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It should also be remembered that not all native speakers of English in Canada are native speakers of Canadian English some are immigrants who grew up in other English-speaking countries and therefore speak other types of English. High levels of immigration from non–English-speaking countries have reduced the proportion of native speakers of English to just over half of the metropolitan population. Where the majority of Quebec’s English-speakers now live, English is the mother tongue of 13.2 per cent of the metropolitan population (533,845 people).Įven where English is the majority language, it often coexists with other languages. Despite these losses, English is still the mother tongue of about 8 per cent of Quebec’s population, and 44.5 per cent of the population report being able to speak both English and French. Many responded to the conflict by leaving Quebec by the 1990s, an exodus of close to 200,000 anglophones had reduced Montreal’sĮnglish-speaking community by one-third. Most anglophones objected to the language laws and opposed separation. At the same time, many francophones began calling for the separation Now has no official status at the provincial level in Quebec ( see Quebec Language Policy). The provincial government introduced language laws designed to protect the vitality of French by restricting the use of English in business, education, government and public signage English Beginning in the 1970s,Ī more dramatic reduction was prompted by political developments. A higherīirthrate among French-speakers (or francophones) and the departure of many anglophones to pursue better economic opportunities in other provinces gradually reduced that proportion to about 14 per cent by the mid-20th century. Within Quebec, the proportion of English-speakers (or anglophones) has declined sharply from the 19th century, when it was about 25 per cent. In Quebec, English is the mother tongue of 8.1 per cent of the population,Īnd the first official language of 13.7 percent of the population. Majority) and Nunavut (which has an Inuit language majority who speak Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun). English is the majority language in every Canadian province and territory except Quebec (which has a French-speaking