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Table 17
English?French bilingualism among Anglophones and allophones, (single mother tongue), Canada, provinces, territories and Canada less Quebec, 1996 to 2006
Regions Anglophones Allophones
1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006
percentage
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1996 to 2006.
Canada 8.8 9.0 9.4 11.2 11.8 12.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.5 3.7 4.3 6.7 6.5 6.8
Prince Edward Island 7.2 8.3 9.2 11.6 9.7 9.1
Nova Scotia 5.7 6.4 7.1 9.0 10.6 9.9
New Brunswick 14.0 15.0 16.0 15.7 17.5 16.9
Quebec 61.7 66.1 68.9 46.7 50.4 50.2
Ontario 8.1 8.2 8.4 6.3 6.8 6.6
Manitoba 6.3 6.5 6.5 2.5 2.9 2.8
Saskatchewan 3.7 3.6 3.7 1.9 2.0 2.1
Alberta 5.1 5.3 5.4 3.9 4.1 4.1
British Columbia 5.7 6.0 6.6 4.3 4.4 4.5
Yukon Territory 7.3 7.3 8.0 6.2 8.0 9.7
Northwest Territories 6.2 7.0 7.7 2.5 3.1 3.7
Nunavut 8.5 7.2 7.9 0.6 0.7 0.9
Canada less Quebec 6.9 7.1 7.4 5.3 5.7 5.6