Population by mother tongue, by census metropolitan area , excluding institutional residents (2011 Census) (Saguenay, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Montréal)

Population by mother tongue, by census metropolitan area , excluding institutional residents (2011 Census)
(Saguenay, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Montréal)
	2011
	Saguenay (Que.)	Québec (Que.)	Sherbrooke (Que.)	Trois-Rivières (Que.)	Montréal (Que.)
	number
Total population	156,585	756,400	199,185	149,710	3,785,915
Single responses¹	156,080	750,690	196,860	148,840	3,667,625
English	1,230	10,845	9,740	1,655	439,845
French	153,845	717,765	178,035	144,540	2,395,530
Non-official languages	1,005	22,075	9,090	2,645	832,250
Chinese	55	1,090	275	110	60,660
Cantonese	0	130	20	10	10,515
Mandarin	15	270	65	20	10,180
Hakka	0	0	0	0	105
Chinese, n.o.s.	45	685	185	75	39,095
Italian	40	615	180	45	110,125
German	45	535	190	125	10,155
Polish	25	320	130	20	13,530
Spanish	240	5,605	2,825	845	111,070
Portuguese	40	1,120	175	80	29,230
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5	10	10	0	11,030
Ukrainian	5	60	20	5	4,370
Arabic	120	3,260	1,180	490	126,865
Dutch	5	140	60	30	2,110
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5	65	20	25	13,280
Greek	10	125	65	80	38,860
Vietnamese	20	790	170	65	24,605
Cree	0	5	5	0	205
Inuktitut (Eskimo)	0	15	5	0	225
Other non-official languages	400	8,335	3,770	735	275,940
Multiple responses²	505	5,710	2,325	870	118,295
English and French	375	3,295	1,555	590	40,400
English and non-official language	25	215	105	20	21,450
French and non-official language	100	1,995	585	235	44,690
English, French and non-official language	10	205	75	25	11,760
1. A single language response occurs when a respondent provides one language only. 2. A multiple language response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages. Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population and Statistics Canada catalogue no. 98-314-XCB. Last modified: 2013-02-13.

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