Official language minority communities with at least one school in the minority language

Discover official language minority communities with at least one school where the main teaching language is the minority language, that is:

Table 1: Population by first official language spoken and bilingualism, provinces and territories Canada (2021)
Province or territory French-speaking population English-speaking population Bilingual population (English and French)
Newfoundland-and-Labrador 2,283 (0.5%) 501,818 (99.4%) 25,950 (5.1%)
Prince Edward Island 4,558 (3.0%) 146,473 (96.1%) 19,385 (12.7%)
Nova Scotia 27,935 (2.9%) 928,020 (96.8%) 98,940 (10.3%)
New Brunswick 231,850 (30.3%) 531,070 (69.5%) 260,120 (34.0%)
Quebec 7,074,328 (84.1%) 1,253,578 (14.9%) 3,898,980 (46.4%)
Ontario 533,560 (3.8%) 13,228,670 (93.8%) 1,519,365 (10,8%)
Manitoba 38,378 (2.9%) 1,271,893 (95.9%) 110,435 (8.3%)
Saskatchewan 12,243 (1.1%) 1,095,598 (98.2%) 51,5970 (4.7%)
Alberta 72,203 (1.7%) 4,085,898 (96.8%) 258,335 (6.1%)
British Columbia 65,568 (1.3%) 4,727,268 (95.5%) 326,865 (6.6%)
Yukon 1,895 (4.8%) 37,805 (94.9%) 5,660 (14.2%)
Northwest Territories 1,213 (3.0%) 39,133 (96.5%) 4,295 (10.6%)
Nunavut 622.5 (1.7%) 34,002.5 (92.8%) 1,390 (3.8%)
Total 8,066,633 (22.0%) 27,881,223 (76.1%) 6,581,690 (18.0%)

Source: Official Languages Branch, Canadian Heritage, 2023, based on data from the 2021 Census of Canada, Statistics Canada, 100% sample, and Canadian Heritage institutional database, 2023

Note: The language definition used to determine the number of Anglophones and Francophones is the first official language spoken (FOLS). FOLS is a derived variable based on the responses to language questions in the Census of Canada.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Avalon Peninsula (1010):

  • Saint‐John's

West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador (1030):

  • Cap Saint‐Georges
  • Happy Valley‐Goose Bay
  • La Grand'Terre
  • Labrador City
Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island (1110):

  • Abrams Village
  • Charlottetown
  • Deblois
  • Rollo Bay
  • Rustico
  • Summerside
Nova Scotia

Cape Breton (1210):

  • Arichat
  • Chéticamp
  • Sydney

North Shore (1220):

  • Pomquet
  • Truro

Annapolis Valley (1230):

  • Greenwood

Southern (1240):

  • Cookville
  • La Butte
  • Meteghan
  • Pointe‐de‐l'Église
  • Pubnico‐Ouest
  • Tusket
  • Wedgeport

Halifax (1250):

  • Dartmouth
  • Halifax
  • Lower Sackville
  • Porters Lake
New Brunswick

Campbellton – Miramichi (1310) :

  • Allardville
  • Baie‐Sainte‐Anne
  • Balmoral
  • Bas‐Caraquet
  • Bathurst
  • Beresford
  • Bertrand
  • Campbellton
  • Caraquet
  • Dalhousie
  • Grande‐Anse
  • Kedgwick
  • Lagacéville
  • Lamèque
  • Miramichi
  • Néguac
  • Paquetville
  • Petit‐Rocher
  • Pokemouche
  • Pont‐Landry
  • Robertville
  • Rogersville
  • Sainte‐Marie‐Saint‐Raphaël
  • Saint‐Isidore
  • Saint‐Quentin
  • Shippagan
  • Tracadie Beach
  • Tracadie‐Sheila

Moncton – Richibucto (1320) :

  • Bouctouche
  • Cap‐Pelé
  • Cocagne
  • Dieppe
  • Grand‐Barachois
  • Grande‐Digue
  • Memramcook
  • Moncton
  • Notre‐Dame‐de‐Kent
  • Richibucto
  • Saint‐Antoine‐de‐Kent
  • Sainte‐Anne‐de‐Kent
  • Sainte‐Marie‐de‐Kent
  • Saint‐Louis‐de‐Kent
  • Shédiac

