10-24-2012, 04:12 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Census: One in three Vancouverites speak languages other than English, French at home
Very interesting.
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One-third of Metro Vancouver residents speak a language other than English or French at home, with those from Asia topping the list, according to latest Census data released today.
Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi and the Philippine-based Tagalog, are the fastest-rising on non-official languages in Metro Vancouver, accounting for 64 per cent of the overall population that speaks an immigrant language most often at home.
The share of the Metro Vancouver population reporting that it spoke only English at home continued the decline that began in 2001. The share has fallen from 65.3 per cent in 2001 to 62 per cent with 2006 and 58 per cent in 2011, respectively. At the same time, the population who reported speaking a language other than English or French in combination with English at home increased from 17.8 per cent in 2001 to 19.7 per cent in 2006 and 24 per cent in 2011.
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Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cen...683/story.html
Last edited by Rerun; 10-24-2012 at 04:22 PM.
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