English-speaking Quebecers

English-speaking Quebecer
Total population
Mother tongue: 661,535 (8.5%)[1]

Home language: 767,770 (9.6%)[2]

Official Lang. Minority: 1,058,250 (13.5%)[3]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Quebec English, Quebec French
Religion
Roman Catholic (43%), Protestant (21%), Christian Orthodox (9%), Jewish (7%), Muslim (5%)
Related ethnic groups
English Canadian, Irish Canadian, Scottish Canadian, French Canadian, Jewish Canadian, Italian Canadian, Greek Canadian, Chinese Canadian

English-speaking Quebecers, also known as Anglo-Quebecers, English Quebecers, or Anglophone Quebecers (all alternately spelt Quebeckers; in French Anglo-Québécois, Québécois Anglophone) or simply Anglos in a Quebec context, are a linguistic minority in the francophone province of Quebec. According to the 2011 Canadian census, 599,225 people (around 7.7% of the population) in Quebec declare English as a mother tongue. When asked, 834,950 people (about 10.7% of the population) reported using English the most at home.

The origins of English-speaking Quebecers include immigration from both English-speaking and non English-speaking countries, migration from other Canadian provinces, and strong English language education programs in Quebecois schools. This makes estimating the population of those who identify as English-speaking Quebecers difficult.

  1. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. "Population by mother tongue and age groups (total), 2011 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 8, 2012). "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  3. ^ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census". Statistics Canada. 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.