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Linguistic characteristics and language use of psychologists and social workers, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006

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Linguistic characteristics and language use of psychologists and social workers, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006: Part 1
  Official-language minority population by place of residence Psychologists and social workers by place of work
Total of psychologists and social workers Minority official language
First official language spoken Language used most often at work Language used regularly at work Language used at least regularly at work Knowledge of the minority official language
  number
East 39,300 2,980 85 15 65 80 370
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,935 1,120 10 0 0 0 75
Prince Edward Island 5,135 165 10 0 10 10 45
Nova Scotia 32,230 1,695 80 15 60 75 255
New Brunswick 235,130 1,620 835 670 245 915 975
North 127,130 425 410 410 0 410 415
South-East 78,515 395 320 225 130 355 365
Rest of New Brunswick 29,485 800 100 35 120 155 205
Quebec 994,720 18,230 1,950 2,065 3,300 5,365 10,125
East 16,430 845 40 20 85 105 295
Estrie and South 51,210 1,195 45 55 220 275 635
Montréal 800,600 9,330 1,625 1,760 2,345 4,105 6,340
West 64,075 1,115 60 80 335 415 660
Québec and surrounding area 17,375 3,860 70 50 145 195 1,405
Rest of Quebec 45,030 1,880 115 100 170 270 780
Ontario 537,585 25,360 1,510 710 1,375 2,085 4,720
North-East 123,520 1,330 375 160 305 465 595
Ottawa 135,220 2,395 540 285 540 825 1,175
South-East 77,435 420 215 165 140 305 305
Toronto 46,710 7,235 175 65 210 275 1,085
Rest of Ontario 154,700 13,985 205 40 175 215 1,555
West 182,490 18,630 310 65 225 290 1,685
Manitoba 43,120 2,630 70 20 55 75 265
Saskatchewan 14,850 2,110 15 10 10 20 130
Alberta 62,785 6,600 115 20 60 80 510
British Columbia 61,735 7,290 110 20 100 120 780
Territories 2,615 295 15 0 0 0 55
Yukon 1,180 115 0 0 0 0 20
Northwest Territories 1,010 105 15 0 0 0 25
Nunavut 425 75 0 0 0 0 10
Canada less Quebec 997,120 48,885 2,755 1,460 1,915 3,375 7,805
Linguistic characteristics and language use of psychologists and social workers, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006: Part 2
  Minority official language
Official- language minority population by place of residence Psychologists and social workers by place of work
First official language spoken Language used most often at work Language used regularly at work Language used at least regularly at work Knowledge of the minority official language
  percentage difference percentage difference percentage difference percentage difference
East 2.6 2.9   0.5 H2,H3 2.2 2.7 H5 12.4 H6,H7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.4 0.9   0.0   0.0 0.0 H5 6.7 H7
Prince Edward Island 3.8 6.1   0.0   6.1 6.1   27.3  
Nova Scotia 3.6 4.7   0.9 H2,H3 3.5 4.4 H5 15.0 H6,H7
New Brunswick 32.7 51.5 H1 41.4 H2,H3 15.1 56.5 H4,H5 60.2 H6
North 77.4 96.5   96.5   0.0 96.5 H5 97.6  
South-East 48.7 81.0   57.0   32.9 89.9   92.4  
Rest of New Brunswick 7.5 12.5   4.4   15.0 19.4 H4,H5 25.6 H6
Quebec 13.4 10.7 H1 11.3 H3 18.1 29.4 H4,H5 55.5 H6,H7
East 4.3 4.7   2.4   10.1 12.4 H5 34.9 H6,H7
Estrie and South 8.7 3.8 H1 4.6 H3 18.4 23.0 H4,H5 53.1 H6,H7
Montréal 22.3 17.4 H1 18.9   25.1 44.0 H4,H5 68.0 H6,H7
West 13.3 5.4 H1 7.2 H3 30.0 37.2 H4,H5 59.2 H6,H7
Québec and surrounding area 1.3 1.8   1.3   3.8 5.1 H4,H5 36.4 H6,H7
Rest of Quebec 4.1 6.1   5.3   9.0 14.4 H4,H5 41.5 H6,H7
Ontario 4.5 6.0 H1 2.8 H2,H3 5.4 8.2 H4,H5 18.6 H6,H7
North-East 25.1 28.2   12.0 H2,H3 22.9 35.0 H5 44.7 H6
Ottawa 16.9 22.5   11.9 H2,H3 22.5 34.4 H4,H5 49.1 H6,H7
South-East 41.3 51.2   39.3   33.3 72.6 H5 72.6 H6
Toronto 1.9 2.4   0.9 H2,H3 2.9 3.8 H5 15.0 H6,H7
Rest of Ontario 1.9 1.5   0.3 H2,H3 1.3 1.5 H5 11.1 H6,H7
West 1.9 1.7   0.3 H2,H3 1.2 1.6 H5 9.0 H6,H7
Manitoba 3.8 2.7   0.8 H2,H3 2.1 2.9 H5 10.1 H6,H7
Saskatchewan 1.6 0.7   0.5   0.5 0.9 H5 6.2 H7
Alberta 1.9 1.7   0.3 H2,H3 0.9 1.2 H5 7.7 H6,H7
British Columbia 1.5 1.5   0.3 H2,H3 1.4 1.6 H5 10.7 H6,H7
Territories 2.6 5.1   0.0   0.0 0.0 H5 18.6  
Yukon 3.9 0.0   0.0   0.0 0.0   17.4  
Northwest Territories 2.5 14.3   0.0   0.0 0.0   23.8  
Nunavut 1.4 0.0   0.0   0.0 0.0   13.3  
Canada less Quebec 4.2 5.6 H1 3.0 H2,H3 3.9 6.9 H4,H5 16.0 H6,H7
H1
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers having the minority language as their first official-language and the minority-language population
H2
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers using the minority language most often at work and those who have the minority language as first official language
H3
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers using most often the minority language at work and the minority-language population
H4
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers using the minority language at least regularly at work and those who have the minority language as first official language
H5
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers using the minority language at least regularly at work and the minority-language population
H6
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers with knowledge of the minority language and those who use the minority language most often at work
H7
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of psychologists and social workers with knowledge of the minority language and those who use the minority language at least regularly at work
Note(s):
All numbers were randomly rounded to multiples of 5. Numbers between 1 and 9 were randomly rounded to 0 or 10. Please refer to the methodological note in the appendix regarding explanations about calculating statistical tests. Please refer to the appendix for the descriptive list of regions and their census divisions.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 20% sample, 2006.
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