Language is the fourth release from the Census of Canada taken on May 11, 2021. This release explores language characteristics of the Canadian population: mother tongue, knowledge of official languages, languages most often spoken at home, and other home languages. In Alberta, most people speak English but immigrant languages, especially those from Asian countries, are becoming increasingly common. In addition, Indigenous languages are increasingly being used in households.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the proportion of population based on language spoken most often at home in each economic region as reported in the 2011 population census. Alberta is divided into eight economic regions as follows: Lethbridge – Medicine -Hat; Camrose-Drumheller; Calgary; Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House; Red Deer; Edmonton; Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River; and Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes Knowledge of Official Languages for Alberta and the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs based on the 2011 Census. Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither English nor French. Overall, the proportion of Albertans able to speak English but not French was over 90% in Alberta and the two CMAs of Calgary and Edmonton.

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Population that speaks an official language (English or French) as the primary language in the home expressed as a percentage of the total population.

This dataset is a customization of Statistics Canada data to present information on knowledge of Aboriginal languages, knowledge of languages, Aboriginal identity, Indian status, Aboriginal mother tongue, area of residence, and age groups for the population in private households in Alberta and the Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC).

This Alberta Official Statistic shows the proportion of population by mother tongue in the eight Alberta economic regions for the 2011 Census year. Alberta is divided into eight economic regions as follows: Lethbridge – Medicine -Hat; Camrose-Drumheller; Calgary; Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House; Red Deer; Edmonton; Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River; and Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake. Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person on May 10, 2011. Non-official languages are languages other than English or French. According to the 2011 census, 77.8% of Albertans reported English as their mother tongue, followed by a non-official language (20.1%), and French (2.1%). The Red Deer economic region reported the highest proportion of Albertans with English as a mother tongue (89.7%) and the lowest proportion of Albertans with a non-official language as a mother tongue (8.9%), while Calgary reported the lowest proportion (73.4%) of Albertans with English as mother tongue and the highest proportion of Albertans with a non-official language as a mother tongue (24.9%).

This act establishes English as the official language in Alberta. Members of the Legislative Assembly are granted the right to speak either French or English in the Assembly. French or English may be used in oral communication in all Alberta courts dealing with provincial offences.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes Language Used Most Often at Work for Alberta and the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs based on the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). Percentages are calculated for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2010.

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the knowledge of languages among the Aboriginal Identity population in provinces and territories, based on self-assessment of the ability to converse in the language. Based on the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), English is the most common language known by the Aboriginal Identity Population across Canada. In most provinces, nearly 100% of the Aboriginal Identity population can converse in English. The lowest proportion of English-speaking Aboriginal people is in Quebec, where the majority speak French. The highest proportion of Aboriginal people who speak Aboriginal languages was in Nunavut at 88.6%, followed by Quebec (32.4%) and the Northwest Territories (32.1%). In Alberta, more Aboriginal people are able to speak Aboriginal languages (15.1%) than are able to speak French or other (non-Aboriginal) languages. The proportion of Alberta Aboriginal people able to speak Aboriginal languages was sixth highest among provinces and territories.

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Refers to the percentage of individuals most often speaking at home at least one of English or French at the time of the census

This Alberta Official Statistic describes Language Used Most Often at Work for Alberta and the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs based on the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). Percentages are calculated for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2010.

Enrolments in regular second language programs (or core language programs), French immersion programs, and education programs in the minority official language offered in public elementary and secondary schools, by type of program, grade and sex.

Immigrant income, by world area, sex, immigrant admission category, education qualifications, knowledge of official languages and landing year, for Alberta, tax year 2015, annual.

An agreement signed by Canada and Alberta following the ratification of a protocol, which determines the objectives, initiatives, and areas of intervention that will receive financial support from Canada for minority-language education and second-language instruction, and sets out the commitments, obligations, and financial contributions of both parties.

This chart shows how many individuals can carry a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither English nor French.

This dataset includes commonly used socio-economic indicators by CSD (census subdivision). The feature classes were created from geosptial boundary files and tabular data related to the 2016 Census of Canada, Statistics Canada. The topics included are: Age groups and sex, core housing needs, dwelling types, Education, labour force, immigration, Income, knowledge of languages, lone parent family, mobility, housing tenure and visible minorities. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.