	Blainville	59.8
2444080	Waterville	59.7
2445115	Orford	59.4
2446040	Bedford	59.4
2456010	Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville	59.3
2476030	Mille-Isles	59.2
2457035	Mont-Saint-Hilaire	59.0
2477022	Sainte-Adèle	58.9
2457010	Carignan	58.6
2445093	Eastman	58.3
2480140	Val-des-Bois	58.2
2442078	Ulverton	58.1
2469070	Saint-Anicet	57.9
2471110	Sainte-Marthe	57.6
2480110	Namur	57.6
2469010	Franklin	57.5
2441070	Bury	57.4
2480060	Lochaber-Partie-Ouest	57.3
2446080	Cowansville	57.2
2467045	Mercier	57.0
2478102	Mont-Tremblant	56.8
2480115	Boileau	56.8
2457030	Otterburn Park	56.6
2467025	Delson	56.4
2478005	Val-Morin	56.4
2478010	Val-David	56.4
2442110	Cleveland	56.1
2476043	Brownsburg-Chatham	56.1
2457020	Saint-Basile-le-Grand	56.0
2458227	Longueuil	55.7
2467035	Saint-Constant	55.7
2422040	Lac-Beauport	55.5
2483045	Blue Sea	55.4
2478095	Lac-Supérieur	55.1
2442098	Richmond	55.0
2447035	Shefford	55.0
2457005	Chambly	55.0
2471040	Coteau-du-Lac	55.0
2422020	Shannon	54.9
2446085	East Farnham	54.9
2473010	Sainte-Thérèse	54.3
2422030	Lac-Delage	53.9
2445060	Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley	53.8
2441037	Newport	53.6
2472015	Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac	53.6
2472032	Oka	53.6
2482010	Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette	53.3
2483032	Gracefield	53.1
2471005	Rivière-Beaudette	52.9
2480010	Montebello	52.9
2473030	Bois-des-Filion	52.8
2480130	Lac-des-Plages	52.7
2472005	Saint-Eustache	52.6
2480135	Duhamel	52.6
2459010	Sainte-Julie	52.5
2471033	Les Coteaux	52.1
2475040	Prévost	52.1
2467010	Saint-Philippe	52.0
2467030	Sainte-Catherine	51.9
2471025	Saint-Zotique	51.9
2471015	Saint-Télesphore	51.7
2477012	Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson	51.7
2456015	Noyan	51.6
2446090	Brigham	51.0
2471045	Saint-Clet	50.9
2446025	Pike River	50.5
2446095	Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge	50.4
2478115	La Conception	50.2
2429095	Lac-Poulin	50.0
2480070	Saint-Sixte	50.0
2423072	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	49.9
2483040	Cayamant	49.7
2445105	Stukely-Sud	49.6
2447025	Waterloo	49.6
2441038	Cookshire-Eaton	49.4
2456023	Lacolle	49.4
2480090	Montpellier	49.3
2471020	Saint-Polycarpe	49.2
2480015	Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours	49.1
2457025	McMasterville	48.9
2457040	Beloeil	48.9
2447030	Warden	48.6
2457045	Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil	48.6
2459020	Varennes	48.6
2476008	Saint-André-d'Argenteuil	48.6
2475045	Saint-Hippolyte	48.4
2420030	Sainte-Pétronille	48.3
2446030	Stanbridge Station	48.3
2471115	Sainte-Justine-de-Newton	48.1
2480095	Lac-Simon	48.1
2480125	Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk	48.0
2476020	Lachute	47.8
2443027	Sherbrooke	47.7
2462060	Saint-Donat	47.6
2483055	Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau	47.4
2445072	Magog	47.3
2472043	Saint-Placide	47.3
2472025	Saint-Joseph-du-Lac	47.2
2474005	Mirabel	47.1
2470012	Sainte-Martine	47.0
2478015	Lantier	46.9
2467005	Saint-Mathieu	46.5
2464015	Mascouche	46.2
2462055	Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci	46.1
2464008	Terrebonne	46.1
2456005	Venise-en-Québec	45.9
2462037	Rawdon	45.9
2478047	Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré	45.9
2421010	Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges	45.7
2422010	Fossambault-sur-le-Lac	45.7
2483090	Aumond	45.7
2444010	East Hereford	45.6
2480055	Lochaber	45.6
2480078	Ripon	45.5
2455057	Richelieu	45.3
2457057	Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu	45.2
2422025	Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier	45.1
2468005	Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle	45.1
2455065	Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu	45.0
2469065	Sainte-Barbe	45.0
2470005	Saint-Urbain-Premier	44.9
2480005	Fassett	44.9
2462053	Entrelacs	44.8
2460013	Repentigny	44.6
2434120	Lac-Sergent	44.4
2456083	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	44.3
2475005	Saint-Colomban	44.3
2470022	Beauharnois	44.2
2478100	Val-des-Lacs	44.0
2468040	Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur	43.9
2478130	La Minerve	43.8
2480050	Thurso	43.8
2442025	Saint-Denis-de-Brompton	43.5
2472020	Pointe-Calumet	43.5
2467040	Saint-Isidore	43.3
2478020	Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides	43.2
2483060	Messines	43.2
2423027	Québec	43.1
2444071	Compton	43.1
2466007	Montréal-Est	43.0
2478032	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	42.5
2422035	Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury	42.2
2480037	Papineauville	42.2
2480020	Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix	42.0
2444023	Dixville	41.8
2446100	Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge	41.8
2470040	Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka	41.6
2478065	Huberdeau	41.6
2456035	Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix	41.5
2480045	Plaisance	41.2
2457050	Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu	41.0
2478070	Amherst	41.0
2470030	Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois	40.9
2479005	Notre-Dame-du-Laus	40.9
2423057	L'Ancienne-Lorette	40.7
2441085	Lingwick	40.7
2444015	Saint-Herménégilde	40.6
2462047	Chertsey	40.6
2468035	Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville	40.6
2483075	Egan-Sud	40.6
2440005	Ham-Sud	40.5
2442032	Racine	40.5
2479047	La Macaza	40.4
2470035	Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague	40.3
2483065	Maniwaki	40.3
2439097	Kingsey Falls	40.2
2459030	Calixa-Lavallée	40.2
2434007	Neuville	40.1
2430020	Piopolis	40.0
2456050	Saint-Sébastien	39.7
2456097	Mont-Saint-Grégoire	39.7
2421045	Boischatel	39.6
2450802	Odanak	39.6
2456065	Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu	39.6
2470052	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	39.5
2456030	Saint-Valentin	39.3
2475017	Saint-Jérôme	39.2
2451070	Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc	39.1
2459025	Verchères	39.1
2480103	Chénéville	39.1
2444037	Coaticook	39.0
2423802	Wendake	38.9
2462025	Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez	38.8
2422005	Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier	38.7
