In a country as enormous as Canada, it’s difficult to know what’s going on in every area even without the added complication of two languages. But according to one map, it looks like many of us are speaking on the same wavelength.
This map, which was uploaded to Reddit’s Canadian section by user legarsdesvues on Wednesday, takes a look at where English and French are being spoken in the country:
Taking its information from the 2006 Census and originally appearing in a Wikipedia entry entitled “bilingual belt,” it singles out one area, the West Island of Montreal, where residents are fluent in both English and French. Otherwise, a vast majority of the country — Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Nunavut — know only one language, which seems to be English based on those locations.
Despite the adoption of the Official Languages Act in 1969, which recognized English and French as the official languages of federal institutions in Canada, only one province — New Brunswick — is officially bilingual.
In the 2011 census, nearly 7 million Canadians reported speaking French most often at home, making up 21 per cent of the Canadian population. This is easily seen on the Quebec portion of the map, where anywhere from 20 to 100 per cent of the population knows both English and French.
Of course, English and French are hardly the only languages being spoken in Canada. The same census information demonstrates at least 200 languages being spoken at home by Canadians, with 17.5 per cent of the population speaking at least two languages each day.
What are the most common languages in Canada? Take a look:
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Chinese, n.o.s.
bLanguage/b: Chinese, n.o.s.
bOriginating country/b: China
bDecrease in Canada/b: Approximately 8 per cent.
Italian
bLanguage/b: Italian
bOriginating country/b: Italy
bDecrease in Canada/b: Approximately 5 per cent
Polish
bLanguage/b: Polish
bOriginating country/b: Poland
bDecrease in Canada/b: Approximately 4 per cent
Greek
bLanguage/b: Greek
bOriginating country/b: Greece
bDecrease in Canada/b: Approximately 1 per cent.
Vietnamese
bLanguage/b: Vietnamese
bOriginating country/b: Vietnam
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 4 per cent.
Cantonese
bLanguage/b: Cantonese
bOriginating country/b: China
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 4 per cent.
Portuguese
bLanguage/b: Portuguese
bOriginating countries/b: Portugal, Brazil, as well as Mozambique and Angola, among others
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 8 per cent.
Serbian
bLanguage/b: Serbian
bOriginating country/b: Serbia
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 10 per cent.
Ukrainian
bLanguage/b: Ukrainian
bOriginating country/b: Ukraine
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 10 per cent.
Korean
bLanguage/b: Korean
bOriginating countries/b: North and South Korea
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 13 per cent.
German
bLanguage/b: German
bOriginating countries/b: Germany, as well as Austria and Switzerland, among others
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 15 per cent.
Romanian
bLanguage/b: Romanian
bOriginating countries/b: Romania and Moldova
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 18 per cent.
Tamil
bLanguage/b: Tamil
bOriginating countries/b: Sri Lanka, India, as well as Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius and Réunion
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 24 per cent.
Punjabi
bLanguage/b: Punjabi
bOriginating countries/b:India and Pakistan
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 26 per cent.
Gujarati
bLanguage/b: Gujarati
bOriginating country/b: India
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 28 per cent
Russian
bLanguage/b: Russian
bOriginating countries/b: Russia, as well as countries of the former Soviet Union
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 28 per cent.
Urdu
bLanguage/b: Urdu
bOriginating countries/b: Pakistan and India
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 32 per cent.
Spanish
bLanguage/b: Spanish
bOriginating countries/b: Spain, most of Latin America
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 34 per cent.
Farsi/Persian
bLanguage/b: Farsi/Persian
bOriginating countries/b: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain and Azerbaijan, among others
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 34 per cent.
Bengali
bLanguage/b: Bengali
bOriginating countries/b: Bangladesh and India, as well as communities in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore and others
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 40 per cent
Creoles
bLanguage/b: Creoles
bOriginating country/b: Haiti
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 42 per cent
Hindi
bLanguage/b: Hindi
bOriginating country/b: India
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 48 per cent
Arabic
bLanguage/b: Arabic
bOriginating countries/b: The League of Arab States, including Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan, among others, as well as Turkey, Iran and Israel, among others
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 45 per cent
Mandarin
bLanguage/b: Mandarin
bOriginating country/b: Northern and southwestern China
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 53 per cent
Tagalog
bLanguage/b: Tagalog
bOriginating country/b: Philippines
bIncrease in Canada/b: Approximately 65 per cent
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