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Statistics on Official Languages in Alberta

Demolinguistic data

Total population

2,974,807

%

Population with French as mother tongue

62,241

2.1

Population with English as mother tongue

2,395,773

80.5

Population speaking both official languages

202,905

6.8

Population speaking neither English nor French

30,365

1.0

Source: Statistics Canada - 2001 Census


Educational data

Population
in majority-language schools

561,692

%

French as a second-language enrollment

136,037

24.2

In French immersion

25,960

19.1

Population in minority-language schools

3,933

 

Source: AR 2002-2003, Heritage Canada
Estimated enrolment for 2002-2003.


Data on official languages, federal level

Total number
All federal public service employees

163,287

%

Bilingual positions in the federal public service

61,896

37.9

All federal public service employees in province

8,820

5.4

Bilingual federal public service positions in Alberta

369

4.2

Francophone federal public service employees in Alberta

214

2.4

Source: Treasury Board - Official Languages Information System, March 2003