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Table 4
Number of people and proportion of the population reporting French by selected language characteristic, New Brunswick and Ontario, 2006 and 2011
Description
This table displays the results of table 4 number of people and proportion of the population reporting french by selected language characteristic. The information is grouped by language characteristic (appearing as row headers), new brunswick, ontario, 2006 and 2011, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
| Language characteristic | New Brunswick | Ontario | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2011 | 2006 | 2011 | |||||
| number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
| Mother tongue | 237,575 | 33.0 | 240,455 | 32.5 | 532,865 | 4.4 | 561,155 | 4.4 |
| Language spoken at home | 244,105 | 33.9 | 245,405 | 33.2 | 544,035 | 4.5 | 595,925 | 4.7 |
| Most often | 216,120 | 30.0 | 216,455 | 29.3 | 321,550 | 2.7 | 340,295 | 2.7 |
| On a regular basis | 27,985 | 3.9 | 28,950 | 3.9 | 222,485 | 1.8 | 255,630 | 2.0 |
| First official language spoken | 235,130 | 32.7 | 235,695 | 31.9 | 537,595 | 4.5 | 542,390 | 4.3 |
| Ability to conduct a conversation | 313,835 | 43.6 | 312,270 | 42.2 | 1,426,540 | 11.9 | 1,438,785 | 11.3 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2006 and 2011. | ||||||||
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