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Statistics on Official Languages in Ontario

Demolinguistic data

Total population

11,410,046

%

Population with French as mother tongue

509,264

4.5

Population with English as mother tongue

8,041,997

70.5

Population speaking both official languages

1,319,715

11.6

Population speaking neither English nor French

226,370

2.0

Source: Statistics Canada - 2001 Census


Educational data

Population
in majority-language schools

1,966,912

%

French as a second-language enrollment

1,134,067

57.7

In French immersion

183,729

16.2

Population in minority-language schools

90,735

 

Source: AR 2002-2003, Heritage Canada
Estimated enrolment for 2002-2003.


Data on official languages, federal level

Total number
All federal public service employees

163,287

%

Bilingual positions in the federal public service

61,896

37.9

All federal public service employees in province  (excluding NCR)

20,366

12.5

Bilingual federal public service positions in Ontario

1,998

9.8

Francophone federal public service employees in Ontario  (excluding NCR)

1,039

5.1

All federal public service employees in province in the NCR

67,008

41.0

Bilingual federal public service positions in the NCR

42,281

63.1

Francophone federal public service employees in the NCR

27,458

41.0

Source: Treasury Board - Official Languages Information System, March 2003