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Linguistic characteristics and language use of other health care professionals, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006

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Linguistic characteristics and language use of other health care professionals, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006: Part 1
  Official-language minority population by place of residence Other health care professionals by place of work
Total of other health care professionals Minority official language
First official language spoken Language used most often at work Language used regularly at work Language used at least regularly at work Knowledge of the minority official language
  number
East 39,300 32,600 905 295 635 930 3,140
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,935 9,225 30 10 70 80 360
Prince Edward Island 5,135 2,890 95 40 65 105 350
Nova Scotia 32,230 20,485 780 245 505 750 2,420
New Brunswick 235,130 15,940 5,945 5,465 1,625 7,090 8,095
North 127,130 4,230 3,395 3,470 370 3,840 3,845
South-East 78,515 3,995 2,070 1,780 705 2,485 2,665
Rest of New Brunswick 29,485 7,710 490 215 550 765 1,585
Quebec 994,720 167,940 16,635 19,630 39,900 59,530 83,135
East 16,430 8,595 220 140 1,280 1,420 2,260
Estrie and South 51,210 12,880 755 815 4,120 4,935 6,400
Montréal 800,600 83,260 14,240 17,260 26,025 43,285 52,350
West 64,075 8,385 540 645 3,270 3,915 4,745
Québec and surrounding area 17,375 32,355 235 275 2,420 2,695 9,950
Rest of Quebec 45,030 22,460 640 495 2,785 3,280 7,425
Ontario 537,585 225,410 11,215 4,550 9,660 14,210 30,065
North-East 123,520 10,400 2,410 1,015 2,210 3,225 3,795
Ottawa 135,220 18,035 4,050 2,045 4,160 6,205 7,865
South-East 77,435 3,160 1,320 1,110 765 1,875 2,015
Toronto 46,710 53,375 775 100 655 755 5,065
Rest of Ontario 154,700 140,430 2,665 280 1,880 2,160 11,335
West 182,490 197,850 3,940 695 2,100 2,795 15,725
Manitoba 43,120 27,440 1,130 460 665 1,125 2,740
Saskatchewan 14,850 22,455 255 55 130 185 1,165
Alberta 62,785 68,250 1,290 120 745 865 5,390
British Columbia 61,735 79,705 1,265 60 560 620 6,430
Territories 2,615 1,410 50 10 55 65 195
Yukon 1,180 520 30 10 20 30 75
Northwest Territories 1,010 655 10 0 20 20 70
Nunavut 425 235 10 0 15 15 50
Canada less Quebec 997,120 473,210 22,055 11,010 14,080 25,090 57,220
Linguistic characteristics and language use of other health care professionals, regions, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 2006: Part 2
  Minority official language
Official- language minority population by place of residence Other health care professionals by place of work
First official language spoken Language used most often at work Language used regularly at work Language used at least regularly at work Knowledge of the minority official language
  percentage difference percentage difference percentage difference percentage difference
East 2.6 2.8   0.9 H2,H3 1.9 2.9 H5 9.6 H6,H7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.4 0.3   0.1   0.8 0.9 H5 3.9 H7
Prince Edward Island 3.8 3.3   1.4 H3 2.2 3.6 H5 12.1 H6,H7
Nova Scotia 3.6 3.8   1.2 H2,H3 2.5 3.7 H5 11.8 H6,H7
New Brunswick 32.7 37.3 H1 34.3 H2 10.2 44.5 H4,H5 50.8 H6,H7
North 77.4 80.3   82.0   8.7 90.8 H4,H5 90.9  
South-East 48.7 51.8   44.6   17.6 62.2 H4,H5 66.7 H7
Rest of New Brunswick 7.5 6.4   2.8 H2,H3 7.1 9.9 H4,H5 20.6 H6,H7
Quebec 13.4 9.9 H1 11.7 H2,H3 23.8 35.4 H4,H5 49.5 H6,H7
East 4.3 2.6 H1 1.6 H3 14.9 16.5 H4,H5 26.3 H6,H7
Estrie and South 8.7 5.9 H1 6.3 H3 32.0 38.3 H4,H5 49.7 H6,H7
Montréal 22.3 17.1 H1 20.7 H2,H3 31.3 52.0 H4,H5 62.9 H6,H7
West 13.3 6.4 H1 7.7 H3 39.0 46.7 H4,H5 56.6 H6,H7
Québec and surrounding area 1.3 0.7 H1 0.8   7.5 8.3 H4,H5 30.8 H6,H7
Rest of Quebec 4.1 2.8 H1 2.2 H3 12.4 14.6 H4,H5 33.1 H6,H7
Ontario 4.5 5.0 H1 2.0 H2,H3 4.3 6.3 H4,H5 13.3 H6,H7
North-East 25.1 23.2   9.8 H2,H3 21.3 31.0 H4,H5 36.5 H6,H7
Ottawa 16.9 22.5 H1 11.3 H2,H3 23.1 34.4 H4,H5 43.6 H6,H7
South-East 41.3 41.8   35.1 H3 24.2 59.3 H4,H5 63.8 H6
Toronto 1.9 1.5 H1 0.2 H2,H3 1.2 1.4 H5 9.5 H6,H7
Rest of Ontario 1.9 1.9   0.2 H2,H3 1.3 1.5 H4,H5 8.1 H6,H7
West 1.9 2.0   0.4 H2,H3 1.1 1.4 H4,H5 7.9 H6,H7
Manitoba 3.8 4.1   1.7 H2,H3 2.4 4.1 H5 10.0 H6,H7
Saskatchewan 1.6 1.1 H1 0.2 H2,H3 0.6 0.8 H5 5.2 H6,H7
Alberta 1.9 1.9   0.2 H2,H3 1.1 1.3 H4,H5 7.9 H6,H7
British Columbia 1.5 1.6   0.1 H2,H3 0.7 0.8 H4,H5 8.1 H6,H7
Territories 2.6 3.5   0.7   3.9 4.6 H5 13.8 H6,H7
Yukon 3.9 5.8   1.9   3.8 5.8   14.4  
Northwest Territories 2.5 1.5   0.0   3.1 3.1   10.7  
Nunavut 1.4 4.3   0.0   6.4 6.4   21.3  
Canada less Quebec 4.2 4.7 H1 2.3 H2,H3 3.0 5.3 H4,H5 12.1 H6,H7
H1
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals having the minority language as their first official-language and the minority-language population
H2
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals using the minority language most often at work and those who have the minority language as first official language
H3
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals using the minority language most often at work and the minority-language population
H4
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals using the minority language at least regularly at work and those who have the minority language as first official language
H5
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals using the minority language at least regularly at work and the minority-language population
H6
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals with knowledge of the minority language and those who use the minority language most often at work
H7
significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between the proportion of other health care professionals with knowledge of the minority language and those who use the minority language at least regularly at work
Note(s):
All numbers were randomly rounded to multiples of 5. Numbers between 1 and 9 were randomly rounded to 0 or 10. Please refer to the methodological note in the appendix regarding explanations about calculating statistical tests. Please refer to the appendix for the descriptive list of regions and their census divisions.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 20% sample, 2006.
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