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Originally Posted by begratto
In the vast majority of Quebec regions, actually. Even in rougly 2/3 of the Montreal region.
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In terms of geographic space, I'd say it's much higher than two thirds of the Montreal area where you don't really need to use English if you don't want to.
Even in the heart of the West Island, if you go to Fairview Pointe-Claire I bet you if went there every week-end, 9 times out 10 you could shop for an entire afternoon without having to use English with the staff in the stores.
You can shop at Canadian Tire in Kirkland and use only French, go to IGA in Beaconsfield and use only French. Etc.
In all of these places you will of course hear lots of people speaking English around you, but you won't have to use it yourself.
And I am using the most anglo part of the island as an example here. (You may run into the occasional mom and pop shop there where someone doesn't speak French, it's true.)