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Figure 1
Proportion of the population with French as mother tongue, language spoken most often at home or first official language spoken, or with the ability to conduct a conversation in French, Canada, 1981 to 2011
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The title of the graph is "Figure 1 Proportion of the population with French as mother tongue, language spoken most often at home or first official language spoken, or with the ability to conduct a conversation in French, Canada, 1981 to 2011".
This is a line chart.
There are in total 7 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 35 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 5 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percentage".
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1981 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Ability to conduct a conversation".
The minimum value is 30.1 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 32.0 occurring in 1986.
The title of series 2 is "Mother tongue".
The minimum value is 21.7 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 25.7 occurring in 1981.
The title of series 3 is "Language spoken most often at home".
The minimum value is 21.0 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 24.6 occurring in 1981.
The title of series 4 is "First official language spoken".
The minimum value is 23.2 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 26.3 occurring in 1981.
The title of series 5 is "Non-native speakers".
The minimum value is 6.1 occurring in 1981.
The maximum value is 8.6 occurring in 2006.
| Year | Ability to conduct a conversation | Mother tongue | Language spoken most often at home | First official language spoken | Non-native speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 31.8 | 25.7 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 6.1 |
| 1986 | 32.0 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 6.9 |
| 1991 | 31.5 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 25.2 | 7.2 |
| 1996 | 31.3 | 23.5 | 22.6 | 24.6 | 7.8 |
| 2001 | 31.0 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 24.1 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 30.7 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 23.6 | 8.6 |
| 2011 | 30.1 | 21.7 | 21.0 | 23.2 | 8.4 |
| Notes: "Non-native speakers" refers to those who can conduct a conversation in French, but who do not have French as their mother tongue. For this figure, multiple responses were distributed equally between the French, English and Other groups. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981 to 2011. |
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