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English is on the rise in Vaudreuil-Soulanges, down in Westmount: Census

In Vaudreuil-Slange, west of Montreal, the English-speaking population has surged. Westmount declined.

An art piece by Sonia Haberstich in 2021 in Hudson, part of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region.
Sonia Haberstich at Hudson 2021. Vaudreuil-Slange region. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette

Goodbye, Westmount. Hello, I'm Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

In Vaudreuil-Slange, a sprawling municipality stretching west of Montreal to the Ontario border, the number of native English-speaking Quebecers increased by 14.2%. . According to an analysis by researcher Jacques Jedwab.

In 2021, 37,135 people declared English as their native language, compared to his 32,520 in 2016.

Vaudreuil Surange's cities include Hudson, Pancourt, Rigaud, Saint-Lazare, and Vaudreuil. - Dorion.

Over the same period, Westmount (down 7.4%) and Durard de Ormeaux (down 4.7%) saw declines in their English-speaking populations. Both have long been majority English-speaking municipalities.

Jedwab said it was too early to know what caused the population shift, but several factors may have played a role:

A clearer explanation is that Canada, which has to wait until October when the statistics are released, plans to release data on immigration andintraprovincialand interprovincial movements. Jedwab, President of the Canadian Research Association, said.

Statistics Canada defines mother tongue as the language learned in childhood and still understood today.

These municipalities also saw an increase in native English-speaking populations compared to 2016:

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