Quebec Sign Language in Canada

Speakers

Type

Location

Quebec Sign Language in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Quebec Sign Language in Canada

Size

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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Documentation: descriptions

Asynchronicity

  • Pervasive uses of asynchronicity by all users in a wide range of domains
  • Frequent uses of asynchronicity by a majority of users in several contexts
  • Habitual uses of asynchronicity by a good number of users which may be limited to specific contexts
  • Occasional and unsystematic use of asynchronicity
  • Very limited use of asynchronicity by a few individuals only
  • Not used for purposes of asynchronicity

Standardization

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

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language
Source
census, 2016

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

3,770
81
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

440
9
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

450
10
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

45
55
920
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

33
67
760
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

31
69
2,540
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

18
82
255
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

64
36
165
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

100
15
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

31
69
815
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

21
79
495
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

15
85
1,045
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

67
33
120
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

41
59
145
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

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

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