Table 2.4
Population by first official language spoken, Manitoba, 1971 to 2006

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Table 2.4
Population by first official language spoken, Manitoba, 1971 to 2006

Table summary
This table displays the results of population by first official language spoken. This information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers) and by first official language spoken, total, french, english, english and french, neither english nor french, francophone minority (appearing as column headers), calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Year First official language spoken
Total French English English and French Neither English nor French Francophone minority1
number number % number % number % number % number %
1971 988,245 61,105 6.2 904,410 91.5 2,150 0.2 20,585 2.1 62,175 6.3
1981 1,013,705 47,455 4.7 948,315 93.5 3,250 0.3 14,675 1.4 49,085 4.8
1991 1,079,395 46,665 4.3 1,017,500 94.3 2,265 0.2 12,965 1.2 47,800 4.4
1996 1,100,290 45,570 4.1 1,041,230 94.6 2,010 0.2 11,490 1.0 46,570 4.2
2001 1,103,710 42,410 3.8 1,050,310 95.2 1,940 0.2 9,050 0.8 43,380 3.9
2006 1,133,515 42,125 3.7 1,079,240 95.2 1,985 0.2 10,165 0.9 43,120 3.8
1. Total of first official language spoken (FOLS) French and half of first official language spoken English and French.
Note: Due to the random rounding of numbers, some totals may not correspond to the sum of the numbers presented in the table.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971 to 2006.
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