most often at home by 73.8% of Laval residents. [4] Counting single responses only, the next most common mother tongues were English (6.9%), Italian (4.4%), Greek and Arabic (3.9% each), Spanish (2.2%) and Armenian (1.8%). [5] Mother tongue Population Percentage French 242,155 66.41% English 25,270 6.93% English and French 2,375 0.65%