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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3129Description: This survey is designed to collect information on official language programmes offered in independent elementary and secondary schools. Data for language program funding, as well as a full address of all independent schools for funding purposes, are provided to the Department of Canadian Heritage.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3163Description: The main purposes of this survey are to gather information at the Canada level and, where possible, at the regional level on the size of the industry, its characteristics and the role played by foreign students. It also gives decision makers necessary tools to design appropriate policies, and the survey providers a profile of their industry.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3166Description: The data will be used to calculate contributions to the provinces for enrolments in minority-language programs at the postsecondary level.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5055Description: The purpose of this survey is to determine the official language preference of the clients of various government departments. The data will allow the department to decide if they need to provide services to clients in the minority language according to the rules of the Official Languages Act.
- 1,065. Language Industry SurveySurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5090Description: The objective of this survey was to collect new statistical information on the economic production of the Canadian language industry and its sectors for the purpose of creating an industry profile and collecting benchmark data for future surveys to track industry performance.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5099Description: This survey pertains to the vitality of Canada's official-language minorities, namely anglophones in Quebec and francophones outside of Quebec. The information collected allow for a more in-depth understanding of the current situation of individuals who belong to these groups on subjects as diverse as instruction in the language of the minority or access to different services in the language of the minority (i.e., health care), as well as language practices both at home and outside of the home.
- 1,067. Language of Work SurveySurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5134Description: The survey is sponsored by the Office of the Official Language Commissioner (OCOL). As part of its mandate, the OCOL reviews the use of both official languages in federal institutions. The evaluation is done for employees in a minority situation (i.e., English in Quebec and French in New Brunswick and in bilingual areas of Ontario).
- 1,068. National Household SurveySurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5178Description: Complementing the data collected by the census, the National Household Survey (NHS) is designed to provide information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics. In October 2014, Statistics Canada will be conducting a voluntary test in selected locations to evaluate the processes, procedures and systems that will be used for the 2016 Census Program. This ensures that quality data are available in 2016 to support a wide variety of programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5355Description: The Survey on the Official Language Minority Population (SOLMP) is a postcensal survey of the English-speaking population in Quebec and the French-speaking population elsewhere in Canada. The data will provide a better understanding of the current situation of official language minorities regarding issues such as education and access to various services in the minority language.
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- Table: 42-10-0097-12Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care providers, by the languages spoken with children and parents by employees, Territories.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 98-10-0662-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic regionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed health professionals, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: French used at work (6), English used at work (6), Health occupations (52), First official language spoken (5)Description: Data on use of English and French at work by healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 98-10-0663-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed health professionals, 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006 censuses — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Age (5D), First official language spoken (5), Knowledge of official languages (5), Census year (4), Gender (3a)Description: Data on knowledge of official languages, first official language spoken, age and gender for employed healthcare professionals in private households, 2006 to 2021.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 15-10-0040-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Use of the minority official language to obtain services or information from municipal, provincial and territorial, and federal government employees by age group and gender, Canada, Quebec, Canada outside Quebec, by select provinces and regions, among adults in the official language minority population, 2022.Release date: 2025-03-18
- Table: 15-10-0041-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Frequency of health care or services obtained in the community in the minority official language by age group and gender, Canada, Quebec, Canada outside Quebec, by select provinces and regions, among adults in the official language minority population who consider it important to receive health services in the minority official language, 2022.Release date: 2025-03-18
- Table: 15-10-0042-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Main language of instruction at the post-secondary level, by level of study, by age group and gender, Canada, Quebec, Canada outside Quebec, by select provinces and regions, among adults in the official language minority population, 2022.Release date: 2025-03-18
- Table: 98-10-0299-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Indigenous language spoken at home (98), Indigenous identity (9), Indigenous language spoken at home (7), Age (5B), Statistics (3), Single and multiple responses of language spoken at home (3)Description: All Indigenous languages spoken at home by single and multiple responses of language spoken at home, Indigenous identity, Indigenous language spoken at home and age for the population in private households.Release date: 2025-02-19
- Table: 98-10-0619-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic regionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Knowledge of languages (324), Age (8G), Gender (3), Mother tongue (241), Generation status (4)Description: Data on knowledge of languages by generation status, mother tongue, age and gender for the population in private households of Canada, provinces and territories and economic regions.Release date: 2024-12-04
- Table: 98-10-0620-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic regionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Knowledge of languages (324), Age (8G), All languages spoken at home (479), Immigrant status and period of immigration (8)Description: Data on knowledge of languages by immigration status and period of immigration, all languages spoken at home and age for the population in private households of Canada, provinces and territories and economic regions.Release date: 2024-12-04
- Table: 33-10-0899-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Languages used by the business or organization in providing services or performing activities over the last 12 months, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2024.Release date: 2024-11-25
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- 11. Francophone Immigrants with Foreign Teacher Education Amid French Teacher Shortages Outside QuebecArticles and reports: 11F0019M2025008Description: The study primarily compares 18- to 60-year-old Francophone immigrants with foreign teacher education (obtained outside Canada) with their non-immigrant counterparts who obtained their teacher education anywhere (Francophone non-immigrants with teacher education).Release date: 2025-11-06
