Table 2.2.1
Population by first official language spoken, Quebec, 1971 to 2006
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| Total | English | French | English and French | Neither English nor French | English minority1 | ||||||
| number | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| 1971 | 6,027,764 | 958,250 | 15.9 | 4,937,834 | 81.9 | 68,236 | 1.1 | 63,444 | 1.1 | 992,368 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 6,369,068 | 823,746 | 12.9 | 5,364,682 | 84.2 | 131,733 | 2.1 | 48,907 | 0.8 | 889,612 | 14.0 |
| 1991 | 6,810,300 | 832,048 | 12.2 | 5,772,180 | 84.8 | 144,506 | 2.1 | 61,566 | 0.9 | 904,301 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 7,045,083 | 842,104 | 12.0 | 5,963,677 | 84.7 | 167,458 | 2.4 | 71,844 | 1.0 | 925,833 | 13.1 |
| 2001 | 7,125,579 | 828,730 | 11.6 | 6,059,113 | 85.0 | 180,452 | 2.5 | 57,284 | 0.8 | 918,956 | 12.9 |
| 2006 | 7,435,900 | 885,445 | 11.9 | 6,263,945 | 84.2 | 218,555 | 2.9 | 67,955 | 0.9 | 994,723 | 13.4 |
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1. Total of FOLS English and half of FOLS English and French. Source(s): Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971 to 2006. |
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