Table 6
Knowledge of official languages, by visible minority group, Canada, 2006
Visible minority groups | Total | At least one official language | English only | French only | Both English and French | Neither English nor French |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
percentage | ||||||
Visible minority women | 100.0 | 91.2 | 75.7 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 8.8 |
Chinese | 100.0 | 82.8 | 74.4 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 17.2 |
South Asian | 100.0 | 90.4 | 82.6 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 9.6 |
Black | 100.0 | 98.8 | 68.9 | 11.9 | 18.0 | 1.2 |
Filipino | 100.0 | 99.0 | 93.7 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
Latin American | 100.0 | 92.1 | 60.1 | 14.4 | 17.6 | 7.9 |
Southeast Asian | 100.0 | 88.3 | 67.8 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 11.7 |
Arab | 100.0 | 94.1 | 48.1 | 17.1 | 28.9 | 5.9 |
West Asian | 100.0 | 90.4 | 76.9 | 2.2 | 11.3 | 9.6 |
Korean | 100.0 | 88.5 | 81.8 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 11.5 |
Japanese | 100.0 | 96.6 | 87.6 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 3.4 |
Other visible minority | 100.0 | 98.4 | 88.7 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 1.7 |
Multiple visible minority | 100.0 | 96.3 | 81.7 | 2.3 | 12.4 | 3.7 |
Non-visible minority women | 100.0 | 99.4 | 65.0 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 0.6 |
Visible minority men | 100.0 | 94.1 | 78.9 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 5.9 |
Non-visible minority men | 100.0 | 99.5 | 66.6 | 14.2 | 18.8 | 0.5 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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