Over the past fifty years, the proportion of Quebecers speaking both English and French has increased steadily, from **** percent in 1971 to almost half the population (**** percent) in 2021. The rate of English-French bilingualism, on the other hand, has declined in the rest of the country: outside Quebec, just over ten percent of people were bilingual in English and French in 2001, compared to *** percent two decades later.
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Share of people speaking English and French in Quebec and Canada between 1971 and 2021 [Graph], StatCan, August 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1338881/rate-english-french-bilingualism-quebec-canada/