2460005	Charlemagne	38.7
2425213	Lévis	38.5
2435040	Grandes-Piles	38.4
2420020	Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	38.3
2439005	Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens	38.2
2479015	Lac-du-Cerf	38.2
2433095	Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly	38.1
2478075	Brébeuf	38.1
2442070	Kingsbury	37.9
2430015	Val-Racine	37.8
2480027	Saint-André-Avellin	37.7
2447017	Granby	37.6
2446112	Farnham	37.5
2460028	L'Assomption	37.5
2420005	Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	37.4
2442065	Maricourt	37.4
2447010	Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby	37.3
2468030	Napierville	37.1
2475028	Sainte-Sophie	37.0
2469017	Saint-Chrysostome	36.9
2431105	Kinnear's Mills	36.7
2479030	Nominingue	36.5
2442005	Stoke	36.3
2447040	Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford	36.3
2457075	Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu	36.3
2421025	Beaupré	36.2
2455048	Marieville	36.1
2473035	Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines	36.1
2479010	Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain	36.1
2441117	Dudswell	35.9
2459035	Contrecoeur	35.8
2444005	Saint-Venant-de-Paquette	35.7
2468055	Saint-Rémi	35.6
2442040	Bonsecours	35.4
2452075	Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon	35.4
2453032	Saint-Ours	35.4
2456042	Henryville	35.3
2483050	Bouchette	35.3
2449015	Durham-Sud	35.2
2462030	Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare	35.1
2462912	Saint-Guillaume-Nord	35.0
2478120	Labelle	34.9
2483070	Déléage	34.9
2441012	Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton	34.8
2459015	Saint-Amable	34.8
2468050	Saint-Michel	34.8
2455030	Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir	34.7
2460020	Saint-Sulpice	34.7
2420015	Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	34.6
2454030	Sainte-Marie-Madeleine	34.4
2457068	Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu	34.2
2456060	Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois	34.1
2462075	Saint-Damien	34.1
2441055	Ascot Corner	34.0
2444003	Saint-Malo	34.0
2455037	Rougemont	34.0
2456055	Saint-Alexandre	34.0
2429125	Saint-Simon-les-Mines	33.9
2446105	Sainte-Sabine	33.9
2462020	Sainte-Béatrix	33.9
2419110	Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse	33.8
2444060	Martinville	33.7
2420010	Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	33.5
2422045	Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval	33.5
2437067	Trois-Rivières	33.4
2440047	Danville	33.4
2441080	Scotstown	33.0
2419105	Beaumont	32.9
2448005	Béthanie	32.9
2449005	Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey	32.9
2452007	Lavaltrie	32.9
2441020	Chartierville	32.8
2463055	Saint-Calixte	32.8
2434058	Deschambault-Grondines	32.7
2462070	Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie	32.7
2452017	Lanoraie	32.6
2468025	Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington	32.6
2442060	Valcourt	32.5
2463060	Sainte-Julienne	32.5
2479060	Lac-Saguay	32.4
2453040	Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu	32.2
2463023	Saint-Alexis	32.1
2442020	Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton	32.0
2430110	Stratford	31.9
2437220	Champlain	31.9
2440025	Saint-Camille	31.8
2457033	Saint-Jean-Baptiste	31.8
2416005	Petite-Rivière-Saint-François	31.7
2449058	Drummondville	31.7
2442055	Valcourt	31.5
2447047	Roxton Pond	31.5
2455015	Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford	31.5
2461025	Joliette	31.3
2426070	Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon	31.2
2434030	Cap-Santé	31.2
2444055	Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton	31.2
2421040	L'Ange-Gardien	31.1
2434017	Pont-Rouge	31.0
2463035	Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan	31.0
2426030	Sainte-Marie	30.8
2441075	Hampden	30.8
2456105	Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville	30.8
2439025	Tingwick	30.7
2442095	Val-Joli	30.7
2455008	Ange-Gardien	30.7
2430040	Milan	30.6
2442088	Windsor	30.6
2461035	Saint-Charles-Borromée	30.6
2463048	Saint-Lin--Laurentides	30.6
2442050	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle	30.4
2452090	Saint-Didace	30.4
2454048	Saint-Hyacinthe	30.4
2460037	L'Épiphanie	30.4
2468045	Saint-Édouard	30.4
2463065	Saint-Liguori	30.2
2439035	Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester	29.9
2417065	Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies	29.8
2430010	Notre-Dame-des-Bois	29.8
2432058	Inverness	29.7
2439060	Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska	29.6
2461005	Saint-Paul	29.5
2461030	Notre-Dame-des-Prairies	29.5
2433115	Lotbinière	29.4
2462015	Saint-Jean-de-Matha	29.4
2438010	Bécancour	29.3
2418065	Berthier-sur-Mer	29.2
2441027	La Patrie	29.2
2454120	Saint-Louis	29.1
2449048	Saint-Germain-de-Grantham	29.0
2454035	La Présentation	29.0
2455023	Saint-Césaire	29.0
2439015	Notre-Dame-de-Ham	28.9
2463030	Saint-Esprit	28.9
2479050	L'Ascension	28.9
2483085	Bois-Franc	28.9
2426048	Scott	28.8
2434025	Donnacona	28.8
2453052	Sorel-Tracy	28.8
2462065	Saint-Côme	28.8
2463040	Saint-Roch-Ouest	28.8
2420025	Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	28.7
2433090	Saint-Apollinaire	28.7
2461013	Crabtree	28.7
2419117	Saint-Vallier	28.6
2431100	Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf	28.6
2437210	Batiscan	28.6
2449100	Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham	28.6
2453065	Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel	28.6
2429120	Notre-Dame-des-Pins	28.5
2442100	Saint-Claude	28.5
2449025	L'Avenir	28.5
2433017	Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière	28.4
2468020	Sainte-Clotilde	28.4
2479065	Chute-Saint-Philippe	28.4
2483095	Grand-Remous	28.4
2452095	Mandeville	28.3
2479037	Rivière-Rouge	28.3
2426022	Saint-Elzéar	28.2
2431140	Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds	28.2
2462080	Saint-Zénon	28.0
2415005	Saint-Irénée	27.9
2427015	Saint-Alfred	27.9
2429073	Saint-Georges	27.8
2454025	Sainte-Madeleine	27.8
2451075	Saint-Élie-de-Caxton	27.7
2452050	La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas	27.7
2483088	Montcerf-Lytton	27.7
2439062	Victoriaville	27.6
