Percentage of population with knowledge of English and French by census division, 2016

This service shows the percentage of population, excluding institutional residents, with knowledge of English and French for Canada by 2016 census division. The data is from the Census Profile, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001.

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both languages or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. For additional information refer to 'Knowledge of official languages' in the 2016 Census Dictionary.

For additional information refer to 'Knowledge of official languages' in the 2016 Census Dictionary.

To have a cartographic representation of the ecumene with this socio-economic indicator, it is recommended to add as the first layer, the “NRCan - 2016 population ecumene by census division” web service, accessible in the data resources section below.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:24 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 15:58 (UTC)
contact_email	infostats@statcan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Statistique Canada,infostats@statcan.gc.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Statistics Canada,1-800-263-1136,infostats@statcan.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["boundaries", "society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2019-03-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["société", "économie", "statistiques", "Recensement", "langue", "Données socio-économiques", "Statistiques", "Données géographiques"], "en": ["society", "economy", "statistics", "Census", "language", "Socioeconomic data", "Statistics", "Geographic data"]}
open_canada_subject	["government_and_politics", "society_and_culture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Pourcentage de la population ayant des connaissances en anglais et en français par division de recensement, 2016
update_frequency	as_needed