Linguistics: LING 1360

• Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years.
• Census provides a snapshot picture of the demographic and socioeconomic information of the population.
• It's a vital source of information for planning public services such as health care, education and transportation, determining federal transfer payments, the number of Members of the Parliament for each province and territory, and researchers in various capacities.
• The Census of Population gathers data on a variety of topics, including:
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Education, training and learning
  • Ethnic diversity and immigration
  • Families, households and housing
  • Income, pensions, spending and wealth
  • Labour
  • Languages
  • Population and demography

Compendium of Language Management in Canada ( U of Ottawa)

• Linguistic History of Canada
• Demolinguistic Statistics

GeoSearch

• An interactive map application to locate a specific geographic location.  You can use the first three letters of a postal code (Forward Station Area, Census 2006 & 2011) or use a postal code, a census dissemination area (Census 2006, 2011, & 2016).  Identify the last four digits of the census dissemination code.  For example,  46110384 means 46 (Province of Manitoba), 11 (Census Division No. 11 = Winnipeg [City] and Headingley RM) and the remainder of the number, 0384, is the code you can use with the Canadian Census Analyzer.

Canadian Census Analyzer

• The Canadian Census Analyser provides access to a variety of commonly requested Canadian Census data and documentation, produced by Statistics Canada.  It includes Profile data at several levels of geography, and for several censuses, in some cases going back to 1961.  It also provides access to the Census Individuals public use microdata files, and the Postal code conversion file.  Users can create subsets and then output the results in a variety of formats.

Selected Sources:

Duff, P. A., & Ava, B.-Z. (2017). Demographics and Heritage Languages in Canada: Policies, Patterns, and Prospects. In The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Language Education. Routledge. (available from Google Books).

Duff, P. A., & Li, D. (2009). Indigenous, Minority, and Heritage Language Education in Canada: Policies, Contexts, and Issues. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 66(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.66.1.001

Harrison, B. (2000). Passing on the language: Heritage language diversity in Canada. Canadian Social Trends, August 2000, no.58, 14-19. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/11-008-x/2000002/article/5165-eng.pdf?st=9dy

Lachapelle, R., & Lepage, J.-F. (2010). Languages in Canada: 2006 census. Canadian Heritage. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2011/pc-ch/CH3-2-8-2010-eng.pdf

Ricento, T. (2019). Language Politics and Policies : Perspectives From Canada and the United States. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved April 5, 2022, from http://uml.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2172620&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_211

Marmen, L., Corbeil, J.-P., Canada, Canadian Heritage, & Statistics Canada. (2004). Languages in Canada: 2001 census. Canadian Heritage. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/96-326-x/96-326-x2001001-eng.pdf

Nagy, N. (2021). Heritage Languages in Canada. In S. Montrul & M. Polinsky (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics, pp. 178-204). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108766340.010 (Not accessible but check references.)

Statistics Canada. (2017, August 2). Census in Brief: Linguistic diversity and multilingualism in Canadian homes. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/98-200-x/2016010/98-200-x2016010-eng.cfm

Statistics Canada. (2018, February 21). The evolution of language populations in Canada, by mother tongue, from 1901 to 2016. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2018001-eng.htm

Statistics Canada. (2020, August 4). Interpreting and presenting census language data. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-657-x/89-657-x2020003-eng.htm

Census References:

• 2006 Census Dictionary
• Language Reference Guide, 2011 Census

• 2016 Census of Population:  Language

Heritage Language Support:

Province of Manitoba - International and Heritage Languages