2439090	Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick	27.6
2454100	Saint-Hugues	27.6
2432050	Saint-Pierre-Baptiste	27.5
2438060	Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard	27.5
2416048	Les Éboulements	27.4
2448015	Roxton	27.4
2439010	Ham-Nord	27.3
2454072	Saint-Liboire	27.2
2428025	Saint-Benjamin	27.1
2438070	Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent	27.1
2447055	Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton	27.1
2452080	Saint-Gabriel	27.1
2463013	Saint-Jacques	27.0
2437225	Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes	26.9
2441060	East Angus	26.9
2461050	Sainte-Mélanie	26.9
2434048	Portneuf	26.7
2450072	Nicolet	26.6
2451085	Saint-Boniface	26.6
2454008	Saint-Pie	26.6
2421035	Château-Richer	26.4
2430030	Lac-Mégantic	26.4
2452085	Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon	26.4
2434060	Saint-Gilbert	26.3
2430025	Frontenac	26.2
2430095	Lambton	26.1
2432023	Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax	26.1
2438015	Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford	26.1
2439130	Saint-Samuel	26.1
2479115	Sainte-Anne-du-Lac	26.1
2440010	Saint-Adrien	26.0
2451090	Saint-Étienne-des-Grès	26.0
2454110	Saint-Jude	26.0
2441065	Westbury	25.9
2479025	Kiamika	25.9
2463005	Sainte-Marie-Salomé	25.8
2427043	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	25.7
2439077	Warwick	25.7
2440032	Saint-Georges-de-Windsor	25.7
2454125	Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu	25.7
2433045	Saint-Agapit	25.6
2437235	Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel	25.6
2461040	Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare	25.5
2450085	La Visitation-de-Yamaska	25.4
2451030	Saint-Sévère	25.4
2431008	Beaulac-Garthby	25.3
2448020	Sainte-Christine	25.3
2439170	Saint-Louis-de-Blandford	25.2
2436033	Shawinigan	25.1
2427070	Saint-Séverin	25.0
2429065	Saint-Philibert	25.0
2434085	Saint-Thuribe	25.0
2440043	Val-des-Sources	25.0
2442045	Lawrenceville	25.0
2450057	Sainte-Monique	25.0
2452070	Saint-Norbert	25.0
2454090	Saint-Simon	25.0
2462007	Saint-Félix-de-Valois	25.0
2454065	Saint-Valérien-de-Milton	24.9
2419068	Saint-Henri	24.8
2427028	Beauceville	24.8
2431056	Adstock	24.8
2479105	Lac-Saint-Paul	24.8
2434128	Saint-Raymond	24.7
2437205	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	24.7
2461027	Saint-Thomas	24.7
2417060	Sainte-Louise	24.6
2450030	Saint-Célestin	24.6
2454060	Saint-Dominique	24.6
2449095	Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham	24.5
2454105	Saint-Barnabé-Sud	24.5
2434105	Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne	24.4
2437230	Saint-Maurice	24.4
2453025	Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel	24.4
2434038	Saint-Basile	24.3
2449040	Wickham	24.3
2454017	Saint-Damase	24.3
2426063	Saint-Isidore	24.2
2431135	Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton	24.2
2433007	Saint-Sylvestre	24.2
2449070	Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover	24.2
2452030	Sainte-Élisabeth	24.1
2416023	L'Isle-aux-Coudres	24.0
2418070	Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues	24.0
2416013	Baie-Saint-Paul	23.9
2421030	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	23.9
2426015	Vallée-Jonction	23.9
2430005	Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn	23.9
2430035	Marston	23.9
2433035	Saint-Gilles	23.9
2438065	Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets	23.9
2439105	Sainte-Séraphine	23.9
2449030	Saint-Lucien	23.9
2450013	Aston-Jonction	23.9
2462085	Saint-Michel-des-Saints	23.9
2431084	Thetford Mines	23.8
2426005	Frampton	23.7
2429050	Saint-René	23.7
2419025	Saint-Malachie	23.6
2428053	Lac-Etchemin	23.6
2452062	Saint-Cuthbert	23.6
2453072	Yamaska	23.6
2426010	Saints-Anges	23.4
2450090	Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval	23.4
2449130	Saint-Pie-de-Guire	23.3
2479110	Mont-Saint-Michel	23.3
2428065	Sainte-Sabine	23.2
2449020	Lefebvre	23.2
2452045	Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola	23.2
2449113	Saint-Guillaume	23.1
2453050	Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel	23.1
2419097	Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse	23.0
2433025	Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage	23.0
2439117	Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton	23.0
2449125	Saint-Bonaventure	23.0
2450005	Sainte-Eulalie	23.0
2461045	Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes	23.0
2431050	Sainte-Praxède	22.9
2439030	Chesterville	22.9
2428015	Sainte-Aurélie	22.8
2437215	Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	22.8
2449105	Saint-Eugène	22.8
2454115	Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville	22.8
2426055	Saint-Bernard	22.7
2431045	Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine	22.7
2435015	Saint-Adelphe	22.7
2450065	Grand-Saint-Esprit	22.7
2479022	Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles	22.7
2428045	Sainte-Justine	22.6
2450042	Saint-Léonard-d'Aston	22.6
2417070	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli	22.5
2419062	Saint-Anselme	22.5
2430100	Saint-Romain	22.5
2439020	Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick	22.5
2439152	Daveluyville	22.5
2479078	Lac-des-Écorces	22.5
2421020	Saint-Joachim	22.4
2430080	Lac-Drolet	22.4
2439043	Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska	22.4
2451025	Saint-Barnabé	22.4
2450023	Saint-Wenceslas	22.3
2451020	Yamachiche	22.3
2452035	Berthierville	22.3
2452055	Saint-Barthélemy	22.3
2453005	Saint-David	22.3
2449075	Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil	22.2
2428020	Saint-Prosper	22.1
2434097	Saint-Alban	22.1
2452040	Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	22.1
2433102	Sainte-Croix	22.0
2450035	Saint-Célestin	22.0
2453010	Massueville	22.0
2437250	Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain	21.9
2441098	Weedon	21.9
2433070	Val-Alain	21.8
2432040	Plessisville	21.7
2427065	Saint-Frédéric	21.6
2431030	Saint-Fortunat	21.6
2439085	Saint-Albert	21.6
2448038	Upton	21.6
2419030	Saint-Damien-de-Buckland	21.5
2431020	Disraeli	21.5
2431095	Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande	21.5
