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Table 8
Number of people 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, and percentage growth of population, Canada, 1981 to 2011
Description
This table displays the results of table 8 number of people with french as mother tongue. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), total population of canada and french, calculated using mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, ability to conduct a conversation and first official language spoken units of measure (appearing as column headers).
| Year | Total population of Canada | French | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother tongue | Language spoken most often at home | Ability to conduct a conversation | First official language spoken | ||
| 1981 | 24,083,500 | 6,177,795 | 5,919,855 | 7,669,205 | 6,338,870 |
| 1991 | 26,994,045 | 6,562,065 | 6,288,430 | 8,508,955 | 6,813,215 |
| 2001 | 29,639,030 | 6,782,295 | 6,531,375 | 9,178,095 | 7,136,990 |
| 2006 | 31,241,030 | 6,892,230 | 6,690,125 | 9,590,700 | 7,370,350 |
| 2011 | 33,121,175 | 7,172,565 | 6,963,760 | 9,960,590 | 7,691,705 |
| Percentage growth of population between 1981 and 2011 | 37.5 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 29.9 | 21.3 |
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Note: Except for the total population numbers, multiple responses that included French were distributed equally among the French, English and Other groups. Only the French group's numbers are shown in this table. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981 to 2011. |
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