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[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Knowledge of the two official languages is largely determined by geography. Nearly 95% of Quebecers can speak French, but only 40.6% speak English. In the rest of the country, 97.6% of the population is capable of speaking English, but only 7.5% can speak French.[89]

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_bilingualism_in_Canada#Personal_bilingualism_in_Canada)

Jesus fuck, those numbers are abysmal.