Table 3.6
Distribution of English, French and other languages, by three linguistic characteristics and three projection scenarios, census metropolitan area of Ottawa–Gatineau, 2011 and 2036

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Table 3.6
Distribution of English, French and non-official language populations, by three linguistic characteristics and three projection scenarios, census metropolitan area of Ottawa–Gatineau, 2011 and 2036
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of English Characteristic, Region, 2011 (adjusted), 2036 (projected), Reference, Low immigration and High immigration, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Characteristic Region 2011 (adjusted) 2036 (projected)
Reference Low immigration High immigration
percent
English Mother tongue Ottawa 93.3 90.8 90.8 90.8
Gatineau 6.7 9.2 9.2 9.2
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Main home language Ottawa 93.5 91.6 91.5 91.6
Gatineau 6.5 8.4 8.5 8.4
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
First official language spoken Ottawa 93.4 91.2 91.0 91.2
Gatineau 6.6 8.8 9.0 8.8
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
French Mother tongue Ottawa 37.6 33.9 33.3 34.1
Gatineau 62.4 66.1 66.7 65.9
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Main home language Ottawa 31.5 29.8 28.9 30.1
Gatineau 68.5 70.2 71.1 69.9
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
First official language spoken Ottawa 38.5 35.9 34.9 36.4
Gatineau 61.5 64.1 65.1 63.6
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Other Mother tongue Ottawa 88.1 82.4 82.1 82.4
Gatineau 11.9 17.6 17.9 17.6
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Main home language Ottawa 87.7 86.2 85.6 86.3
Gatineau 12.3 13.8 14.4 13.7
Census metropolitan area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note: The population counts for 2011 have been adjusted for net undercoverage.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey and Demosim, 2016.
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