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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
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- 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
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024004Description: This report explores the statistical and analytical potential of information on the language-related characteristics of occupations provided by the Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS). OaSIS is an information system developed by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) which provides detailed information on occupations. The report identifies and explores a series of descriptors of occupations related to skills, work activities and work contexts that have a language- or communication-related aspect. These descriptors of occupations are used to enrich data from the 2021 Census.Release date: 2024-08-07
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202422037988Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-08-07
- Table: 98-10-0543-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population of children eligible in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language by detailed eligibility criteria (29), Age of child (23), Gender (3), Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language – Variant with Canadian citizenship of parent(s) (5)Description: Data on eligibility for instruction in the minority official language and collapsed criteria of eligibility accounting for parents’ citizenship for the population of children in private households in Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Table: 98-10-0544-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Population of children eligible in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language by detailed eligibility criteria (29), Age of child (23), Gender (3), Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language – Variant with Canadian citizenship of parent(s) (5)Description: Data on eligibility for instruction in the minority official language and collapsed criteria of eligibility accounting for parents’ citizenship for the population of children in private households in Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024003Description: This series of regional maps shows the number of school-aged children eligible to primary and secondary instruction in English in Quebec by census subdivision, and the proportion of these children who attend or have attended an English-language school in Canada. All the information provided comes from the 2021 Census of Population and the 2022 Open Database of Educational Facilities.Release date: 2024-05-14
- 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
- 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
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024001Description: This series of provincial, territorial and regional maps shows the number of school-aged children eligible to primary and secondary instruction in French in Canada outside Quebec by census subdivision, and the proportion of these children who attend or have attended a French-language school in Canada. All the information provided comes from the 2021 Census of Population and the 2022 Open Database of Educational Facilities.Release date: 2024-03-14
- Table: 15-10-0038-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Number of eligible children aged 5 to 17 years who attended or who never attended an English-language school for residents of Quebec or a French-language school for residents of Canada outside Quebec. The data is presented by eligibility criterion, by age group, and by level for youth aged 12 to 17 years.Release date: 2024-03-14
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- Table: 98-10-0172-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Knowledge of official languages (5), Language spoken most often at home (9), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (10), Age (7), Mother tongue (9)Description: Data on mother tongue, knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and other language(s) spoken regularly at home and age for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0182-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Mother tongue (331), Language spoken most often at home (331), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12)Description: Data on mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0183-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (11), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12), Knowledge of official languages (5), First official language spoken (5), Age (7), Gender (3), Mother tongue (11)Description: Data on mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home, knowledge of official languages, first official language spoken, age and gender for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0184-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (11), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12), Knowledge of official languages (5), Age (7), Mother tongue (11)Description: Data on mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home, knowledge of official languages and age for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0185-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (11), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12), First official language spoken (5), Age (7), Mother tongue (11)Description: Data on mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home, first official language spoken and age for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0190-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (11), Marital status (9), Gender (3), Age (13), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12), Mother tongue (11)Description: Data on mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home, age, gender and marital status for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0191-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (11), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (12), Knowledge of official languages (5), Age (7), First official language spoken (5)Description: Data on first official language spoken, language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home, knowledge of official languages and age for the population excluding institutional residents.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0192-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (331), Gender (3), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5)Description: Data on first official language spoken, language spoken most often at home, age and gender for the population excluding institutional residents for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0193-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (331), Gender (3), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5)Description: Data on first official language spoken, language spoken most often at home, age and gender for the population excluding institutional residents for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.Release date: 2022-08-17
- Table: 98-10-0194-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census tractFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% dataVariable list: Language spoken most often at home (331), Gender (3), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5)Description: Data on first official language spoken, language spoken most often at home, age and gender for the population excluding institutional residents for census metropolitan areas, tracted census agglomerations and census tracts.Release date: 2022-08-17
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- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023017Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in Ontario in 2021, along with certain trends observed since 1991. It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work. In addition, it contains information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. This fact sheet is based on data from the 1991 to 2021 censuses of population, together with the 2011 National Household Survey.Release date: 2023-08-22
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023011Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in Manitoba in 2021, along with certain trends observed since 1991. It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work. In addition, it contains information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. This fact sheet is based on data from the 1991 to 2021 censuses of population, together with the 2011 National Household Survey.Release date: 2023-07-19
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023012Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in Saskatchewan in 2021, along with certain trends observed since 1991. It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work. In addition, it contains information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. This fact sheet is based on data from the 1991 to 2021 censuses of population, together with the 2011 National Household Survey.Release date: 2023-07-19
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023013Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in Alberta in 2021, along with certain trends observed since 1991. It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work. In addition, it contains information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. This fact sheet is based on data from the 1991 to 2021 censuses of population, together with the 2011 National Household Survey.Release date: 2023-07-19
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023014Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in British Columbia in 2021, along with certain trends observed since 1991. It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work. In addition, it contains information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. This fact sheet is based on data from the 1991 to 2021 censuses of population, together with the 2011 National Household Survey.Release date: 2023-07-19
- Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021014Description: This article sketches a portrait of multilingualism at home in 2021. It examines the situations where more than one language is spoken at home in private Canadian households, based on certain household characteristics.Release date: 2023-06-21
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023008Description: This fact sheet gives an overview of the situation of French in Yukon in 2021. First, it provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, who speak French at home or use French at work. Next, it presents information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. Additional data on these topics can be found in the appendix. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the Census of Population. To learn more about census concepts and the historical comparability of data, please refer to the 2021 Census of Population Languages Reference Guide and the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide.Release date: 2023-05-30
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023009Description: This fact sheet gives an overview of the situation of French in the Northwest Territories in 2021. First, it provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, who speak French at home or use French at work. Next, it presents information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. Additional data on these topics can be found in the appendix. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the Census of Population. To learn more about census concepts and the historical comparability of data, please refer to the 2021 Census of Population Languages Reference Guide and the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide.Release date: 2023-05-30
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023010Description: This fact sheet gives an overview of the situation of French in Nunavut in 2021. First, it provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, who speak French at home or use French at work. Next, it presents information on French-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on French spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is French. Additional data on these topics can be found in the appendix. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the Census of Population. To learn more about census concepts and the historical comparability of data, please refer to the 2021 Census of Population Languages Reference Guide and the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide.Release date: 2023-05-30
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023004Description: This technical note discusses the choice of the population of reference (employed persons or persons with recent work experience) for census statistics on language of work. It presents the rationale behind Statistics Canada’s change of approach for the dissemination of 2021 Census data.Release date: 2023-03-21
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- 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).
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