2434115	Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf	21.5
2439145	Saint-Rosaire	21.5
2448028	Acton Vale	21.5
2433085	Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun	21.4
2437245	Saint-Stanislas	21.4
2440017	Wotton	21.4
2419055	Sainte-Claire	21.3
2431035	Saint-Julien	21.3
2451080	Charette	21.3
2433030	Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage	21.2
2433060	Laurier-Station	21.2
2433123	Leclercville	21.2
2454095	Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot	21.2
2429020	Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset	21.1
2461020	Saint-Pierre	21.1
2439135	Saint-Valère	21.0
2448050	Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton	21.0
2451065	Saint-Alexis-des-Monts	21.0
2490012	La Tuque	21.0
2435005	Notre-Dame-de-Montauban	20.9
2419050	Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse	20.8
2432013	Saint-Ferdinand	20.8
2438047	Fortierville	20.8
2450050	Sainte-Perpétue	20.8
2479088	Mont-Laurier	20.8
2418050	Montmagny	20.7
2427008	Saint-Victor	20.7
2438020	Lemieux	20.7
2453020	Saint-Robert	20.7
2434078	Saint-Casimir	20.6
2450128	Saint-François-du-Lac	20.6
2418060	Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud	20.5
2437240	Saint-Narcisse	20.5
2450113	Pierreville	20.5
2451045	Saint-Justin	20.5
2426035	Sainte-Marguerite	20.4
2432080	Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes	20.4
2432085	Villeroy	20.4
2434090	Saint-Ubalde	20.4
2432045	Plessisville	20.2
2435035	Hérouxville	20.2
2415013	La Malbaie	20.1
2433052	Saint-Flavien	20.1
2448010	Roxton Falls	20.1
2415902	Mont-Élie	20.0
2418010	Lac-Frontière	20.0
2432033	Princeville	20.0
2435020	Saint-Séverin	20.0
2418045	Cap-Saint-Ignace	19.9
2426040	Sainte-Hénédine	19.9
2429100	Saint-Benoît-Labre	19.8
2451055	Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont	19.8
2453015	Saint-Aimé	19.8
2417078	L'Islet	19.7
2432065	Lyster	19.7
2419082	Saint-Raphaël	19.6
2448045	Saint-Théodore-d'Acton	19.6
2451008	Maskinongé	19.5
2451035	Saint-Léon-le-Grand	19.5
2435010	Lac-aux-Sables	19.4
2438035	Sainte-Françoise	19.4
2428060	Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse	19.3
2451040	Sainte-Ursule	19.3
2419090	La Durantaye	19.2
2432072	Laurierville	19.2
2449080	Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil	19.2
2438040	Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard	19.1
2438055	Parisville	19.0
2449085	Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults	19.0
2428030	Sainte-Rose-de-Watford	18.9
2431060	Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce	18.9
2453085	Saint-Gérard-Majella	18.8
2429057	Saint-Côme--Linière	18.7
2433040	Dosquet	18.7
2434065	Saint-Marc-des-Carrières	18.7
2429005	Saint-Théophile	18.6
2429025	Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth	18.6
2417055	Saint-Aubert	18.5
2429045	Saint-Martin	18.5
2427050	Saint-Joseph-des-Érables	18.4
2431015	Disraeli	18.4
2431025	Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown	18.4
2419075	Saint-Gervais	18.3
2419070	Honfleur	18.2
2430050	Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton	18.2
2490027	Lac-Édouard	18.2
2419045	Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse	18.1
2427060	Tring-Jonction	18.0
2429038	Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley	18.0
2450095	Saint-Elphège	18.0
2451015	Louiseville	18.0
2490017	La Bostonnais	18.0
2421005	Saint-Tite-des-Caps	17.9
2431122	East Broughton	17.9
2438802	Wôlinak	17.9
2418030	Saint-Paul-de-Montminy	17.8
2429112	Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce	17.8
2430085	Saint-Sébastien	17.8
2430045	Nantes	17.7
2450100	Baie-du-Febvre	17.7
2419015	Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester	17.6
2433065	Saint-Janvier-de-Joly	17.6
2435027	Saint-Tite	17.5
2418055	Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud	17.3
2431040	Irlande	17.3
2435050	Sainte-Thècle	17.2
2419037	Armagh	17.1
2428040	Saint-Cyprien	17.0
2451050	Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé	17.0
2451060	Saint-Paulin	17.0
2419005	Saint-Philémon	16.9
2431130	Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus	16.8
2428035	Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague	16.7
2435055	Trois-Rives	16.7
2438028	Manseau	16.7
2427055	Saint-Jules	16.5
2439165	Maddington Falls	16.5
2430072	Saint-Ludger	16.4
2435045	Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac	16.4
2419020	Saint-Léon-de-Standon	16.3
2415065	Baie-Sainte-Catherine	16.2
2417045	Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard	16.2
2428075	Saint-Magloire	16.2
2479097	Ferme-Neuve	16.1
2419010	Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland	16.0
2430090	Courcelles	16.0
2433080	Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière	16.0
2415030	Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs	15.9
2415058	Saint-Siméon	15.6
2428070	Saint-Camille-de-Lellis	15.6
2428005	Saint-Zacharie	15.1
2430105	Stornoway	15.0
2418040	Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire	14.9
2427035	Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne	14.8
2429030	La Guadeloupe	14.8
2430055	Audet	14.8
2415035	Clermont	14.5
2418020	Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard	14.5
2462802	Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan	14.3
2418015	Saint-Fabien-de-Panet	14.2
2416055	Saint-Urbain	14.0
2438005	Saint-Sylvère	14.0
2434135	Rivière-à-Pierre	13.6
2417010	Saint-Pamphile	13.4
2418035	Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud	13.4
2429013	Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce	13.1
2417040	Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet	12.4
2417035	Tourville	12.2
2417005	Saint-Omer	11.9
2416050	Saint-Hilarion	11.8
2417020	Saint-Marcel	11.8
2417015	Saint-Adalbert	9.8
2415025	Notre-Dame-des-Monts	9.5
2417030	Sainte-Perpétue	9.5
2430070	Saint-Robert-Bellarmin	9.4
2417025	Sainte-Félicité	8.7
2490802	Communauté de Wemotaci	7.9
2418005	Saint-Just-de-Bretenières	7.8
2418025	Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton	6.9
2415904	Sagard	4.5
2490804	Obedjiwan 28	2.5
2435906	Rivière-de-la-Savane	0.0
Note 1 Includes people knowing English only and people knowing English and French. Return to note 1 referrer

