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Nationally, 43.4% of francophones reported that they were bilingual, compared with 9.0% of anglophones. Within Quebec, the growth in the bilingualism rate from 1996 to 2001 was even greater than in the previous five-year period. In 2001, two out of every five individuals (40.8%) reported that they were bilingual, compared with 37.8% in 1996 and 35.4% in 1991.
Outside Quebec , however, the rate remained almost unchanged at 10.3% in 2001 compared with 10.2% in 1996. The bilingualism rate increased in every province except Manitoba and Saskatchewan. However, in almost every case, the rate of increase was slower than or equal to the gain between 1991 and 1996. The decline in Manitoba and Saskatchewan was related to the decrease in their francophone populations. In New Brunswick, 34.2% of the population reported that they were bilingual in 2001, compared with 32.6% in 1996 and 29.5% in 1991. Ontario 's rate edged up from 11.6% to 11.7%. In Prince Edward Island, it rose a full percentage point, from 11.0% to 12.0%.
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin. The Daily for December 10, 2002, marked the public release of this census variable. Highlight tables allowing users to perform simple rank and sort functions with the data at various levels of geography are available for this variable here: Language Composition of Canada: Highlight Tables. Technical notes for this variable can be found at 2001 Census Technical Reports and User Guides.
The text was adapted from Statistics Canada, Profile of languages in Canada: English, French and many others, Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001005. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from the Statistic Canada’s Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at: www.statcan.ca/ , and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136. Please read the following Data and Mapping Notes for information on how the map was derived. |
