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In how many languages can you hold an everyday conversation?
| In how many languages can you hold an everyday conversation? | ||||
| Number of languages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 or more | |
| % | ||||
| Canada | 47.1 | 36.9 | 11.1 | 4.9 |
| N.L. | 61.6 | 30.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
| P.E.I. | 57.1 | 36.3 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| N.S. | 64.7 | 28.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 |
| N.B. | 44.7 | 46.7 | 5.4 | 3.2 |
| Que. | 25.2 | 50.8 | 18.6 | 5.4 |
| Ont. | 47.1 | 36.5 | 11.4 | 5.1 |
| Man. | 51.6 | 35.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| Sask. | 82.2 | 11.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Alta. | 51.4 | 33.8 | 9.7 | 5.1 |
| B.C. | 48.0 | 37.1 | 10.2 | 4.8 |
| Y.T. | 52.1 | 37.0 | 6.9 | 4.1 |
| N.W.T | 84.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 1 |
| Nvt. | 24.1 | 75.9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1. No one answered in this category. | ||||
| Note: Numbers in each territory need to be interpreted with caution, because of the small number of respondents (73 in Yukon, 13 in the Northwest Territories and 29 in Nunavut). | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2007/2008. | ||||
