majority being French Canadians . Other languages included were Romanian at 2.71%, Italian at 1.96%, French Creole at 1.80%, Yiddish 1.70%, Russian 1.32%, German 1.27%, Hungarian at 1.17%, Polish comprised at 0.85%, Hebrew at 0.77%, and Portuguese , which made up 0.72% of all residents. [2] [ edit ] History The