Editing Moncton (section)

=== Language ===
[[File:Moncton Welcome.JPG|thumb|right|A sign at the entrance of Moncton. Both [[Canadian English|English]] and French is used on the sign, the two most spoken languages in the city.]]
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|+Canada Census Mother Tongue - Moncton, New Brunswick <ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=E&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Moncto | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Moncton, City (C) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, New Brunswick | date=February 9, 2022 | access-date=December 25, 2022 | archive-date=December 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225192307/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=E&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Moncto | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English & French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year 
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|78,210}}
|
| 45,765
| {{increase}} 4.68%
| 58.52%
|
| 21,375
| {{decrease}} 0.95%
| 27.33%
|
| 2,230
| {{increase}} 79.12%
| 2.85%
|
| 8,470
| {{increase}} 51.36%
| 10.83%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|70,670}}
|
| 43,720
| {{increase}} 1.60%
| 61.87%
|
| 21,580
| {{increase}} 1.43%
| 30.54%
|
| 1,245
| {{increase}} 15.81%
| 1.76%
|
| 4,120
| {{increase}} 61.57%
| 5.83%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|67,930}}
|
| 43,030
| {{n/a}} 
| 63.34%
|
| 21,275
| {{n/a}} 
| 31.32%
|
| 1,075
| {{n/a}} 
| 1.58%
|
| 2,550
| {{n/a}} 
| 3.75%
|}

Moncton is a bilingual city, 58.5% of its residents having English as their mother tongue, while 27.3% have French, 2.9% learned both English and French as a first language, and 10.8% speak another language as their mother tongue.<ref name=":0" /> About 46% of the city population is [[bilingual]] and understands both English and French;<ref name="2011 Community Profiles">{{cite web |date=February 8, 2012 |title=2011 Community Profiles |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212192528/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |work=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> the only other Canadian cities that approach this level of linguistic duality are [[Ottawa]], [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], and [[Montreal]]. Moncton became the first officially bilingual city in the country in 2002. This means that all municipal services, as well as public notices and information, are available in both French and English.<ref name="Bilingual" /> The adjacent city of [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] is about 64% [[Francophone]] and has benefited from an ongoing rural depopulation of the [[Acadian Peninsula]] and areas in northern and eastern [[New Brunswick]].<ref name="2011 Community Profiles" /> The town of [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]] meanwhile is heavily (95%) [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]].<ref name="2011 Community Profiles" />

A total of 67% of its residents are fluent in English and 47% are fluent in French.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2024-02-28 |title=Participation in French immersion, bilingualism and the use of French in adulthood, 2021 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021018/98-200-X2021018-eng.cfm |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

Common non-official languages spoken as mother tongues are [[Arabic]] (1.4%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (0.7%), [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (0.7%), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (0.6%), [[Korean language|Korean]] (0.6%), [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (0.6%), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (0.5%), and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (0.5%). 1.2% of residents listed both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% listed both French and a non-official language.