Table 3.5j
Percentage of adults belonging to the official-language minority by the language used when filling in written forms, provinces and Canada less Quebec, 2006

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Provinces Language used when filling in written forms
Total English only Much more English
than French
English and French equally Much more French
than English
French only Unknown
% CV % CV % CV % CV % CV % CV % CV
Newfoundland and Labrador 100 0.0 60 5.4 19 12.7 12E 18.5 6E 23.7 3E 23.3 x x
Prince Edward Island 100 0.0 56 5.2 27 10.3 11E 17.3 4E 26.2 2E 30.5 x x
Nova Scotia 100 0.0 64 4.2 21 10.2 9E 18.6 1E 30.5 F F x x
New Brunswick 100 0.0 16 4.9 15 5.5 16 6.3 15 6.5 35 3.9 3 16.2
Quebec 100 0.0 46 2.0 20 4.0 15 4.4 8 6.1 8 5.6 3 15.1
Ontario 100 0.0 43 2.5 23 4.4 14 5.4 8 5.7 10 7.0 2E 16.8
Manitoba 100 0.0 56 4.8 21 10.2 13 15.0 4 15.4 4E 25.5 2E 28.5
Saskatchewan 100 0.0 67 4.0 16 11.4 5E 20.6 2E 30.0 1E 28.9 8E 26.9
Alberta 100 0.0 70 3.4 18 10.6 7E 21.7 1E 32.3 F F F F
British Columbia 100 0.0 70 3.5 19 10.8 5E 24.4 3E 29.7 x x F F
Territories 100 0.0 52 11.6 18E 21.0 16E 28.6 x x x x x x
Canada less Quebec 100 0.0 43 1.6 20 3.1 13 3.8 8 4.0 13 3.7 2 9.4
CV: coefficient of variation
Note: A method to determine whether two estimates are significantly different can be found in Appendix A of this document.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities, 2006.