Statistics Canada's figures indicate more than 21 per cent of Montrealers can speak at least three languages, compared with 11 per cent of Torontonians and 10 per cent of people in Vancouver.

Wednesday's release is expected to show immigrants making up a larger share of the population

From a temporary tent city to shelter asylum seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border, to the search for a long lost brother, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

One third of young adults are living with their parents, and those in the GTA and Vancouver area are even more likely to do so.

Recent immigration from the Philippines means Tagalog is Canada’s fastest-growing language other than English or French, according to the census.

Canada is home to more single-person households, more single dads and more same-sex parents than ever before, new census data reveals.

A growing proportion of Canadian women are choosing to have only one child — or none at all. And that trend towards limited child-bearing is increasingly reflected in Canada's average fertility rate, which 2016 census figures released Wednesday have pegged at 1.6 per cent.

Statistics Canada is celebrating a 98 per cent response rate to its latest national census, sent out in May.

Many Canadians are complaining about how Statistics Canada handled this year’s mandatory census after apparently being asked multiple times to complete the survey despite having already submitted the forms.