Description for Map 2

This map shows the proportion of the population able to conduct a conversation in English in each census subdivision in the east and in the north of Quebec in 2021.

In this map we use 7 distinct colours to signify different values. Grey is used to represent areas for which no data are available. There are 69 census subdivisions in this group.

Teal is used to represent areas in which less than 10% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 22 census subdivisions in this group.

Green is used to represent areas in which 10% to less than 30% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 246 census subdivisions in this group.

Yellow is used to represent areas in which 30% to less than 50% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 42 census subdivisions in this group.

Orange is used to represent areas in which 50% to less than 70% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 9 census subdivisions in this group.

Dark orange is used to represent areas in which 70% to less than 90% of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 16 census subdivisions in this group.

Red is used to represent areas in which 90% or more of the population is able to conduct a conversation in English. There are 25 census subdivisions in this group.

The boundaries of census subdivisions have been delimited by a gray line. Their colour was assigned according to the table below.



Map table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Map table 2. The information is grouped by Census Subdivision (appearing as row headers), Population knowing English (appearing as column headers).

Census Subdivision		Population knowing EnglishMap table 2 Note 1
Code	Name	percentage
2485802	Kebaowek	100.0
2485804	Winneway	100.0
2498010	Bonne-Espérance	100.0
2498012	Saint-Augustin	100.0
2498014	Gros-Mécatina	100.0
2406802	Gesgapegiag	99.2
2499075	Kuujjuarapik	98.7
2498005	Blanc-Sablon	98.6
2499818	Oujé-Bougoumou	98.1
2499802	Waswanipi	97.8
2499812	Wemindji	97.4
2485806	Timiskaming	97.1
2499804	Mistissini	96.8
2499810	Eastmain	96.8
2499105	Aupaluk	95.7
2499816	Whapmagoostui	95.6
2499808	Nemaska	95.2
2499814	Chisasibi	94.8
2401042	Grosse-Île	94.6
2497806	Kawawachikamach	94.5
2499806	Waskaganish	94.5
2499095	Kuujjuaq	93.4
2499110	Kangirsuk	92.7
2499080	Umiujaq	91.7
2485010	Kipawa	91.0
2499130	Kangiqsujuaq	89.8
2499090	Kangiqsualujjuaq	88.5
2499115	Quaqtaq	87.8
2485005	Témiscaming	87.2
2499085	Inukjuak	85.6
2499140	Ivujivik	85.4
2498015	Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent	84.5
2499120	Puvirnituq	83.8
2405040	New Carlisle	82.9
2499100	Tasiujaq	82.1
2485070	Laforce	81.3
2405077	Cascapédia--Saint-Jules	79.7
2499135	Salluit	79.1
2499125	Akulivik	78.1
2405020	Hope Town	76.1
2405010	Shigawake	73.1
2406035	Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est	67.6
2488802	Pikogan	67.6
2497040	Schefferville	66.7
2499060	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James	62.9
2485905	Laniel	61.1
2406030	Pointe-à-la-Croix	57.8
2406025	Escuminac	57.4
2406045	Matapédia	56.0
2485090	Notre-Dame-du-Nord	54.1
2405070	New Richmond	48.1
2497808	Matimekosh	45.9
2494928	Lac-Ministuk	45.5
2497914	Lac-Vacher	44.4
2402005	Percé	44.3
2409048	Métis-sur-Mer	41.2
2485065	Belleterre	40.4
2403005	Gaspé	39.1
2485075	Moffet	39.0
2405015	Saint-Godefroi	38.6
2485100	Nédélec	38.2
2412080	Notre-Dame-du-Portage	37.8
2405045	Bonaventure	37.1
2485105	Rémigny	36.8
2489804	Lac Simon	36.6
2405902	Rivière-Bonaventure	36.4
2489008	Val-d'Or	36.4
2497904	Lac-Walker	36.4
2486042	Rouyn-Noranda	36.2
2485030	Duhamel-Ouest	36.0
2404030	La Martre	35.9
2406005	Maria	35.4
2485052	Laverlochère-Angliers	34.4
2485045	Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues	34.2
2497035	Fermont	33.9
2485085	Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues	33.7
2412045	Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs	33.3
2405025	Hope	33.0
2485095	Guérin	32.8
2413010	Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande	32.6
2403015	Petite-Vallée	32.3
2404020	Rivière-à-Claude	32.1
2485025	Ville-Marie	32.1
2403025	Murdochville	31.8
2488090	Preissac	31.7
2499025	Chibougamau	31.4
2485015	Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre	31.3
2497007	Sept-Îles	31.2
2499015	Matagami	30.8
2406013	Carleton-sur-Mer	30.3
2406020	Nouvelle	30.3
2409060	Grand-Métis	30.2
2414050	Kamouraska	29.8
2485020	Béarn	29.1
2411050	Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux	29.0
2499020	Chapais	29.0
2414045	Saint-Germain	28.8
2405060	Caplan	28.7
2411055	Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski	28.6
2412057	Cacouna	28.4
2489010	Rivière-Héva	28.4
2410043	Rimouski	28.1
2498020	L'Île-d'Anticosti	27.8
2405055	Saint-Siméon	27.7
2485055	Fugèreville	27.7
2489015	Malartic	27.5
2405050	Saint-Elzéar	26.7
2411020	Saint-Guy	26.7
2402047	Port-Daniel--Gascons	26.4
2495005	Tadoussac	26.4
2498025	Natashquan	26.4
2401023	Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	26.3
2409085	Sainte-Flavie	26.1
2485037	Lorrainville	25.7
2406050	Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia	25.5
2409092	Sainte-Luce	25.5
2412072	Rivière-du-Loup	25.4
2488040	Saint-Marc-de-Figuery	25.3
2414065	Rivière-Ouelle	25.1
2414085	La Pocatière	25.1
2413075	Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy	25.0
2485060	Latulipe-et-Gaboury	25.0
2487005	Duparquet	25.0
2488055	Amos	24.9
2488050	Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana	24.7
2494068	Saguenay	24.7
2408040	Sainte-Paule	24.5
2414040	Saint-André-de-Kamouraska	24.4
2411045	Notre-Dame-des-Neiges	23.8
2408080	Baie-des-Sables	23.6
2498035	Baie-Johan-Beetz	23.5
2413020	Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long	23.3
2414055	Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie	23.3
2489040	Senneterre	23.3
2494230	Sainte-Rose-du-Nord	23.3
2488045	La Motte	23.2
2497022	Port-Cartier	23.1
2404005	Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine	22.4
2487010	Rapide-Danseur	22.4
2411005	Saint-Clément	21.9
2404015	Mont-Saint-Pierre	21.6
2407040	Sainte-Irène	21.6
2410025	Saint-Marcellin	21.5
2496020	Baie-Comeau	21.5
2405032	Paspébiac	21.4
2487020	Gallichan	21.4
2489045	Senneterre	21.3
2410030	Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard	21.2
2408073	Saint-Ulric	21.1
2493035	Saint-Gédéon	21.1
2414010	Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska	20.8
2499005	Lebel-sur-Quévillon	20.8
2488075	Trécesson	20.7
2493070	Saint-Henri-de-Taillon	20.5
2409030	Saint-Donat	20.4
2414030	Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska	20.3
2413045	Auclair	20.2
2402028	Chandler	20.1
2408053	Matane	20.1
2409902	Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes	20.0
2494210	L'Anse-Saint-Jean	20.0
2410060	Saint-Valérien	19.9
2405065	Saint-Alphonse	19.7
