Data tables, 1996 Census
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Population by Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3), Showing Age Groups (15A), for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1991 and 1996 Censuses (20% Sample Data)
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General information
| Catalogue number : | 93F0024XDB96005 |
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| Release date : | December 2, 1997 |
| Topic : | Mother Tongue, Home Language and Official/Non Official Languages (20%) |
| Data dimensions : |
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Special Note:
A few of the census metropolitan areas (CMAs) have different geographic boundaries in 1996 than they had in 1991. In order to facilitate data comparisons, the 1991 CMA data have been adjusted to approximate as closely as possible the 1996 CMA boundaries.
Data table
| Knowledge of Official Languages (5) | Age Groups(15A) | ||||||||||||||
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| Total - Age Groups | 0-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | 65 and over | |
| Total - Knowledge of Official Languages | 28,528,125 | 1,917,425 | 1,989,800 | 1,991,975 | 1,956,115 | 1,892,910 | 2,022,790 | 2,458,525 | 2,534,450 | 2,308,580 | 2,087,185 | 1,610,785 | 1,295,045 | 1,182,770 | 3,279,770 |
| English only | 19,134,245 | 1,379,740 | 1,416,725 | 1,304,385 | 1,194,885 | 1,229,355 | 1,370,835 | 1,670,310 | 1,707,965 | 1,542,245 | 1,387,075 | 1,045,920 | 856,125 | 780,930 | 2,247,755 |
| French only | 4,079,085 | 385,035 | 387,155 | 352,370 | 279,945 | 198,610 | 207,625 | 290,835 | 333,865 | 307,850 | 271,390 | 232,160 | 188,610 | 176,930 | 466,695 |
| Both English and French | 4,841,320 | 64,970 | 172,025 | 329,775 | 476,635 | 456,070 | 431,115 | 478,790 | 471,065 | 434,025 | 403,280 | 307,425 | 216,055 | 181,140 | 418,955 |
| Neither English nor French | 473,475 | 87,690 | 13,895 | 5,450 | 4,645 | 8,875 | 13,220 | 18,590 | 21,555 | 24,460 | 25,435 | 25,280 | 34,260 | 43,770 | 146,355 |
Footnotes
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements
Source: Statistics Canada, 1996 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0024XDB96005.
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