Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Harbour Grace, Town (CSD) - Newfoundland and Labrador

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,995	100	3,130	100
English	2,930	97.8	3,040	97.1
French	0	0.0	0	0.0
English and French	70	2.3	90	2.9
Neither English nor French	0	0.0	0	0.0

Mother tongue³, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,995	100	3,130	100
English	2,970	99.2	3,110	99.4
French	5	0.2	10	0.3
Other languages	20	0.7	15	0.5
Aboriginal languages	0	0.0	0	0.0
Immigrant languages	15	0.5	10	0.3

Language spoken at home⁴, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language	Only⁵	Mostly⁶	Equally⁷	Regularly⁸	Total
2016
English	2,975	10	0	5	2,990
French	0	0	0	5	5
Other languages	5	0	5	5	10
Aboriginal languages	0	0	0	0	0
Immigrant languages	5	5	0	5	10
2011
English	3,120	5	0	0	3,125
French	5	0	0	5	10
Other languages	0	0	5	0	0
Aboriginal languages	0	0	0	0	0
Immigrant languages	0	0	0	5	5

Language of work

English used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

English used at work	2016
English used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	1,425	99.7
Only	1,420	99.3
Mostly	0	0.0
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	0	0.0
No mention	0	0.0
Total population⁹	1,430	100

French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

French used at work	2016
French used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	10	0.7
Only	0	0.0
Mostly	0	0.0
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	10	0.7
No mention	1,420	99.3
Total population⁹	1,430	100

Languages other than English or French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work	2016
Languages other than English or French used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	0	0.0
Only	0	0.0
Mostly	0	0.0
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	0	0.0
No mention	1,425	99.7
Total population⁹	1,430	100

Symbols:

···: not applicable
··: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
r: revised
E: use with caution

Note(s):

Footnote 1

The official-language minority population is defined using the variable derived from the first official language spoken (FOLS), i.e., individuals in Quebec whose FOLS is English and individuals in the rest of the country whose FOLS is French.

Footnote 2

English–French bilingualism is defined using the variable “knowledge of official languages.”

Footnote 3

The categories include all individuals who reported a specific language in a single or multiple response.

Footnote 4

The languages spoken most often at home (Part A of the question) and on a regular basis (Part B of the question), as well as multiple responses, are considered.

Footnote 5

The 'Only' category includes persons who reported only this language to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often) and did not report a language to Part B (spoken regularly).

Footnote 6

The 'Mostly' category includes persons who reported this language to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often) and reported at least one other language to Part B (spoken regularly).

Footnote 7

The 'Equally' category includes persons who reported this language and another one to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often).

Footnote 8

The 'Regularly' category includes persons who reported this language only to the Part B of the language spoken at home question (spoken regularly), in addition to another language reported to the Part A (spoken most often).

Footnote 9

In 2006, this population refers to those aged 15 years and over who worked between January 1, 2005 and May 16th, 2006. In 2016, this population refers to those aged 15 years and over who worked since 2015.

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

Date modified:: 2019-06-19

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Harbour Grace, Town (CSD) - Newfoundland and Labrador

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue³, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Harbour Grace, Town (CSD) - Newfoundland and Labrador

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Harbour Grace, 2006 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue3, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home4, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Harbour Grace, 2016

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Mother tongue³, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Harbour Grace, 2011 and 2016