Brossard
Mother Tongue ( 2016 ) Population Percentage
French 37,155 43.98%
English 10,095 11.95%
French and a non-official language 1,285 1.52%
English and French 1,255 1.49%
English and a non-official language 795 0.94%
English , French and a non-official language 680 0.80%
Cantonese 4,935 5.84%
Mandarin 4,370 5.17%
Spanish 4,100 4.85%
Arabic 4,005 4.74%
Persian 2,005 2.37%
Vietnamese 1,495 1.77%
Romanian 1,295 1.53%
Greek 1,280 1.52%
Portuguese 895 1.06%
Creole 840 0.99%
Russian 770 0.91%
Italian 720 0.85%
Urdu 580 0.69%
Hindi 395 0.47%
Demographics
Historical populationsYearPop.±% 19562,572— 19613,788+47.3% 196611,884+213.7% 197123,421+97.1% 197637,635+60.7% 198152,232+38.8% 199164,793+24.0% 199665,927+1.8% 200165,026−1.4% 200671,154+9.4% 201179,273+11.4% 201685,721+8.1% [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Home Languages Aside from French , a variety of other languages are spoken in Brossard on a daily basis , as according to the 2011 census . The prominent languages spoken primarily at home and their relative share are French ( 51% ) , English ( 17% ) , Chinese ( 5% ) , Spanish ( 3% ) , Cantonese ( 3% ) , Arabic ( 2% ) and Persian ( 2% ) . Ethnicity Brossard is among the most multicultural municipalities in Greater Montreal as there are 23 ethnic groups that represent at least 1% of the population . According to the 2006 census the prominent ethnic groups and their relative share are Canadian ( 35% ) , French ( 23% ) , Chinese ( 11% ) , Irish ( 6% ) and Italian ( 4% ) [ 14 ] Housing Brossard is a mainly residential suburb with a moderate diversity of structural styles . The most popular styles of housing are semi-detached houses which represent 44% of private dwellings and apartment buildings with fewer than five storeys which represent 31% of private dwellings . Mother tongue languages Statistics for the population according to mother tongue ( the first language learned and still remembered ) vary significantly from the statistics for home language ( the language spoken most often at home ) , as well as also varying significantly from the statistics for official language usage .
Brossard (/brɒˈsɑːr, ˈbrɒsɑːrd/, French: [bʁɔsaʁ], locally [bʁɔsɑːʁ, bʁɔsɑɔ̯ʁ]) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada and is part of the Greater Montreal area. According to the 2016 census, Brossard's population was 85,721. It shares powers with the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and was a borough of the municipality of Longueuil from 2002 to 2006.