Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Athabasca, Town (CSD) - Alberta

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

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

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,880	100	2,900	100
English	2,670	92.7	2,700	93.1
French	0	0.0	0	0.0
English and French	205	7.1	190	6.6
Neither English nor French	10	0.3	5	0.2

Mother tongue³, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,880	100	2,900	100
English	2,435	84.5	2,490	85.9
French	65	2.3	75	2.6
Other languages	440	15.3	375	12.9
Aboriginal languages	35	1.2	50	1.7
Immigrant languages	405	14.1	320	11.0

Language spoken at home⁴, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language	Only⁵	Mostly⁶	Equally⁷	Regularly⁸	Total
2016
English	2,485	175	95	50	2,810
French	5	5	5	40	55
Other languages	70	45	95	135	345
Aboriginal languages	0	0	5	15	25
Immigrant languages	65	45	90	120	320
2011
English	2,585	160	30	80	2,855
French	5	5	5	40	45
Other languages	40	75	25	135	275
Aboriginal languages	0	0	5	40	45
Immigrant languages	40	75	25	90	225

Language of work

English used at work, Athabasca, 2016

English used at work	2016
English used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	1,740	99.7
Only	1,695	97.1
Mostly	40	2.3
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	10	0.6
No mention	0	0.0
Total population⁹	1,745	100

French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

French used at work	2016
French used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	20	1.1
Only	0	0.0
Mostly	10	0.6
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	10	0.6
No mention	1,720	98.6
Total population⁹	1,745	100

Languages other than English or French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work	2016
Languages other than English or French used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	30	1.7
Only	0	0.0
Mostly	0	0.0
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	25	1.4
No mention	1,715	98.3
Total population⁹	1,745	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

Athabasca, Town (CSD) - Alberta

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue³, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Athabasca, 2016

French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Athabasca, Town (CSD) - Alberta

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue3, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home4, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Athabasca, 2016

French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Athabasca, 2016

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Mother tongue³, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Athabasca, 2011 and 2016