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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: 98-10-0523-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census divisionFrequency: OccasionalUniverse: Employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample dataVariable list: Other language(s) used regularly at work (10), First official language spoken (5), Place of work census division (296), Statistics (3), Language used most often at work (9)Description: Data on language used most often at work by other language(s) used regularly at work, first official language spoken and place of work census division for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households of Canada, provinces and territories and census divisions.Release date: 2023-10-04
- Table: 33-10-0705-01Geography: 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, third quarter of 2023.Release date: 2023-08-28
- Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023015Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the French language in New Brunswick 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-X2023016Description: This fact sheet offers an overview of the situation of the English language in Quebec 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 English, whose first official language spoken is English, whose mother tongue is English, and who speak English at home or use English at work. In addition, it contains information on English-language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, on English spoken among recent and established immigrants, as well as on the mobility and place of birth of individuals whose first official language spoken is English. 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-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
- Table: 15-10-0033-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Data on the language spoken most often at home by the population of Canada and Canada outside Quebec, and of all provinces and territories, for Census years 1971 to 2021.Release date: 2023-07-12
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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: 81-003-X20020046831Geography: Province or territoryDescription: This report examines the lower reading performance of students from French minority language schools in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba. It looks at a number of individual, family and community characteristics of students in French and English school systems.Release date: 2004-03-22
- Articles and reports: 81-003-X20020046833Geography: Province or territoryDescription: This report examines the reading skills 15-year-old immersion and non-immersion students in English-language school systems in the 10 provinces. It uses data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).Release date: 2004-03-22
- 73. Use of English and French at Work, 2001 Census ArchivedArticles and reports: 96F0030X2001011Geography: CanadaDescription:
The 2001 Census has made it possible, for the first time, to establish statistics on languages used at work. The analysis of these statistics aims to evaluate, for allophone immigrants in the labour market across the country, the use of English, French and non-official languages. Particular attention is paid to allophone immigrant workers and to anglophone and francophone workers in the province of Quebec, in order to establish whether English or French predominates on the job. The use of languages other than English or French by allophones in the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver is also discussed. In addition, analysis will cover the use of French at work by francophones living outside Quebec. The use of French at work by persons employed in the area referred to as the "Communauté urbaine de Montréal" (i.e., the Montréal area) is compared with the use of French at home by persons residing in that same area.
This series includes a number of comprehensive articles that supplement the day-of-release information launched through The Daily. These catalogued articles provide an analytical perspective on the 2001 Census release topics. The number and length of these articles vary for each census release and are based on the 21 census release topics disseminated over 8 major release dates.
More focused articles were disseminated as major releases in The Dailyin the weeks following the official release of the data. Other more specialized articles were also announced in The Daily. The articles in the 2001 Census Analysis Series are available free of charge via the Internet.
Release date: 2003-02-11 - Articles and reports: 96F0030X2001005Geography: CanadaDescription:
This theme deals with Canadians'mother tongue and language spoken at home, as well as with their knowledge of English and French. Data from the 2001 Census show, despite an increasingly multilingual Canadian society, that linguistic duality persists. In addition, the theme covers the evolution of English-French bilingualism in the country, and does this for each of the groups that have either English, French or some language other than English or French, as their mother tongue. All of the analyses are done at the province' territory level; some of them are also done at the level of the census metropolitan area.
This series includes a number of comprehensive articles that supplement the day-of-release information launched through The Daily. These catalogued articles provide an analytical perspective on the 2001 Census release topics. The number and length of these articles vary for each census release and are based on the 21 census release topics disseminated over 8 major release dates.
More focused articles were disseminated as major releases in The Dailyin the weeks following the official release of the data. Other more specialized articles were also announced in The Daily. The articles in the 2001 Census Analysis Series are available free of charge via the Internet.
Release date: 2002-12-10 - 75. Study on Communications in Both Official Languages Between Québec Regional Offices, Headquarters and Central Agencies ArchivedJournals and periodicals: 12F0089XGeography: Province or territoryDescription:
This special study, conducted on behalf of Treasury Board Secretariat, was designed to collect information on the use of both official languages at work in the bilingual regions of Québec. The 2,100 federal employees contacted for the study were asked about their communications with their headquarters, and with central agencies. Communications through various media, such as telephone, e-mail and fax, were examined, as well as draft documents and participation in meetings.
Release date: 2001-08-10
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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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