Standard English in Canada

Speakers

29,748,260

Type

Location

Standard English in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard English in Canada

Size

29,748,260

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

29748260
Source
census
Year
2016

Users within total population

86.00000
More than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

86
Source
census, 2016

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

20,975,535
71
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

4,693,700
16
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

4,079,025
14
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

Educational attainment

53
47
4,025,525
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

50
50
6,783,040
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

49
51
14,246,000
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

94
6
2,504,845
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

72
28
717,950
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

79
21
423,175
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

38
62
5,447,115
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

30
70
2,866,935
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

36
64
2,738,255
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

78
22
1,284,250
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

62
38
1,977,665
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