Table 3.5p
Percentage of adults belonging to the official-language minority who read books by the language used, provinces and Canada less Quebec, 2006

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Provinces Language used when reading books
Total English only Much more English than French English and French equally Much more French than English French only Other1
% CV % CV % CV % CV % CV % CV % CV
Newfoundland and Labrador 100 0.0 40 9.6 27 13.6 18 14.7 8E 24.6 6E 19.3 x x
Prince Edward Island 100 0.0 53 6.3 26 12.9 15 16.2 5E 31.2 x x x x
Nova Scotia 100 0.0 51 7.1 24 11.4 14E 19.1 F F F F x x
New Brunswick 100 0.0 17 6.1 18 6.4 22 5.9 16 7.4 26 5.6 1E 28.3
Quebec 100 0.0 62 1.5 16 5.0 9 5.9 3 9.3 4 9.5 5 11.1
Ontario 100 0.0 33 3.6 26 4.7 21 4.8 9 7.5 8 7.0 3E 26.5
Manitoba 100 0.0 46 7.4 31 9.8 14 14.9 3E 22.3 2E 27.4 4E 31.2
Saskatchewan 100 0.0 53 6.0 23 10.3 10E 18.4 3E 24.4 2E 31.0 9E 28.9
Alberta 100 0.0 48 6.1 29 9.4 15 14.9 3E 20.4 F F 3E 32.2
British Columbia 100 0.0 49 6.4 27 9.3 14 13.2 5E 26.8 F F F F
Territories 100 0.0 39E 16.7 28E 21.0 15E 24.6 13E 31.5 5E 32.6 0 0.0
Canada less Quebec 100 0.0 34 2.3 25 3.1 20 3.4 9 5.1 10 4.4 3 15.7
1. Includes unknown responses (for example, "don't know" and "refusal") as well as responses mentionning only a language other than English or French.
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.