2487110	Clermont	19.6
2493030	Saint-Bruno	19.6
2498050	Rivière-Saint-Jean	19.6
2487015	Roquemaure	19.5
2406040	Saint-André-de-Restigouche	19.4
2411040	Trois-Pistoles	19.4
2413073	Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac	19.4
2413005	Dégelis	19.3
2414035	Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska	19.3
2488030	La Corne	19.2
2494245	Saint-David-de-Falardeau	19.2
2412015	Saint-Antonin	19.1
2412035	Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix	19.0
2487090	La Sarre	18.9
2493042	Alma	18.9
2494235	Saint-Fulgence	18.9
2496030	Pointe-aux-Outardes	18.9
2408015	Grosses-Roches	18.7
2408065	Saint-Léandre	18.7
2414090	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière	18.6
2487120	Saint-Lambert	18.4
2488065	Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire	18.4
2494265	Larouche	18.4
2407080	Val-Brillant	18.3
2491042	Saint-Félicien	18.3
2487105	Val-Saint-Gilles	18.2
2489050	Belcourt	18.2
2404047	Cap-Chat	18.1
2412030	Saint-Épiphane	18.0
2496025	Pointe-Lebel	17.9
2410070	Saint-Fabien	17.7
2491035	Saint-Prime	17.7
2487095	Chazel	17.6
2494240	Saint-Honoré	17.6
2496015	Franquelin	17.5
2488035	Landrienne	17.3
2494260	Saint-Charles-de-Bourget	17.3
2406060	L'Ascension-de-Patapédia	17.2
2488015	La Morandière	17.1
2488060	Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier	17.1
2492022	Dolbeau-Mistassini	17.1
2494225	Saint-Félix-d'Otis	17.1
2412043	L'Isle-Verte	17.0
2414070	Saint-Pacôme	17.0
2411030	Sainte-Françoise	16.9
2414018	Saint-Pascal	16.9
2497804	Maliotenam	16.8
2409077	Mont-Joli	16.7
2411015	Sainte-Rita	16.7
2413040	Saint-Juste-du-Lac	16.7
2487904	Rivière-Ojima	16.7
2496902	Rivière-aux-Outardes	16.7
2407047	Amqui	16.5
2412065	Saint-Arsène	16.5
2495018	Les Bergeronnes	16.5
2495025	Les Escoumins	16.5
2498040	Havre-Saint-Pierre	16.5
2413015	Packington	16.4
2487080	La Reine	16.4
2492015	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	16.4
2409020	Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc	16.3
2414025	Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska	16.3
2491020	Chambord	16.3
2492010	Péribonka	16.3
2498030	Aguanish	16.3
2408005	Les Méchins	16.1
2414005	Mont-Carmel	16.1
2496005	Baie-Trinité	16.1
2492070	Saint-Stanislas	16.0
2487058	Macamic	15.9
2404037	Sainte-Anne-des-Monts	15.8
2488022	Barraute	15.8
2497802	Uashat 27	15.7
2409055	Saint-Octave-de-Métis	15.6
2491025	Roberval	15.6
2487025	Palmarolle	15.5
2487050	Authier	15.5
2491802	Mashteuiatsh	15.5
2493020	Hébertville	15.5
2494255	Saint-Ambroise	15.5
2487085	Dupuy	15.4
2406055	Saint-François-d'Assise	15.3
2412020	Saint-Modeste	15.3
2412010	Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup	15.2
2414080	Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth	15.2
2494220	Ferland-et-Boilleau	15.1
2487035	Poularies	15.0
2488070	Berry	15.0
2409025	Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski	14.9
2487030	Sainte-Germaine-Boulé	14.9
2487115	Normétal	14.8
2487075	Clerval	14.7
2493060	Lamarche	14.7
2487070	Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg	14.6
2493025	Hébertville-Station	14.6
2498045	Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan	14.6
2407018	Causapscal	14.5
2413030	Saint-Eusèbe	14.5
2413085	Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata	14.5
2488085	Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville	14.5
2407105	Saint-Damase	14.3
2407090	Saint-Cléophas	14.1
2409035	Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici	14.1
2493045	Saint-Nazaire	14.1
2494250	Bégin	14.1
2402015	Grande-Rivière	13.9
2413025	Rivière-Bleue	13.9
2402010	Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé	13.8
2404025	Marsoui	13.8
2410015	Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski	13.8
2487100	Authier-Nord	13.8
2488010	Rochebaucourt	13.8
2489802	Kitcisakik	13.7
2414075	Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant	13.6
2498808	Mingan	13.6
2407005	Sainte-Marguerite-Marie	13.5
2403020	Grande-Vallée	13.4
2493012	Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix	13.4
2413095	Pohénégamook	13.3
2413100	Saint-Athanase	13.1
2491005	Lac-Bouchette	13.1
2492040	Normandin	13.1
2493005	Desbiens	13.1
2407095	Saint-Moïse	13.0
2408023	Sainte-Félicité	13.0
2407085	Sayabec	12.9
2411035	Saint-Éloi	12.9
2495802	Essipit	12.9
2487042	Taschereau	12.8
2492030	Albanel	12.8
2409070	Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage	12.7
2413080	Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!	12.7
2488904	Lac-Chicobi	12.5
2492060	Notre-Dame-de-Lorette	12.5
2498055	Rivière-au-Tonnerre	12.5
2404010	Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis	12.4
2407057	Lac-au-Saumon	12.4
2409015	Les Hauteurs	12.4
2414060	Saint-Philippe-de-Néri	12.4
2407075	Saint-Vianney	12.2
2413050	Lejeune	12.2
2491015	Saint-François-de-Sales	12.1
2408035	Saint-René-de-Matane	12.0
2412025	Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger	12.0
2488080	Launay	11.9
2410005	Esprit-Saint	11.8
2492055	Girardville	11.8
2494205	Petit-Saguenay	11.7
2407030	Saint-Léon-le-Grand	11.5
2413055	Biencourt	11.5
2491030	Sainte-Hedwidge	11.5
2495045	Forestville	11.5
2491050	La Doré	11.4
2492045	Saint-Thomas-Didyme	11.4
2496802	Pessamit	11.4
2408030	Saint-Adelme	11.3
2492065	Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay	11.3
2493055	Labrecque	11.3
2493065	L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur	11.3
2409065	Price	11.2
2409010	Saint-Charles-Garnier	11.1
2413060	Lac-des-Aigles	11.1
2407010	Sainte-Florence	11.0
2493080	Saint-Ludger-de-Milot	11.0
2407035	Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui	10.8
2494215	Rivière-Éternité	10.8
2496040	Ragueneau	10.6
2413090	Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata	10.5
2488005	Champneuf	10.5
2493075	Sainte-Monique	10.5
2412005	Saint-Cyprien	10.4
2492005	Saint-Augustin	10.4
2407100	Saint-Noël	10.3
2407065	Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs	10.2
2409040	Padoue	10.0
2413065	Saint-Michel-du-Squatec	9.9
2403010	Cloridorme	9.8
2407070	Saint-Tharcisius	9.8
2410075	Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière	9.8
2492902	Passes-Dangereuses	9.5
2496035	Chute-aux-Outardes	9.4
2495032	Longue-Rive	9.3
2496010	Godbout	9.3
2404902	Mont-Albert	9.1
2411025	Saint-Médard	9.1
2491010	Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean	8.9
2495050	Colombier	8.7
2495010	Sacré-Coeur	8.6
2407025	Albertville	8.5
2410010	La Trinité-des-Monts	8.5
2411010	Saint-Jean-de-Dieu	8.5
2492050	Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines	8.5
2409005	La Rédemption	7.8
2495040	Portneuf-sur-Mer	7.3
2408010	Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg	6.1
2498806	Nutashkuan	2.7
2491902	Lac-Ashuapmushuan	0.0
Note 1 Includes people knowing English only and people knowing English and French. Return to note 1 referrer

