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  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2024003
    Description: 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-X2024014
    Description: 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: 98-26-0008
    Description: 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-X2024001
    Description: 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: 15-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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

  • Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021018
    Description: This article offers an initial in-depth analysis of participation in French immersion programs in Canada outside Quebec, based on 2021 Census data. This analysis examines factors that may be related to availability of French immersion programs and choosing of these programs. In addition, it looks at the possible links between schooling in a French immersion program and English–French bilingualism as well as the use of French at home or at work in adulthood.
    Release date: 2024-02-28

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100003
    Description: This study examines enrolment in French-language elementary schools in the Maritime provinces—i.e., New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—according to the distance between children’s homes and French- and English-language schools. The study is based on data from the 2021 Census of Population and on data from the 2022 Open Database on Educational Facilities.
    Release date: 2024-02-14

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100002
    Description: Using 2021 Census data, this article examines the link between working from home and the languages used at work. It focuses on three Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) of Moncton, Montréal and Ottawa–Gatineau—three regions where both English and French are used widely at work.
    Release date: 2024-01-31

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202334537428
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-12-11

  • Table: 98-10-0363-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2020, in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Other language(s) used regularly at work (10), Language spoken most often at home (9), Place of work census division (296), Language used most often at work (9)
    Description: Data on language used most often at work by other language(s) used regularly at work, language spoken most often at home and place of work census division for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2020, in private households of Canada, provinces and territories and census divisions.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
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  • Table: 98-10-0196-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable 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, territories and economic regions.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0197-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Federal electoral district
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable 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 and federal electoral districts.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0200-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Language spoken most often at home (331), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (332), Age (15A)
    Description: Data on language spoken most often at home, other language(s) spoken regularly at home and age for the population excluding institutional residents for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0201-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: All languages spoken at home (538), Mother tongue (11), Age (7), Single and multiple responses of language spoken at home (3)
    Description: Data on language spoken at home by single and multiple responses of language spoken at home, mother tongue and age for the population excluding institutional residents for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0212-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Children under 18 years of age in couple families in private households, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Child - Mother tongue (11), Other married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (11), Married spouse or common-law partner - Language spoken most often at home (11), Language spoken most often at home - Child (11), Language spoken most often at home - Other married spouse or common-law partner (11), Age of child (2), Married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (11)
    Description: Data on mother tongue of married spouse or common-law partner by mother tongue of child, mother tongue of other married spouse or common-law partner, language spoken most often at home by married spouse or common-law partner, language spoken most often at home by child, language spoken most often at home by other married spouse or common-law partner and age of child for children under 18 years of age in couple families in private households.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0213-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Children under 18 years of age in different-gender couple families in private households, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Child - Mother tongue (11), Man married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (11), Language spoken most often at home - Child (11), Other language(s) spoken regularly at home by child (12), Age of child (5), Woman married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (11)
    Description: Data on mother tongue of woman married spouse or common-law partner by mother tongue of child, mother tongue of man married spouse or common-law partner, language spoken most often at home by child, other language spoken regularly at home by child and age of child for children under 18 years of age in different-gender couple families in private households.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0226-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2011 to 2021 censuses — 100% data
    Variable list: Language spoken most often at home (8), Age (13B), Statistics (6A)
    Description: Data on language spoken most often at home by age for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0227-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Language spoken most often at home (8), Age (13B), Statistics (2)
    Description: Data on language spoken most often at home by age for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0228-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Language spoken most often at home (8), Age (13B), Statistics (2)
    Description: Data on language spoken most often at home by age for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions.
    Release date: 2022-08-17

  • Table: 98-10-0229-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: All persons, excluding institutional residents, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Language spoken most often at home (8), Age (13B), Statistics (2)
    Description:

    Data on language spoken most often at home by age for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more.

    Release date: 2022-08-17
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  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2021005
    Description:

    This booklet presents information on the population of healthcare workers who can speak or use English in Quebec and French in the rest of Canada. The selected indicators include rates of knowledge and use of the minority language at work as well as healthcare workers' geographic distribution, aging, immigration, interprovincial mobility and education characteristics. Data are taken from the Census of Population (2001, 2006 and 2016), National Household Survey (2011) and in some cases the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP).

    Release date: 2021-05-10

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019014
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in Manitoba. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who has French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-12-10

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019015
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in Saskatchewan. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who has French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-12-10

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019016
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in Alberta. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who have French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-12-10

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019017
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in British Columbia. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who have French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-12-10

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019011
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in Quebec. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who have English as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking English well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-10-16

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019012
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in Ontario. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population who has French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-10-16

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019013
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the prevailing language trends observed between 2001 and 2016 in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. To this end, the document provides census-based information on the population that has French as their first official language spoken, mother tongue, language spoken at home or language used at work as well as on the population who reported speaking French well enough to conduct a conversation.

    Release date: 2019-10-16

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X201919020650
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-07-09

  • Articles and reports: 89-657-X2019010
    Description:

    The main objective of this report is to provide a statistical overview of the recent situation of Inuktitut in Nunavut and of its speakers, based on 2016 Census data, by showing how the use of the language at home and at work has changed since 2001.

    This report also aims to provide information to various stakeholders who work to support the protection, promotion and revitalization of Inuktut in communities and among population segments, where its use is more limited or is declining over time.

    Release date: 2019-07-09
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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-26-0008
    Description: 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: 98-20-00032021018
    Description: 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: 98-20-00032021026
    Description: 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-X2021017
    Description: 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: 98-20-00032021027
    Description: 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: 98-20-00012022001
    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: 98-501-X2016010
    Description:

    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: 5055
    Description: 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: 5134
    Description: 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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