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Table 3
Use of French at work by retail and client services workers, 2001 and 2006

  Use of French at work
Most often Regularly Total
2001 2006 2001 2006 2001 2006
percentage
Place of work (CMA1)
Moncton 16.3* 21.4 29.8 29.2 46.1* 50.5
Greater Sudbury 6.7 6.1 23.3 22.8 30.0 28.9
Ottawa-Gatineau 27.3 27.2 17.6* 16.1 44.8* 43.3
Ottawa-Gatineau (Que.) 93.1 93.2 3.2 3.8 96.2 97.0
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.) 9.0 8.1 21.6* 19.7 30.6* 27.8
Parliament Hill 12.7 9.5 29.4 30.4 42.1 39.9
Byward Market 8.8 7.7 32.4 29.8 41.2 37.5
Montréal 86.5* 85.5 9.3* 10.1 95.8 95.6
Suburban rings of Montréal 97.0* 96.4 1.8 2.2 98.8 98.6
Island of Montréal 78.8* 76.7 14.9* 16.5 93.6 93.2
City of Montréal (without the city centre) 85.5* 83.4 9.3* 11.1 94.8 94.5
Other municipalities on the Island of Montréal 54.7* 50.4 34.7* 37.7 89.4 88.0
City centre 74.6 73.2 18.5 19.2 93.1 92.4
East of Saint-Laurent 87.7 86.1 7.0 8.9 94.7 95.0
Between Saint-Laurent and Peel 75.5 74.5 17.7 17.3 93.1 91.8
West of Peel 67.5 65.8 24.9 26.7 92.4 92.5
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
1. Census metropolitan area.
Sources:
Statistics Canada, Census of Population from 2001 and 2006.