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2025006Description: This study examines the language of instruction at the first college or university attended by young adults who went to a French-language high school in Canada outside Quebec, by their region of residence and field of study. This study is based on integrated data from the Postsecondary Students Information System and the 2021 Census of Population.Release date: 2025-10-08
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528139441Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-10-08
- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100010Description: Using data from the Survey on the Official Language Minority Population and the Open Database of Healthcare Facilities, this study examines how distance to health care facilities, alongside regional and sociodemographic factors, relates to access to language-concordant care for the official language minority population in Canada. In this article, language-concordant care refers to individuals receiving health care services in their preferred official language (English or French).Release date: 2025-09-18
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202526140569Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-09-18
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025034Description: This infographic provides insights into the use of Inuktut among Inuit in Nunavut. It is based on data from the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey and includes key statistics on Inuktut use, such as exposure to the language and the importance of understanding Inuktut.Release date: 2025-05-07
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025035Description: Using language-related data from the 2021 Census of Population, this infographic provides insights into the knowledge and use of Inuktut in Nunavut. Findings include results about language spoken at home, language used at work, mother tongue and knowledge of languages across the territory.Release date: 2025-05-07
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202512739382Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-05-07
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202509038530Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-03-31
- Articles and reports: 41-20-00022025002Description: This report is part of a series on Indigenous language families in Canada, using data from the 2021 Census of Population. It provides an overview of the vitality, acquisition and use of Indigenous languages that belong to the Algonquian language family. The following languages are covered: Blackfoot, Atikamekw, Cree languages, Innu (Montagnais), Naskapi, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewi (Malecite), Anicinabemowin (Algonquin), Oji-Cree and Ojibway languages. Maps within each report show selected communities with speakers for various Indigenous languages, providing a regional perspective on the extent to which these languages are spoken across Canada.Release date: 2025-03-31
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2025002Description: The Survey on the Official Language Minority Population (SOLMP) user guide contains a description of the survey, along with survey concepts and definitions and an overview of the content development. The target and survey populations, the sample design and sample size are described in the Methodology section, while the Data Collection module provides the collection period and instrument, modes of collection, collection and communications strategies and response rates. Updates to the guide include descriptions of the survey data processing, survey error and weighting, and guidelines for tabulations and analysis. Appendices will provide a listing of questions and variables which changed between the current and previous occasions of the survey, as well as various primers on the survey methodology.Release date: 2025-11-14
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00042026002Description: This fact sheet offers a summary of content changes for the 2026 Census specific to the following topics: languages and language of instruction. The tested changes for each topic are explained, along with the resulting approach for 2026.Release date: 2025-07-04
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2024009Description: The Survey on the Official Language Minority Population (SOLMP) user guide contains a description of the survey, along with survey concepts and definitions and an overview of the content development. The target and survey populations, the sample design and sample size are described in the Methodology section. Finally, in the Data Collection module, the collection period and instrument, modes of collection, collection and communications strategies and response rates are provided.Release date: 2024-12-16
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-26-0008Description: This report presents the results of a study on the estimated number of children eligible for instruction in the minority official language, pursuant to section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, who were classified as ineligible in the 2021 Census because relationships between family members living at different addresses could not be established within this data source. Using other data sources, including previous censuses and administrative data (such as vital statistics and tax data), we were able to establish these family relationships within the 2021 Census. This report presents the methods and data sources used first, then the results by selected regions and age groups.Release date: 2024-03-26
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021017Description: This video will help you understand the concept of first official language spoken. It explores the usefulness and relevance of the first official language spoken and how it is developed, disseminated and analyzed. You will also learn how the concept of first official language spoken takes into account knowledge of both official languages, mother tongue and language spoken most often at home.Release date: 2023-03-29
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021018Description: This video will help you understand the question about languages spoken at home and the main concepts and variables that flow from them. You will also learn to understand the differences between the concepts of all languages spoken regularly at home, languages spoken most often at home and other languages spoken regularly at home. It will also help you understand the changes that have been made to the question of languages spoken at home since the last census.Release date: 2023-03-29
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021026Description: This video will explain the concept of minority official language. It provides information on the new census questions regarding instruction in the minority official language, eligibility for education in minority official language and the usefulness of data on language of instruction for planning purposes.Release date: 2022-12-15
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021003Description:
This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret language data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.
Release date: 2022-11-30 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021017Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret instruction in the minority official language data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.Release date: 2022-11-30
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021027Description: This video provides basic information on the census questions on languages used at work and the main concepts and variables derived from them. It explains the concepts of languages used at work, language used most often at work and other languages used regularly at work. It also helps you understand the changes to the questions since the last census and the impact on historical comparability of this data.Release date: 2022-11-30