Standard French in Canada

Speakers

10,242,950

Type

Location

Standard French in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard French in Canada

Size

10,242,950

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Size / Number of users

Number of users

10242950
Source
census
Year
2016

Users within total population

29.00000
Less than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

29
Source
census, 2016

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

7,032,710
69
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

1,758,235
17
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

1,452,005
14
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

Educational attainment

51
49
1,564,375
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

47
53
1,828,675
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

48
52
5,091,670
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

94
6
753,865
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

72
28
249,525
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

81
19
111,865
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

38
62
1,833,540
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

31
69
969,495
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

33
67
1,062,330
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

76
24
403,840
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

61
39
606,560
Managers
Source

census, 2016

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion