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Before the questionnaire was altered in 1991, the number of net transfers from French toward English (the number of French-speaking people, mother tongue, who declared English as language of use minus the number of English speakers likewise francized) was substantial and even increased from 1971 to 1986. Thereafter, the comparability was broken: the questionnaire of 1991 reduced these transfers to almost nothing.
Before the questionnaire was altered in 1991, the number of net transfers from French toward English (the number of French-speaking people, mother tongue, who declared English as language of use minus the number of English speakers likewise francized) was substantial and even increased from 1971 to 1986. Thereafter, the comparability was broken: the questionnaire of 1991 reduced these transfers to almost nothing.


In addition, the questionnaire of 1991 produced an improbable increase of the net transfers among the allophone population, of which an about equal number of additional transfers toward French (42,267) and English (43,780), which made its relative rate of [[francization]] jump by 9.9 percent. The subsequent progression of four percent between 1991 and 1996, recorded with an unchanged questionnaire, shows that more than half of the sudden increase between 1986 and 1991 was ascribable to the change in the instrument of observation, in other words that it was artificial.
In addition, the questionnaire of 1991 produced an improbable increase of the net transfers among the allophone population, of which an about equal number of additional transfers toward French (42,267) and English (43,780), which made its relative rate of [[Wikipedia:francization|francization]] jump by 9.9 percent. The subsequent progression of four percent between 1991 and 1996, recorded with an unchanged questionnaire, shows that more than half of the sudden increase between 1986 and 1991 was ascribable to the change in the instrument of observation, in other words that it was artificial.


The modified questions of 2001 caused a new jump of 5.9 percent for the rate of relative francization. In light of the values obtained for the 1991-1996 period, approximately two of these percentage points would be ascribable to the changes made to the 2001 questionnaire, therefore, artificial.
The modified questions of 2001 caused a new jump of 5.9 percent for the rate of relative francization. In light of the values obtained for the 1991-1996 period, approximately two of these percentage points would be ascribable to the changes made to the 2001 questionnaire, therefore, artificial.
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