• In 2021, in 250 of Quebec’s 1,168 municipalities,^Note at least 50% of the population could have a conversation in English. In addition, in 40 municipalities, at least 95% of residents knew English.
• The municipalities with a population of more than 500 that had the highest proportion of people who could speak English were Bonne-Espérance, a municipality in the Basse-Côte-Nord where the entire population could have a conversation in English, as well as L’Isle-aux-Allumettes (99.6%) and Shawville (99.4%) in the Pontiac region in Outaouais.
• The municipalities with the highest number of people who knew English were Montréal (1,225,790), Laval (287,340) and Québec (233,880).

English as first official language spoken

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This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 2. The information is grouped by First official language spoken (appearing as row headers), 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).

First official language spoken	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
	number
English only	832,045	842,105	828,730	885,445	935,635	964,125	1,088,820
English and French	144,505	167,460	180,455	218,555	245,230	278,710	329,515
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991 to 2021.

• In 2021, 1,088,820 Quebec residents (13.0% of the population) had English as their only first official language spoken and 329,515 residents (3.9%) had both English and French as their first official languages spoken.
• From 1991 to 2001, the number of people with English as their only first official language spoken remained fairly stable (-3,315). Over the next 20 years, it increased steadily (+260,090 people). In 2021, this population topped the 1 million mark for the first time.
• The demographic weight of this population remained relatively stable from 1991 (12.2%) to 2016 (12.0%). It then increased to 13.0% in 2021.
• In the 2021 Census, the vast majority of Quebec residents whose only first official language spoken is English lived in the Montréal CMA (79.7%).
• The number of people who had English and French as their first official languages spoken more than doubled from 144,505 in 1991 to 329,515 in 2021. Their demographic weight also increased consistently over these 30 years, from 2.1% to 3.9%.
• In 2021, the vast majority of this population lived in the Montréal CMA (86.2%).

English as a mother tongue

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3. The information is grouped by Mother tongue (appearing as row headers), 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Mother tongue	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
	number
English only	599,145	586,435	557,045	575,560	599,225	601,155	639,365
English in combination with other languages	55,310	72,780	70,460	65,055	101,180	117,830	204,580
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991 to 2021.

