1. Bonjour, Hi, Ola: Montreal, Ville le plus trilingue en Amerique du Nord?
Jack Jedwab
January 3, 2018

2. Bilingual or for that matter multilingual greetings are made possible when significant segments of the population are able to interact in multiple languages. Montreal stands out in its capacity to interact in French, English and other languages and hence much of the business community promotes this feature when trying to attract business to the Metropolis
Montreal International boasts that:
60% of the population is bilingual and 20% trilingual
100 languages spoken
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Multilingual Montreal another distinct characteristic of the Metropolis

3. Montreal: North American champions of trilingualism Over one in five Montrealers know three or more languages
Year
No Trilinguals
% Trilinguals
Montreal
2016
21.1%
2011
761760
20.3%
Toronto
11.1%
9.9%
Vancouver
9.6%
8.1%

4. Nealry 850 000 Montrealers know at least three languages
Montréal 2016
Total
Aucune langue non officielle
Une langue non officielle connue
Deux langues non officielles connues
Trois langues non officielles connues et plus
Total - Connaissance des langues officielles
155660
11990
Anglais seulement
283375
114780
140985
25500
2105
Français seulement
283980
23215
1005
Anglais et français
682420
101300
8440
Ni anglais ni français
63105
57030
5635
440
Nealry Montrealers know at least three languages

5. Montreal Immigrants trilingualism exceeds 40%
Total -
English, French and one or more non-official languages
 percentage
Total
792160
19.8
Non-immigrants
369455
12.3
Immigrants
936305
402095 43
Before 1981
207840
87635
42.1
1981 to 1990
112945
52190
46.2
1991 to 2000
163520
74095
45.3
2001 to 2010
272725
126060
2001 to 2005
118885
57920
48.7
2006 to 2010
153840
68140
44.3
2011 to 2016
179270
62110
34.6
Montreal Immigrants trilingualism exceeds 40%

6. Immigrants arrived between 2011 to 2016
Total - Number of languages known
English, French and one or more non-official languages
Percentage
English and French only
Montréal
179270
62110
34.6
13255
7.4
Gatineau
7640
2400
31.4
530
6.9
Québec
13445
3685
27.4
1325
9.8
Ottawa
30250
4385
14.5
1035
3.4
Hamilton
17420
880
5.0
240
1.3
Halifax
9425
390
4.1
125
Edmonton
78515
3185
4.0
775
0.9
Toronto
356930
13405
3.7
3070
0.8
Calgary
93255
3240
Winnipeg
52460
1650
3.1
320
0.6
Vancouver
142535
3460
2.4
1075
0.7
Regina
16190
305
1.9 85
0.5
42% of Immigrants that arrived in Montreal between 2011 and 2016 are bilingual (and over one third trilingual)

7. Quebec selection of immigrants has contributed to bilingualism
Entre 2012 et 2016 la majorite des nouveaux arrivants connaissent le francais mais 46% connaissent l’anglais
Quebec selection of immigrants has contributed to bilingualism