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Allophones People: Cent and Mother Tongue

allophones people: According to the study, nearly a quarter of Allophones people whose mother tongue is neither English nor French are low-income, while 16 per cent of Anglophones and 13 per cent of Francophones meet that criteria, according to CTV. In Montreal, the poverty rate for Allophones is 17 per cent, 13 per cent for Anglophones and 10 per cent for Francophones. According to the study, which is based on data gathered in the 2016 census, Anglophones are more likely to live in poverty than Francophones, with an even worse situation for the province's Allophones. Study author Jack Jedwab say poverty among the Anglophone community has always been an issue, but the gaps to me seem to be more pronounced in 2016 than I would have anticipated. Jedwab said the Anglophone community has evolved, with many more English speakers coming from visible minority groups or are recent immigrants. The trend is also reflected in the province's unemployment rate six per cent for Francophones, eight per cent for Anglos and 10 per cent for Allophones. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.