Official Languages committee  Concerning your question on the language of work—

Official Languages committee  Concerning your question about language of work, it turns out that the proportion of francophones outside Quebec who indicate that they use French most often at work has remained stable over the past two censuses. On the other hand, in response to the question you mentioned regar

Official Languages committee  That is an interesting paradox, if I can use that term. People were asked about changes in the amount of English used in Quebec and French used outside Quebec. In Quebec, anglophone adults were asked about changes in the use of English in their communities over the past 10 years.

Official Languages committee  Yes, of course.

Official Languages committee  If I may, I will try to answer your first question as simply and clearly as possible. It is clear that the term "allophone"—which originated in Quebec, by the way—has Greek roots. "Allos" means "other," and "phone" means "language." Moreover, sometimes people use "other mother to

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. I will pick up where I left off in my response to Mr. Lemieux. Take Quebec, for example. In the last five years, 75% of allophones, that is, people whose mother tongue is neither English nor French, speak French at home more often than not. Among the

Official Languages committee  The Canadian census does not provide information on francophones, anglophones, or allophones. We know, for example, that a person's mother tongue is French, English or another language. Of course, we use this mother tongue criterion. As you say, we could also as easily use the la

Official Languages committee  It is a debate. You are absolutely right to raise it. We are examining the issue in order to try and come up with solutions.

Official Languages committee  That's an excellent question. In the Canadian census, the words "francophone" and "anglophone" appear nowhere. We ask a question about the language which was first learned. It might be French, English or another language. In a significant number of cases, people have two mother t

Official Languages committee  One of the reasons some francophone parents gave for having chosen English-language schools rather than French-language schools was the quality of programs and available resources.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. That's an excellent question. And right now, it is the subject of much debate among researchers. There is no official definition, per se, as to what an anglophone or a francophone actually is. In the past, Statistics Canada used to base its definition of the word fran

Official Languages committee  Since 1991, the notion of first spoken official language has been used. In fact, this concept was derived from questions which already were part of the census, namely knowledge of the official languages, the mother tongue, and the language spoken at home. The notion of first spok

Official Languages committee  Your question is very important. It underscores the importance of research and the importance of having sufficiently solid data bases that contain this type of information. In the census, people are asked where they lived five years ago, and where they lived one year ago. This a

Official Languages committee  It is clear that a study is necessary to better understand these phenomena. For example, when young people in New Brunswick leave rural regions, infrastructure in those areas become eroded in the long term because the population is aging. There is also the issue of employment and

Official Languages committee  Some studies have shown that the choice of an English- or French-language school or day care depends a lot on availability. Nonetheless, one significant challenge is that a rather high proportion of francophones living outside of Quebec are married to anglophone spouses. Studie