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Statistics on Official Languages in Manitoba

Demolinguistic data

Total population

1,119,583

%

Population with French as mother tongue

45,932

4.1

Population with English as mother tongue

831,819

74.3

Population speaking both official languages

102,840

9.2

Population speaking neither English nor French

9,050

0.8

Source: Statistics Canada - 2001 Census


Educational data

Population
in majority-language schools

200,395

%

French as a second-language enrollment

86,593

43.2

In French immersion

16,545

19.1

Population in minority-language schools

5,397

 

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

6,305

3.9

Bilingual federal public service positions in Manitoba

482

7.6

Francophone federal public service employees in Manitoba

257

4.1

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