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Table A.2.3
Proportion of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24)
1 with non-official home language, Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 20062

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  1996 2001 2006
percentage
Canada 7 8 9
CMA 10 10 11
Non-CMA 3 3 4
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1 1
St. John's 1 <1 1
Non-CMA 1 1 1
Prince Edward Island <1 <1 1
Nova Scotia 1 2 2
Halifax 2 2 3
Non-CMA 1 1 1
New Brunswick <1 1 1
Moncton <1 <1 <1
Saint John <1 1 3
Non-CMA 1 1 1
Quebec 5 5 6
Montréal 9 9 10
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 3 3 4
Québec 1 1 2
Saguenay <1 <1 <1
Sherbrooke 2 2 3
Trois-Rivières <1 <1 1
Non-CMA 2 2 3
Ontario 10 10 11
Barrie 1 2 2
Brantford 2 2 3
Greater Sudbury 1 1 1
Guelph 5 6 6
Hamilton 7 8 8
Kingston 2 3 3
Kitchener 8 9 10
London 6 6 7
Oshawa 2 2 2
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 8 9 9
Peterborough 1 1 2
St. Catharines - Niagara 3 3 5
Thunder Bay 2 1 1
Toronto 18 19 20
Windsor 7 10 9
Non-CMA 2 2 3
Manitoba 8 7 9
Winnipeg 6 5 7
Non-CMA 10 9 12
Saskatchewan 4 4 5
Regina 2 2 3
Saskatoon 3 2 3
Non-CMA 5 5 7
Alberta 6 6 7
Calgary 8 8 10
Edmonton 6 6 7
Non-CMA 5 5 6
British Columbia 11 12 14
Abbotsford 7 10 13
Kelowna 2 2 3
Vancouver 20 22 22
Victoria 4 4 5
Non-CMA 2 2 3
Yukon 2 1 2
Northwest Territories3 9 6 6
Nunavut3 65 61 57
1. The total population includes non-permanent residents.
2. 2006 Census geography boundaries have been applied to 2006, as well as to 2001 and 1996 Census data presented in this table. This has resulted in changes to the list of CMAs and some changes from the data presented in PCEIP 2007.
3. Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. To assist historical comparisons, 2006 Census boundaries for Nunavut and Northwest Territories have been applied to 2006, as well as to 2001 and 1996 Census data presented in this table.
Data source: 1996, 2001 and 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
Table source:
Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.