Nearly 20% of workers in Quebec do not have French as their main language at work, according to data from the 2021 Census on work released today by Statistics Canada.
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French is used primarily at work by 79.9% of workers in Quebec, while 14% use English. 5.4% say they use French and English equally.
It is in Montreal that English is most present at work. 21% of workers mainly use English, while 70.0% mainly use French. 8.3% say they use both languages equally.