• In 2021, 843,945 Quebec residents (10.0% of the population) had English as one of their mother tongues. This number declined from 1996 to 2001 (-31,715 people), but then rose steadily from 2001 to 2021 (+216,445 people).
• In 2021, 75.8% of these residents (639,365 people) had English as their only mother tongue, while 24.2% (204,580 people) had English along with other languages.
• Moreover, three-quarters (75.8%) of the people who had English as mother tongue along with other languages also had French as one of their mother tongues.
• From 1991 to 2006, the demographic weight of the population with English as one of their mother tongues fell steadily from 9.6% to 8.6%. Following a decade of relative stability, this proportion rose between the last two censuses to 10.0% in 2021.
• Among married people or common-law partners who had English as one of their mother tongues, close to three in five (58.9%) were in a relationship with another person whose mother tongue is English.

English spoken at home

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 4. The information is grouped by Language spoken most often at home (appearing as row headers), 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Language spoken most often at home	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
	number
English predominantly	716,155	710,970	700,885	744,435	767,415	782,185	874,185
English equally with other languages	94,120	106,570	95,975	90,930	144,945	183,425	237,485
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991 to 2021.

• In 2021, 1,611,375 Quebec residents (19.2% of the population) spoke English at least regularly at home.
• Of these, more than two-thirds (69.0%, or 1,111,670 people) spoke English most often at home, predominantly or equally with other languages. After falling from 1996 to 2001 (-20,680 people), their number increased steadily from 2001 to 2021 (+314,810 people).
• In addition, 499,705 people (31.0%) spoke English at home as a secondary language while speaking another language more often.
• Among people with English as their mother tongue, alone or with other languages:
• The vast majority (90.1%, or 760,490 people) spoke English at least regularly at home in 2021. However, this rate varied by CMA: it was higher in Montréal (92.6%) and Gatineau (91.3%) than in Sherbrooke (82.0%), Québec (66.1%) or Saguenay (59.0%).
• Around five in six (83.7%, or 706,500 people) spoke English most often at home, predominantly or equally with other languages. From 1991 to 2021, their number increased (+132,510), but their proportion decreased (from 87.8% to 83.7%).
• Among Quebec residents who did not learn English first at home in their childhood, 850,885 (11.3%) spoke English at least regularly at home in 2021.
• The proportion of the population who spoke English regularly at home varied by mother tongue: it was higher among those whose mother tongue was Tagalog (82.5%), Hindi (76.0%) or German (72.9%) than among those who first learned Kabyle (8.3%), French (6.1%), Innu (Montagnais) (3.9%) or Atikamekw (1.3%) at home in their childhood.

English used at work

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Data table for Chart 5
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 5. The information is grouped by Language used most often at work (appearing as row headers), 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Language used most often at work	2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
	number
English predominantly	418,535	459,030	455,665	469,625	570,380
English equally with other languages	185,520	175,370	219,500	294,685	228,415
Notes: Among workers who were employed during the census reference week. In 2021, changes were made to the census questions regarding languages used at work. Comparisons with previous cycles must therefore be made with caution. For more information, consult the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021. Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001, 2006, 2016 and 2021, and the National Household Survey of 2011.

• In 2021, 1,452,285 Quebeckers used English at least regularly at work. This represents 35.4% of the province’s workers.^Note
• In Quebec, 798,795 people used English most often at work in 2021, predominantly or equally with other languages, accounting for 19.5% of the province’s workers.
• The number of workers who used English most often at work increased steadily from 2001 (604,055) to 2021 (798,795).
• In 2021, among workers who used English at least regularly at work, many worked in professional, scientific and technical services (188,300 people, or 13.0%), retail trade (158,980 people, or 10.9%) or health care and social assistance (155,700 people, or 10.7%).^Note
• Among workers who spoke English most often at home, predominantly or with other languages, 89.2% also used English regularly at work.
• Most of the people (72.1%) who used English regularly at work lived in the Montréal CMA.

Instruction in English at the primary and secondary levels

• In 2021, 303,835 (18.1%) of the 1,677,580 children under 18 living in the province were eligible^Note for instruction in English at the primary and secondary levels.
• Roughly two-thirds of eligible children (65.6% or 199,355 children) lived in the Montréal CMA.
• In Quebec, 965,570 people attended or had already attended a regular English program in an English-language school in Canada, representing 12.3% of the population aged 5 and older.
• Among school-aged children^Note who were eligible for instruction in English, 175,305 (76.2%) were attending or had already attended a regular English program in an English-language school in Canada.

English among immigrants

• In 2021, the proportions of recent^Note immigrants and established^Note immigrants living in Quebec who could have a conversation in English (60.9% and 67.7%, respectively) were higher than the proportion of the non-immigrant population (48.9%).
• The proportion of immigrants who spoke English at least regularly at home (33.1%) was higher than that of the non-immigrant population (16.1%).
• The proportion of immigrants who had English as their only first official language spoken (25.2%) was higher than the proportion of the non-immigrant population (10.3%). The proportion of immigrants whose first official languages spoken were English and French (16.5%) was roughly 10 times higher than the proportion of the non-immigrant population (1.6%).
• In 2021, nearly 7 in 10 non-permanent residents (68.9%) could have a conversation in English and about one-third spoke it at least regularly at home (35.0%) or had English as their only first official language spoken (32.3%).

Mobility and birthplace of the English-speaking population

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 6. The information is grouped by Place of birth (appearing as row headers), Percent (appearing as column headers).

Place of birth	Percent
Quebec	52.8
Ontario	7.2
British Columbia	0.8
Elsewhere in Canada	3.2
Outside Canada	36.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.

• In 2021, among Quebec residents whose only first official language spoken is English, just over half (52.8%, or 569,600 people) were born in the province.
• Around one in nine (11.2%, or 120,930 people) were born in another province or territory, with large proportions coming from Ontario (7.2%, or 77,675 people) or British Columbia (0.8%, or 9,085 people).
• More than a third (36.0%, or 388,025 people) were born abroad, such as in Asia (18.4%)—particularly in India (3.6%), the Philippines (2.9%) or China (2.9%)—and in the United States (2.7%).
• From 2016 to 2021, the net interprovincial migration of the Quebec population whose only first official language spoken is English was negative (-3,915). This is the smallest intercensal decrease since comparable data have been collected.
• From 2016 to 2021, 46,810 people with English as their only first official language spoken moved to Quebec from another province or territory, with the majority coming from Ontario (64.5%), British Columbia (12.3%) or Alberta (10.4%). During the same period, 50,725 people left the province.

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