Table 2 
Rate of English use at work among employees, by industry sector and size of the organization employing them, 2015/2016 

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Rate of English use at work among employees, by industry sector and size of the organization employing them, 2015/2016
Total – Predominant use of English10 to 24 employees – Predominant use of English125 to 49 employees – Predominant use of English150 to 99 employees – Predominant use of English1100 employees or more – Predominant use of English1Total – Regular use of English20 to 24 employees – Regular use of English225 to 49 employees – Regular use of English250 to 99 employees – Regular use of English2100 employees or more – Regular use of English2
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New Brunswick                    
Primary sector3 63.3 x x x x 73.7 x x x x
Construction, public services and manufacturing 70.0 64.6 72.8 72.6 71.8 85.6 84.2 87.8 88.8 85.2
Trade, transportation and warehousing 77.6 71.2 71.6 72.4 86.5 92.8 89.3 90.6 91.6 96.7
Educational services, health care and social assistance 68.6 65.2 62.3 70.4 70.0 88.0 84.5 80.9 84.0 90.4
Private services4 80.5 75.5 81.4 79.8 84.7 93.7 90.4 94.8 93.0 96.3
Public administration 70.2 x x x x 88.7 x x x x
Total 73.7 69.4 73.5 74.5 76 89.1 86.1 89.4 90.2 91.2
Quebec                    
Primary sector3 4.4 4.1 5.2 6.4 4.3 18.0 13.5 17.8 21.9 25.3
Construction, public services and manufacturing 9.0 7.3 9.0 10.1 9.6 35.5 27.3 32.6 35.5 39.8
Trade, transportation and warehousing 11.2 11.5 10.8 10.2 11.5 47.5 44.3 47.0 45.7 49.8
Educational services, health care and social assistance 10.0 8.5 6.6 8.7 10.5 31.1 34.5 25.7 27.2 31.0
Private services4 13.3 11.9 12.2 13.3 14.5 51.4 43.1 47.3 50.7 58.8
Public administration 9.8 11.0 4.5 5.5 10.0 42.0 30.3 22.5 22.9 43.6
Total 11.2 10.5 10.3 11.0 11.3 42.0 38.4 41.2 42.4 44.0
Ontario                    
Primary sector3 94.4 93.6 90.6 94.7 95.8 97.9 97.4 94.6 98.6 98.9
Construction, public services and manufacturing 96.9 95.0 95.8 96.6 97.9 99.0 98.2 98.6 98.9 99.5
Trade, transportation and warehousing 96.6 93.7 95.7 96.5 97.9 99.3 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.7
Educational services, health care and social assistance 93.8 94.8 94.2 93.4 93.7 98.3 99.2 98.4 98.2 98.2
Private services4 96.4 94.3 96.2 96.4 97.4 99.1 98.2 98.8 99.0 99.7
Public administration 95.0 90.8 94.8 94.1 95.1 99.6 98.1 99.2 98.4 99.7
Total 95.6 94.3 95.7 96.2 96.4 98.9 98.3 98.6 98.9 99.3
Other provinces and territories                    
Primary sector3 96.6 94.1 93.5 91.5 99.3 98.1 96.5 96.0 95.5 99.8
Construction, public services and manufacturing 97.4 95.9 97.2 97.5 98.4 99.0 98.4 98.9 99.1 99.5
Trade, transportation and warehousing 97.7 96.0 97.3 97.8 98.6 99.4 98.8 99.2 99.3 99.7
Educational services, health care and social assistance 97.5 96.5 97.6 97.8 97.6 99.5 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6
Private services4 97.0 95.4 96.5 97.4 98.4 99.0 98.5 98.6 99.0 99.7
Public administration 98.1 95.9 89.8 93.9 98.6 99.7 99.5 98.3 98.9 99.7
Total 97.2 95.6 96.7 97.3 98.3 99.1 98.5 98.8 99.0 99.7
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Note(s):
Industry sectors are built by grouping the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors.
Source(s):
Source: Integrated data from the 2016 Census (3901) and the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database (5228).

Table note 1

Includes those who reported only English as the language used most often at work and excludes those who reported speaking more than one language equally most often.

Table note 2

Includes all those who reported using English most often or regularly at work.

Table note 3

The primary sector includes the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction groups.

Table note 4

Private services include information and cultural industries, finance and insurance, real estate and rental services, professional, scientific and technical services, management of companies and enterprises, administrative services, support services, waste management and remediation services, arts, entertainment and recreation, accommodation and food services, and other services.
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