American Sign Language in Canada

Speakers

Type

Location

American Sign Language in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

American 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

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

18,360
84
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

2,580
12
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

985
4
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

46
54
2,080
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

40
60
5,105
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

28
72
12,160
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

15
85
1,090
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

62
38
390
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

50
50
210
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

29
71
4,305
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

22
78
2,200
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

18
82
5,330
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

72
28
580
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

36
64
985
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