User:Mathieugp/drafts/Language demographics of Quebec

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This article presents the current language demographics of Quebec, a province of Canada.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] Use of languages at home

[edit] Use of languages at work

[edit] Knowledge of other languages

[edit] Interprovincial migrations

[edit] International migrations

[edit] Language groups

[edit] Francophones

[edit] Overview

[edit] Use of languages at home

[edit] Use of languages at work

[edit] Knowledge of other languages

[edit] Language shifts

[edit] Diversity of origins

[edit] Interprovincial migrations

[edit] International migrations

[edit] Anglophones

[edit] Overview

[edit] Use of languages at home

[edit] Use of languages at work

[edit] Knowledge of other languages

[edit] Language shifts

[edit] Diversity of origins

[edit] Interprovincial migrations

[edit] International migrations

[edit] Allophones

[edit] Overview

[edit] Use of languages at home

[edit] Use of languages at work

[edit] Knowledge of other languages

[edit] Language shifts

[edit] Diversity of origins

[edit] Interprovincial migrations

[edit] International migrations

[edit] Aboriginals

[edit] Overview

[edit] Regions

[edit] Montreal metropolitan area

Main article: Language demographics of Montreal

There are today three distinct territories in the Greater Montreal Area: the metropolitan region itself, Montreal Island, and Montreal City. (The island and the city were coterminous for a time between the municipal merger of 2002 and the "demerger" which occurred in January 2006.)

Quebec allophones account for 9% of the population of Quebec, however 88% of this population reside in the Greater Montreal. Anglophones are also concentrated in the region of Montreal (60%).

Francophones account for 68% of the total population of Greater Montreal, anglophones 12.5% and allophones 18.5%. On the island of Montreal, the francophone majority drops to 52.8% by 2005, a net decline since the 1970s owing to francophone outmigration to more affluent suburbs in Laval and the South Shore. The anglophones account for 21% of the population and the allophones 36%.

[edit] Outaouais

[edit] Estrie

[edit] Quebec without Montreal

[edit] Evolution

[edit] History

Main article: Historical evolution of language demographics in Quebec

[edit] Prospects

[edit] Legislation

Main articles: Language policy of Quebec and Language policy of Canada

There are two sets of language laws in Quebec, which overlap and in various areas conflict or compete with each other: the laws passed by the Parliament of Canada and the laws passed by the Parliament of Quebec.

The federal language law and regulations seek to make it possible for all Canadian anglophone and francophone citizens to obtain services in the language of their choice from the federal government. Ottawa promotes the adoption of bilingualism by the population and especially among the employees in the public service.

In contrast, the Quebec language law and regulations try to promote French as the common public language of all Quebecers, while respecting the constitutional rights of its anglophone minority. The Quebec legislation promotes the adoption and the use of French to counteract the trend towards the anglicization of the population of Quebec.

[edit] Federal

[edit] Linguistic rights

[edit] Bilingualism

[edit] Provincial

[edit] Linguistic rights

[edit] Francization

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

    [edit] References

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    [edit] In French

    [edit] Language at work

    [edit] Language of education

    [edit] Aboriginal languages

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