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Table 2
Knowledge of French of retail and client services workers and the workers in other occupations, 1996, 2001 and 2006
| Knowledge of French | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail and client services workers | Other occupations | |||||
| 1996 | 2001 | 2006 † | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Place of work (CMA1) | ||||||
| Moncton | 54.8* | 53.2* | 59.1 | 50.8‡ | 53.0 | 55.1‡ |
| Greater Sudbury | 41.9 | 43.3 | 41.3 | 40.3 | 40.7 | 41.5 |
| Ottawa-Gatineau | 56.3* | 56.6* | 53.8 | 54.9‡ | 54.7‡ | 56.4‡ |
| Ottawa-Gatineau (Que.) | 97.8 | 98.3 | 97.8 | 88.8‡ | 89.1‡ | 90.6‡ |
| Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.) | 45.6* | 45.0* | 41.1 | 47.8‡ | 47.8‡ | 49.2‡ |
| Parliament Hill | 51.6 | 50.5 | 51.8 | 61.8‡ | 63.2‡ | 66.2‡ |
| Byward Market | 57.0* | 50.7 | 45.0* | 55.5 | 54.5 | 56.8‡ |
| Montréal | 96.3 | 97.0 | 96.3 | 93.5‡ | 94.2‡ | 94.2‡ |
| Suburban rings of Montréal | 99.0 | 99.2 | 99.0 | 97.8‡ | 98.2‡ | 98.1‡ |
| Island of Montréal | 94.5 | 95.4* | 94.2 | 91.6‡ | 92.5‡ | 92.2‡ |
| City of Montréal (without the city centre) | .. | 96.0* | 95.2 | .. | 93.0‡ | 92.8‡ |
| Other municipalities on the Island of Montréal | .. | 93.2* | 90.5 | .. | 87.1‡ | 86.7‡ |
| City centre | 93.9 | 95.0* | 93.4 | 94.0 | 95.1 | 94.2 |
| East of Saint-Laurent | 95.6 | 95.9 | 95.2 | 97.8‡ | 98.2‡ | 97.2 |
| Between Saint-Laurent and Peel | 94.8 | 95.6* | 93.1 | 94.7 | 95.8 | 94.9‡ |
| West of Peel | 91.4 | 93.6 | 93.0 | 90.3 | 91.7‡ | 91.1 |
| † reference group * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 ‡ statistically significant difference between retail and service workers and the workers in other occupations (for the same reference year) 1. Census metropolitan area. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1996 to 2006. |
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