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- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024007Geography: Province or territoryDescription: This report provides information on the knowledge and use of Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French in Nunavut, based on data from the 2021 Census of Population and the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.Release date: 2024-11-07
- Table: 98-10-0294-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Knowledge of Indigenous languages (97), Residence by Indigenous geography (10), Indigenous identity (9), Indigenous language acquisition (5), Registered or Treaty Indian status (3), Age (5B), Statistics (3), Single and multiple knowledge of languages responses (3)Description: Knowledge of Indigenous languages by single and multiple knowledge of languages responses, Indigenous identity, Indigenous language acquisition, residence by Indigenous geography, Registered or Treaty Indian status and age for the population in private households.Release date: 2024-10-23
- Table: 98-10-0297-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Knowledge of Indigenous languages (97), Indigenous identity (9), Age (5B), Statistics (3), Single and multiple knowledge of languages responses (3)Description: Knowledge of Indigenous languages by single and multiple knowledge of languages responses, Indigenous identity and age for the population in private households.Release date: 2024-10-23
- Table: 98-10-0298-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Indigenous mother tongue (98), Indigenous identity (9), Age (5B), Statistics (3), Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)Description: Indigenous mother tongue by single and multiple mother tongue responses, Indigenous identity and age for the population in private households.Release date: 2024-10-23
- Table: 37-10-0269-04Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomerationFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Proportion of the school age-population (aged 5 to 24) with non-official home language, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.Release date: 2024-10-22
- Table: 37-10-0078-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: The number of students in regular Indigenous language programs and Indigenous language immersion programs in public elementary and secondary schools.Release date: 2024-10-10
- Table: 37-10-0175-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Enrolments in regular second language programs (or core language programs), French immersion programs, and education programs in the minority official language offered in private or independent elementary and secondary schools, by type of program, grade and sex.Release date: 2024-10-10
- Table: 41-10-0060-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Self-rated ability to speak or understand an Indigenous language by First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, age group and gender, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2024-08-14
- Table: 41-10-0068-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Exposure to an Indigenous language at home in the past 12 months, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2024-08-14
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024014Description: This product offers a visual overview of historical data by language indicators in Canada from 1951 to 2021. The language indicators showcased in this product are the first official language spoken, mother tongue, knowledge of official languages and language spoken most often at home. It provides information on the number and proportion of language groups in each province and territory from 1951 to 2021. Data can be filtered by province or territory, language, multiple responses distribution and reference period.Release date: 2024-04-05
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- Table: 97-570-X1991148Description:
This table details population by knowledge of official languages, showing age groups.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - Table: 97-570-X1991149Description:
This table details population able to speak various non-official languages, showing age groups.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - 293. Population by Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Showing Age Groups (13b) - Census tracts ArchivedTable: 97-570-X1991153Description:Release date: 1993-06-01
- 294. Population Able to Speak Various Non-official Languages (11), Showing Age Groups (13b) - Census tracts ArchivedTable: 97-570-X1991154Description:
This table details population able to speak various non-official languages, showing age groups.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - 295. Population by Mother Tongue (27), Showing Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) - Census tracts ArchivedTable: 97-570-X1991155Description:
This table details population by mother tongue, showing knowledge of official languages and sex.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - Table: 97-570-X1991158Description:
This table details population by knowledge of official languages, showing age groups.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - Table: 97-570-X1991159Description:
This table details population able to speak various non-official languages, showing age groups.
Release date: 1993-06-01 - 298. Bilingualism and earnings ArchivedTable: 75-001-X19890022277Description:
This study compares the earnings of bilingual and unilingual workers in three urban centres: Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa-Hull. Differences in the earnings of bilingual and unilingual workers are considered in the light of several demographic and job-related traits.
Release date: 1989-06-30
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- 41. Immigrant languages in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2017025Description:
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-X2016009Description:
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-X2016011Description:
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-X201700615581Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2017-01-06
- Stats in brief: 11-630-X2016001Description:
This edition of Canadian Megatrends explores the evolution of English-French bilingualism in Canada from 1901 to 2011.
Release date: 2016-01-28 - 46. Language Practices of Children in Francophone Families Living in a Minority Linguistic Environment ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-642-X2015012Description:
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-XDescription:
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-X201300111795Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 49. Aboriginal peoples and language ArchivedStats in brief: 99-011-X201100311789Description:
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 - 50. Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 99-010-X2011001Geography: CanadaDescription:
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: 98-20-00012022001Description: 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: 98-20-00032021016Description: 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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