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  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2017025
    Description:

    Based on 2016 Census data, the following infographic provides a portrait of immigrant languages in Canada.

    Release date: 2017-08-02

  • Stats in brief: 98-200-X2016009
    Description:

    This article in the Census in Brief series shows the recent evolution of the bilingualism rate in Canada, the provinces and the territories. It also illustrates the changes in the bilingual population within different regions and mother tongue groups between 2011 and 2016. It focuses on the bilingualism rate of school-age Canadians whose mother tongue is English and who live outside of Quebec.

    Release date: 2017-08-02

  • Stats in brief: 98-200-X2016011
    Description:

    This article in the Census in Brief series shows the recent evolution of English and French in Canada in terms of knowledge of official languages, language spoken at home and mother tongue. It also shows the demographic evolution of official language minorities between 2011 and 2016 in the provinces and territories.

    Release date: 2017-08-02

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X201700615581
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-01-06

  • Stats in brief: 11-630-X2016001
    Description:

    This edition of Canadian Megatrends explores the evolution of English-French bilingualism in Canada from 1901 to 2011.

    Release date: 2016-01-28

  • Articles and reports: 89-642-X2015012
    Description:

    This study examines the language practices of children from minority francophone communities outside Quebec. It describes children’s language practices and identifies the key factors in the predominant use of French or English in their personal, extracurricular and leisure activities. These activities include watching television, using the Internet, participating in organized sports and non-sport activities, and reading. The analyses and results presented use data from the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities (SVOLM), conducted by Statistics Canada in 2006.

    Release date: 2015-12-17

  • Journals and periodicals: 89-655-X
    Description:

    Many of the 60 or so Aboriginal languages in Canada are considered endangered to varying degrees for their long-term survival. Assessing language vitality or endangerment through the measurement of various factors can provide useful information to help ensure the continuity of a language. This paper illustrates how the 2011 Census of Population and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) can be used to measure some of the factors that provide information related to the vitality of Aboriginal languages.

    Release date: 2014-10-16

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X201300111795
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In Canada, one significant event that eventually led to the development of a policy of bilingualism was the beginning of the Royal Commission on bilingualism and biculturalism, 50 years ago. This article examines historical trends in bilingualism in Canada, and factors that might explain these trends.

    Release date: 2013-05-28

  • Stats in brief: 99-011-X201100311789
    Description:

    The National Household Survey in Brief (NHS in Brief) series consists of short analytical articles that complement the National Household Survey analytical documents by focusing on a specific topic of interest. The NHS in Brief on Aboriginal peoples in Canada is entitled Aboriginal peoples and language.

    Release date: 2013-05-08

  • Articles and reports: 99-010-X2011001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This analytical document presents first findings from the National Household Survey in 2011. It provides information on Canada's ethnocultural mosaic, as indicated by its immigrant population, the ethnic backgrounds of its people, its visible minority population, and its linguistic and religious diversity.

    Release date: 2013-05-08
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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012022001
    Description: This fact sheet presents a data ecosystem comprised of a set of data sources that, together, provide information on children eligible for instruction in the minority official language.
    Release date: 2022-11-09

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021016
    Description: This video will allow you to identify the census questionnaire questions on knowledge of official and non-official languages. It will also allow you to understand how variables on knowledge of official and non-official languages are created and how they are disseminated and analyzed.
    Release date: 2022-08-17
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