Demolinguistic data | Population with French as mother tongue | 1,006 | 2.7 | | Population with English as mother tongue | 28,863 | 77.3 | | Mother tongue other than English or French* | 7,246 | 19.4 | | Population speaking both official languages | 3,130 | 1.0 | | Population speaking neither English nor French | 380 | 2.7 | | Source: Statistics Canada - 2001 Census |
Educational data** | French as a second-language enrollment | 3,758 | 19.4 | | In French immersion | 1,276 | 34.0 | | Population in minority-language schools | 61 | | | Source: AR 2002-2003, Heritage Canada
Estimated enrolment for 2002-2003.
Data includes Nunavut |
Data on official languages, federal level | Bilingual positions in the federal public service | 61,896 | 37.9 | | All federal public service employees in province | 658 | 0.4 | | Bilingual federal public service positions in the Northwest Territories and Yukon | 32 | 4.9 | | Francophone federal public service employees in the Northwest Territories and Yukon | 25 | 3.8 | | Source: Treasury Board - Official Languages Information System, March 2003 |
*
14.3% of the population identifies an aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
**The Northwest Territories 1996 Education Act states that schools must offer a second language program. Some French as a second-language (FSL) instruction is available for students, but it is not compulsory at any level. Immersion programs maintain a high percentage of students through high school. It is difficult to offer FSL programs beyond Yellowknife because of low student populations and because many students concentrate on English as a second-language. | |
