Native Language: McMaster University

Maroussia Ahmed Dept: English was identified as the native language for 76.7 per cent of people in the metropolitan area of Hamilton from the 2011 census, followed by French at 1.6 percent, according to CBC. I think all immigrants speak English more at home now, said Maroussia Ahmed, a French professor at McMaster University. I think Hamilton tends to attract people from English speaking locations, too and language diversity is growing in some parts of Canada but slightly declining in Hamilton, according to new census data released Wednesday. Data shows a total of 21.7 per cent of the population of metropolitan Hamilton has a mother tongue other than one of Canada's two official languages a decrease from 22.4 per cent in the 2006 census. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.