Demographics
In 2006, there were 406,085 Quebecers who identified themselves as Irish representing 5.5% of the population. This represents an increase from the 1996 count of 313 660. They are spread more or less uniformly across the province.
In the Montreal region, there are 161,235 Irish, with about 78,175 (48.5%) of these being English-speaking. Irish culture and community organizations are mostly kept alive by the English-speaking population such as the United Irish Societies of Montreal. Many others assimilating into the French-speaking majority population .
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