Use of languages
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85.6%
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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7%
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- Table: 33-10-1082-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Percentage of employees required to be bilingual in English and French, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025.Release date: 2025-11-25
- 2. 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
- 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: 2025-10-28
- 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: 2025-10-28
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528139441Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-10-08
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- Table: 33-10-1082-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Percentage of employees required to be bilingual in English and French, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025.Release date: 2025-11-25
- 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: 2025-10-28
- 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: 2025-10-28
- Table: 42-10-0097-01Geography: 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, Canada.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 42-10-0097-02Geography: 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, Newfoundland and Labrador.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 42-10-0097-03Geography: 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, Prince Edward Island.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 42-10-0097-04Geography: 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, Nova Scotia.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 42-10-0097-05Geography: 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, New Brunswick.Release date: 2025-03-19
- Table: 42-10-0097-06Geography: 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, Quebec.Release date: 2025-03-19
- 10. Languages regularly spoken with children and parents by child care employees, April 2022, OntarioTable: 42-10-0097-07Geography: 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, Ontario.Release date: 2025-03-19
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- 1. 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
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528139441Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-10-08
- 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: 11-627-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
- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100005Description: This study examines the language spoken at home based on the academic path and language composition of couples. In particular, the study deals with the adoption or retention of a minority official language in Canada—i.e., English in Quebec and French in the other provinces and territories—as the language spoken most often at home. The study is based on data from the linkage between the Postsecondary Student Information System and the 2021 Census of Population, as well as information from the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials.Release date: 2025-03-28
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202508739501Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2025-03-28
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025005Description: This infographic illustrates information on the use at work of the non-official languages spoken by the largest number of people in Canada. This includes the industry in which the language is used by the largest number of people.Release date: 2025-03-24
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025003Description: This infographic illustrates key findings about French-speaking and English-speaking healthcare professionals residing in Quebec.Release date: 2025-03-19
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- 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: 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: 98-20-00032021018Description: 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-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
- 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: 98-501-X2016010Description:
The Language of work Release and concepts overview provides an overview of the concepts, definitions and key measures used in the 2016 Census of Population Language of work release, as well as the products which will be available on release day and later.
Release date: 2017-10-04 - 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.
- Surveys 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).