Bilingual Visible Minorities: Age
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Among those aged 20 to 49, the proportion of bilingual visible minorities and bilingual Canadians who have English as their first official language is similar.
- Among the 1.95 million members of the visible minority population ages 20 to 49, about 225,000 (11%) are bilingual (see Appendix 5).
- This is similar to those in this age group who have English as their first official language (10% of whom are bilingual), but differs from the total population of Canadians in this age group (21% of whom are bilingual).
In line with trends for the total population and the population who have English as their first official language, the proportion of the visible minority population that is bilingual decreases with age.
- In the visible minority population, the incidence of bilingualism is at its greatest among those 20 to 29 years of age (16%) and at its lowest among those 40 to 49 years of age (8%).
- This pattern is similar for groups who have English as their first official language and for the total population.
