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Table 2
Knowledge of French of retail and client services workers and the workers in other occupations, 1996, 2001 and 2006

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  Knowledge of French
Retail and client services workers Other occupations
1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006
percentage
Place of work (CMA1)
Moncton 54.8* 53.2* 59.1 50.8 53.0 55.1
Greater Sudbury 41.9 43.3 41.3 40.3 40.7 41.5
Ottawa-Gatineau 56.3* 56.6* 53.8 54.9 54.7 56.4
Ottawa-Gatineau (Que.) 97.8 98.3 97.8 88.8 89.1 90.6
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.) 45.6* 45.0* 41.1 47.8 47.8 49.2
Parliament Hill 51.6 50.5 51.8 61.8 63.2 66.2
Byward Market 57.0* 50.7 45.0* 55.5 54.5 56.8
Montréal 96.3 97.0 96.3 93.5 94.2 94.2
Suburban rings of Montréal 99.0 99.2 99.0 97.8 98.2 98.1
Island of Montréal 94.5 95.4* 94.2 91.6 92.5 92.2
City of Montréal (without the city centre) .. 96.0* 95.2 .. 93.0 92.8
Other municipalities on the Island of Montréal .. 93.2* 90.5 .. 87.1 86.7
City centre 93.9 95.0* 93.4 94.0 95.1 94.2
East of Saint-Laurent 95.6 95.9 95.2 97.8 98.2 97.2
Between Saint-Laurent and Peel 94.8 95.6* 93.1 94.7 95.8 94.9
West of Peel 91.4 93.6 93.0 90.3 91.7‡ 91.1
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
‡ statistically significant difference between retail and service workers and the workers in other occupations (for the same reference year)
1. Census metropolitan area.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1996 to 2006.