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Census Numbers: Cent and Montreal

census numbers: Census numbers from 2016 reveal Montreal is by far the country's most trilingual city, according to National Observer. The data were specially ordered by Montreal International, a business association, and provided Friday to The Canadian Press. The reality on the ground in Montreal, however, is that customers to the city's stores and restaurants would likely be just as comfortable with an Hola, Ciao, Namaste, Salaam or Marhaba. Statistics Canada's figures indicate more than 21 per cent of Montrealers can speak at least three languages, compared with 11 per cent of Torontonians and 10 per cent of people in Vancouver. Ironically, it's Quebec's language law and immigration policies that encourage trilingualism, said Jack Jedwab, head of the Association for Canadian Studies, who helped obtain the data. Nearly 850,000 Montrealers know at least three languages and more than 40 per cent of the city's immigrants are trilingual. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.