Table 4
Knowledge of official languages, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2021
| 2016 – English only | 2021 – English only | 2016 to 2021 – English only | 2016 – French only | 2021 – French only | 2016 to 2021 – French only | 2016 – English and French | 2021 – English and French | 2016 to 2021 – English and French | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | percentage points | % | % | percentage points | % | % | percentage points | |
| Canada | 68.3 | 69.0 | 0.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 | -0.7 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Quebec | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 47.3 | -2.7 | 44.5 | 46.4 | 1.9 |
| Canada outside Quebec | 87.6 | 88.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | -0.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 94.8 | 94.7 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| Prince Edward Island | 86.4 | 86.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 0.1 |
| Nova Scotia | 89.2 | 89.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.3 | -0.2 |
| New Brunswick | 57.2 | 57.9 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 7.9 | -0.7 | 33.9 | 34.0 | 0.1 |
| Ontario | 86.0 | 86.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 10.8 | -0.4 |
| Manitoba | 90.0 | 90.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 94.5 | 94.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Alberta | 91.9 | 92.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
| British Columbia | 89.8 | 90.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Yukon | 85.6 | 85.2 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 0.4 |
| Northwest Territories | 89.0 | 88.6 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Nunavut | 89.8 | 90.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | -0.5 |
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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