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Originally Posted by Acajack
Montreal is still the most impressive city in Canada by a longshot when it comes to overall language skills (bilingual, trilingual, multilingual, etc.). Ottawa-Gatineau is probably second.
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If you are comparing knowledge of French and English then yes, otherwise no I have to disagree. Having lived in both cities (and having Anglophone and Francophone friends - I do speak French and have a Quebecois background), the diversity of languages one hears in Toronto are on a completely different level than in Montreal. What has personally inspired me in Toronto is the willingness of people (usually within their own personal circle of friends and family) to attempt other languages and play around in each others' languages. My experience in Toronto is one of diversity not just in statistics, but in everyday life. This is based entirely on my completely biased, personal opinion of course. Although such statements you used ("most impressive") are highly subjective and can never really be proven right or wrong.
But, can one truly speak of cities in terms of statistics? This is perhaps why it is important to live in the cities we are making assumptions about (while also keeping our mind's open). Our experiences of cities are deeply personal and subjective and maybe that is the point.
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