Table 2
Number of people and proportion of the population reporting French by selected language characteristic, Quebec, 2006 and 2011

Table 2 Number of people and proportion of the population reporting French by selected language characteristic, Quebec, 2006 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 2 number of people and proportion of the population reporting french by selected language characteristic. The information is grouped by language characteristic (appearing as row headers), quebec, 2006 and 2011, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Description

This table displays the results of table 2 number of people and proportion of the population reporting french by selected language characteristic. The information is grouped by language characteristic (appearing as row headers), quebec, 2006 and 2011, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Language characteristic	Quebec
	2006		2011
	number	percentage	number	percentage
Mother tongue	5,957,865	80.1	6,231,600	79.7
Language spoken at home	6,465,000	86.9	6,801,890	87.0
Most often	6,146,595	82.7	6,450,370	82.5
On a regular basis	318,405	4.3	351,520	4.5
First official language spoken	6,373,225	85.7	6,684,125	85.5
Ability to conduct a conversation	7,028,745	94.5	7,375,900	94.4
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2006 and 2011.