In 2021, most of the population of the city of Montreal, located in the Canadian province of Quebec, could speak both English and French. In fact, approximately 1.23 million men and 1.68 million women were bilingual. Of those who spoke only one of the official languages, the majority (1.43 million people) spoke only French. In addition, more than 68,400 people did not know either language, with women outnumbering men.
Number of people living in Montréal, Québec in Canada in 2021, by knowledge of official languages and gender
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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