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Statistics on Official Languages in Canada (2001)

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Official languages in Canada

Demolinguistic data by province and territory

Alberta
E: 2,851,958 (97.0%)
F: 58,825 (2.0%)

Ontario
E: 10,531,465 (93.3%)
F: 527,710 (4.7%)

British Columbia
E: 3,707,780 (95.8%)
F: 59,370 (1.5%)

Québec
E: 918,955 (12.9%)
F: 6,149,340 (86.3%)

Prince Edward Island
E: 128,080 (96.0%)
F: 5,275 (4.0%)

Saskatchewan
E: 943,598 (98.0%)
F: 16,550 (1.7%)

Manitoba
E: 1,051,265 (95.2%)
F: 43,380 (3.9%)

Newfoundland and Labrador
E: 505,413 (99.5%)
F: 2,100 (0.4%)

New Brunswick
E: 480,925 (66.8%)
F: 238,450 (33.1%)

Northwest Territories
E: 35,805 (96.5%)
F: 915 (2.5%)

Nova Scotia
E: 862,968 (96.1%)
F: 33,765 (3.8%)

Yukon
E: 27,568 (96.6%)
F: 885 (3.1%)

Nunavut
E: 22,780 (85.4%)
F: 415 (1.6%)

 

Total Population

Demographical group

Number of persons

Canada

30,007,094

English-speaking population (E)

22,068,568 (74.5%)

French-speaking population (F)

7,136,985 (24.1%)

Total population by province and territory

Province or territory

Number of persons

Newfoundland and Labrador

512,930

Prince Edward Island

135,294

Nova Scotia

908,007

New Brunswick

729,498

Québec

7,237,479

Ontario

11,410,046

Manitoba

1,119,583

Saskatchewan

978,933

Alberta

2,974,807

British Columbia

3,907,738

Yukon

28,674

Northwest Territories

37,360

Nunavut

26,745

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census (100% data)