Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Sanikiluaq, Hamlet (CSD) - Nunavut

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

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

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	885	100	810	100
English	830	93.8	625	77.2
French	0	0.0	0	0.0
English and French	10	1.1	5	0.6
Neither English nor French	40	4.5	180	22.2

Mother tongue³, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	880	100	815	100
English	70	8.0	25	3.1
French	0	0.0	0	0.0
Other languages	815	92.6	780	95.7
Aboriginal languages	810	92.0	780	95.7
Immigrant languages	0	0.0	5	0.6

Language spoken at home⁴, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language	Only⁵	Mostly⁶	Equally⁷	Regularly⁸	Total
2016
English	30	100	0	495	630
French	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	255	495	0	100	845
Aboriginal languages	255	495	5	100	850
Immigrant languages	0	0	0	0	0
2011
English	35	30	0	150	210
French	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	600	145	5	30	775
Aboriginal languages	595	150	0	30	775
Immigrant languages	0	0	0	0	0

Language of work

English used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

English used at work	2016
English used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	270	93.1
Only	45	15.5
Mostly	70	24.1
Equally with another language	0	0.0
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	150	51.7
No mention	25	8.6
Total population⁹	290	100

French used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

French used at work	2016
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	290	100.0
Total population⁹	290	100

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

Languages other than English or French used at work	2016
Languages other than English or French used at work	Number	Percent
All instances	245	84.5
Only	25	8.6
Mostly	150	51.7
Equally with another language	10	3.4
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	70	24.1
No mention	40	13.8
Total population⁹	290	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

Sanikiluaq, Hamlet (CSD) - Nunavut

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue³, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

French used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

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

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Sanikiluaq, Hamlet (CSD) - Nunavut

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

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

Knowledge of official languages, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue3, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home4, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

French used at work, Sanikiluaq, 2016

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

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Mother tongue³, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home⁴, Sanikiluaq, 2011 and 2016