Official-language minorities

While studying this group, multiple factors are taken into consideration, such as (a) Knowledge of Official Languages, (b) Mother Tongue, (c) and Language Spoken Most Often at Home. Needless to say, this data is not collected but derived from existing language questions in the census.

We explore the available data for the two minority groups through a combination of Census, NHS, and SVOLM data. The data can be used to gain a deeper understanding of the current situation of individuals belonging to the two minority groups, on subjects as varied as education in the minority language, access to different services in the minority language (the health care sector in particular), language practices in daily activities both in and outside the home, and matters of linguistic identity.

Below we provide three sources of tables. In general, the census can be used for population counts according to age and sex. The NHS tables cross-tabulate official-minority groups with employment, immigrant status, place of birth, and education. While the SVOLM tables focus on language use across institutions, social networks, and the media.

1. First Official Language Spoken (7) Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232) Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas (Cat. 98-314X2011037).--Census
2. First Official Language Spoken (7) Mother Tongue (8) Knowledge of Official Languages (5) Age Groups (25) and Sex (3) for Canada, Provinces, and Census Metropolitan areas.(Cat. 98-314-X2011045)--Census
3. Mother Tongue (8) First Official Language Spoken (7) Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8) Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) Age Groups (17A) Sex (3) and Marital Status for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas (Cat. 98-314-X2011043)--Census
4. Mother Tongue of Married Spouse or Common-Law Partner (10) Mother Tongue of Child (10) Mother Tongue of Other Married Spouse or Common-Law Partner (10) Language Spoken Most Often at Home by Married Spouse or Common-Law Partner (10) Language Spoken Most Often at home by Child (10) Language Spoken Most Often at Home by Other Married Spouse or Common-Law Partner (10) Age Group of Child (2) for children under 18 for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Metropolitan areas (Cat. 98-314-XCB2011020)--Census
5. First Official Language Spoken (5) Mother Tongue (10) Employment Income Statistics in 2010 (7) Immigrant Status and period of Immigration (9) Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (10) Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Metropolitan areas. (Cat. 99-010-X2011039).-NHS
6. First Official Language Spoken (5) Mother Tongue (8) Language Used Most Often at Work (8) Other Language Used Regularly at Work (9) Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8) and Population by Immigrant Status and Selected Places of Birth (66) for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Metropolitan areas. (Cat. 99-010-X2011042)-NHS
7. First Official Language Spoken (5) Mother Tongue (8) Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8) Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9) Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11) Age Groups (12) and Sex (3) for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Metropolitan areas. (99-010-X2011031)-NHS

 ****See Data Tables - Language Practices****

We use the tables provided in the appendix of the report: Corbeil, J.P., Grenier, C. and Lafrenière, S. (2007) Minorities Speak Up: Results of the Survey on the Vitality of the Official-Language Minorities in lieu of actual data tables.

1. Bouchard-Coulombe, C., Lepage, J.F., and Chavez, B. (2011) Francophones in Saskatchewan
2. Bouchard-Coulombe, C., Lepage, J.F., and Chavez, B. (2012) Francophones in Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. Bouchard-Coulombe, Lepage, J.F., and Chavez, B. (2012) Francophones in Nova Scotia
4. Chavez, B., and Bouchard-Coloumbe, C.(2011) Francophones in British Columbia
5. Chavez, B., Bouchard-Coulombe, C., and Lepage, J.F. (2011) Francophones in Alberta
6. Chavez, B., Lepage, J.F., Bouchard-Coulombe, C. (2012) Francophones in P.E.I.
7. Corbeil, J.P. (2006) The Canadian component of the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS): The situation of Official Language Minorities. International Adult Literacy Survey.
8. Corbeil, J.P. and Lafrenière, S. (2010) Francophones in Ontario
9. Corbeil, J.P., Chavez, B., and Pereira, D. (2010) Anglophones in Quebec
10. Corbeil, J.P., Grenier, C., Lafrenière, S. (2006) Minorities Speak Up: Results of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language minorities. Demography Division, Statistics Canada.
11. Lafrenière, S. (2013) Statistics Canada data sources on Official-Language minorities. Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
12. Lavoie, E., and Houle, R., (2015) Language practices of children in Francophone families living in a minority linguistic environment. Portrait of Official Language Minorities in Canada. Cat. 89-642-x2015012.
13. Lavoie, E., and Houle, R., (2015) Language practices of children in Francophone families living outside Québec. Insights on Canadian Society. (Cat. 75-006-X)
14. Lepage, J.F. (2012) The situation of official-language minorities in the labour market. Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division. 
    
    Portrait of Official-Language Minorities in Canada Series
15. Lepage, J.F., Bouchard-Coulombe, C., and Chavez, B. (2012) Francophones in Manitoba
16. Lepage, J.F., Bouchard-Coulombe, C., and Chavez, B.(2011) Francophones in New Brunswick
17. Lepage, J.F., Chavez, B., and Bouchard-Coulombe, C. (2011) Francophones in Yukon, The Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
18. Statistics Canada (2014) Portrait of Official-Language Minorities in Canada (Video)