Data on use of English and French at work by healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.

Data on age and gender of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.

Data on field and location of postsecondary studies of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by first official language spoken.

Proportion of centre-based, licensed home-based and unlicensed home-based child care providers, by the languages spoken with children and parents by employees, New Brunswick.

Data on immigrant status and place of birth in Canada of employed healthcare professionals living in private households, by occupation and first official language spoken.

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.

Canada has two official languages, English and French. In 2006, about 17.4% of the population were bilingual, as they were able to conduct a conversation in both official languages. People living in Quebec reported the highest percentage of being bilingual. New Brunswick, the only officially bilingual province in Canada, had the highest bilingualism rate among Anglophones (16.0%) outside Quebec. People living in Eastern Ontario and in the Greater Sudbury area also reported a higher rate of bilingualism compared to the other parts of Canada. For the rest of Canada, the rate of bilingualism varied among the provinces and territories. In some regions, the rate of bilingualism reached as high as 15%.