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Originally Posted by YOWetal
Yeah I guess that makes sense and yet I hear everyone say you can't get a job in Ottawa without French. I guess I live in a bubble but everyone I know speaks passable French and most send their kids to French Immersion or even French Public system.
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I think it differs greatly depending on where in the city you are. Growing up in a west-end inner suburb almost no one spoke French and French immersion was really not very popular. Back then this seemed consistent across all of west and south Ottawa, including the urban west-end. The starkness of the difference between west/south and east has likely changed a bit since I grew up, but it's still my impression that there are relatively few people 30 and over who speak French in west and south Ottawa.