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Table 4
Knowledge of French of retail and client services workers by select CMAs and characteristics, 2006

	Moncton	Greater Sudbury	Ottawa–Gatineau			Montréal
	Census Metropolitan Areas
	Moncton	Greater Sudbury	Total	Quebec part	Ontario part	Total	Suburban rings	Island of Montréal	City centre
	percentage
Occupation
Retail salespersons and sales clerks†	57.5	38.9	52.3	97.2	41.8	96.7	99.0	94.7	94.6
Cashiers	54.0	45.1	54.8	99.2*	39.9	96.2	99.1	93.5*	90.4*
Food and beverages servers	70.5*	39.3	58.6*	98.9*	44.8	95.7*	98.8	93.6	91.0*
Hairstylists/beauticians	69.7*	37.3	49.5	99.0	34.9*	95.7*	98.9	92.5*	91.9
Grocery clerks and store shelf stockers	44.3*	46.3	49.6	95.5	32.4*	95.9	98.6	92.5*	95.3
Other sales occupations	67.0*	46.0	58.5*	97.0	46.8*	96.7	99.4	95.7*	95.1
Age group
15 to 24 years†	70.6	50.1	59.4	99.3	47.8	98.7	99.6	97.9	97.3
25 to 34 years	65.3*	32.6*	51.8*	96.2*	39.7*	95.4*	98.4*	93.8*	93.5*
35 to 44 years	49.4*	34.4*	48.9*	97.3*	33.4*	94.5*	98.3*	91.9*	92.2*
45 to 54 years	51.3*	40.3*	45.4*	95.7*	30.2*	94.3*	98.5*	90.9*	86.7*
55 years and more	40.3*	32.9*	45.9*	95.2*	34.2*	93.4*	98.3*	89.5*	86.3*
Mother tongue¹
English	34.7*	23.8*	34.4*	81.4*	32.8*	87.9*	92.4*	86.8*	87.8*
French†	99.6	98.2	99.5	99.9	98.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	44.7*	6.6*	28.8*	87.4*	23.4*	87.8*	91.6*	86.9*	85.7*
Immigrant status
Immigrant†	43.2	2.0	27.0	86.8	22.0	86.2	90.6	85.1	85.1
Non immigrant	59.6*	42.8*	59.8*	98.5*	46.5*	98.7*	99.6*	97.7*	97.5*
† reference group * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 1. Persons whose mother tongue or one of the mother tongues is French. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.