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Among the ten provinces of Canada, Quebec is the only one whose majority is francophone. Quebec's population accounts for 23.9% of the Canadian population, and Quebec's francophones account for about 90% of Canada's French-speaking population.
While English and French are still the main languages spoken in Canada, the country's linguistic diversity continues to grow. Profile of French in the provinces and territories of Canada outside Quebec and of English in Quebec in 2021.
Official languages and bilingualism are at the heart of Canadian identity. Bilingualism varies considerably by group. More and more young people study their second language. The demographic weight of Francophones is declining. Supporting minority community institutions enhances their vitality.
In Quebec, about 42.6% of the population (3,328,725 people) report knowing both languages; this is the highest proportion of bilinguals in any Canadian province. The federal electoral district of Lac-Saint-Louis , located in the Bilingual Belt , is the most bilingual area in the province with 72.8% of its residents claiming to know English and ...
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
Other language spoken regularly at home Update of the 2016 Census language data. Total - Other language (s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data Census data footnote 20. 8,066,555.
Canada outside Quebec: 28,214,050 (100%) English: 94.4% (26,627,650) French: 3.5% (992,305) History. From time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have been present in the land that we now call Canada. Their languages, the first spoken in this territory, number more than 70 today.
