Demographic characteristics of the sample* of people who completed survey questions (n = 355).

* In 2011, the population of Canada was 33.4 million persons, with an estimated 378,762 new babies born that year. At this time, Canada had an immigrant population of 6.1 million persons[3], and over 4.7 million persons (14.2% of the population) spoke a language other than English or French most often at home[9]. Montreal is Canada’s second largest city with a population of 1.6 million in 2011 and an area of 4,259 square kilometers. All health care in Canada is delivered through a publically funded health care system, which is mostly free at the point of use.Demographic characteristics of the sample* of people who completed survey questions (n = 355).