Overall increase in English-French bilingualism during past 40 years

The proportion of people who reported being able to conduct a conversation in both of Canada's official languages has increased from 13.4% in 1971 to 17.7% in 2001. However, this proportion decreased slightly in 2011 (17.5%).
In Quebec, the proportion who reported being able to conduct a conversation in either official language increased from 40.6% in 2006 to 42.6% in 2011. In the other provinces, bilingualism declined slightly in the last five years.

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