Saint John – St. Stephen (1330):

  • Quispamsis
  • Saint‐Jean

Fredericton – Oromocto (1340):

  • Fredericton
  • Oromocto

Edmundston – Woodstock (1350):

  • Clair
  • Drummond
  • Edmundston
  • Grand‐Sault
  • Rivière‐Verte
  • Saint‐André
  • Saint‐Basile
  • Sainte‐Anne‐de‐Madawaska
  • Saint‐François‐de‐Madawaska
  • Saint‐Jacques
  • Saint‐Joseph‐de‐Madawaska
  • Saint‐Léonard
Quebec

Gaspésie – Iles‐de‐la‐Madeleine (2410):

  • Barachois
  • Chandler
  • Escuminac
  • Gaspé
  • Grosse‐Île
  • New Carlisle
  • New Richmond
  • Shigawake

Bas‐Saint‐Laurent (2415):

  • Métis‐sur‐Mer

Capitale‐Nationale (2420):

  • Cap‐Santé
  • Québec
  • Saint‐Gabriel‐de‐Valcartier
  • Shannon

Chaudière – Appalaches (2425):

  • Thetford Mines

Estrie (2430):

  • Ayer's Cliff
  • Bury
  • Cookshire‐Eaton
  • Danville
  • Magog
  • Mansonville
  • North Hatley
  • Richmond
  • Sawyerville
  • Sherbrooke
  • Stanstead

Centre‐du‐Québec (2433):

  • Drummondville

Montérégie (2435):

  • Bedford
  • Beloeil
  • Boucherville
  • Brossard
  • Candiac
  • Chambly
  • Chateauguay
  • Cowansville
  • Delson
  • Farnham
  • Franklin
  • Granby
  • Greenfield Park
  • Hemmingford
  • Howick
  • Hudson
  • Huntingdon
  • Knowlton
  • Longueuil
  • Ormstown
  • Otterburn Park
  • Pincourt
  • Saint‐Bruno‐de‐Montarville
  • Saint‐Hubert
  • Saint‐Jean‐sur‐Richelieu
  • Saint‐Lambert
  • Saint‐Lazare
  • Saint‐Télesphore
  • Salaberry-deValleyfield
  • Sorel‐Tracy
  • Sutton
  • Vaudreuil‐Dorion
  • Waterloo

Montréal (2440):

  • Anjou
  • Baie‐d'Urfé
  • Beaconsfield
  • Côte Saint‐Luc
  • Dollard‐des‐Ormeaux
  • Dorval
  • Hampstead
  • Kirkland
  • Lachine
  • Lasalle
  • Montréal
  • Montréal‐Nord
  • Montréal‐Ouest
  • Mont‐Royal
  • Pierrefonds
  • Pointe‐Claire
  • Rivière‐des‐Prairies
  • Sainte‐Anne‐de‐Bellevue
  • Saint‐Léonard
  • Verdun
  • Ville‐Saint‐Laurent
  • Westmount

Laval (2445) :

  • Laval

Lanaudière (2450)

  • Joliette
  • Mascouche
  • Rawdon
  • Repentigny
  • Saint‐Charles‐Boromée

Laurentides (2455):

  • Arundel
  • Blainville
  • Deux‐Montagnes
  • Grenville
  • Lachute
  • Morin‐Heights
  • Prévost
  • Rosemère
  • Sainte‐Adèle
  • Sainte‐Agathe‐des‐Monts
  • Saint‐Jérome

Outaouais (2460) :

  • Aylmer
  • Buckingham
  • Campbell's Bay
  • Chapeau
  • Chelsea
  • Gatineau
  • Kazabazua
  • Low
  • Maniwaki
  • Namur
  • Quyon
  • Shawville
  • Val‐des‐Monts
  • Wakefield

Abitibi – Témiscamingue (2465):

  • Rouyn‐Noranda
  • Temiscaming
  • Val‐d'Or

Mauricie (2470):

  • La Tuque
  • Shawinigan
  • Trois‐Rivières

Saguenay – Lac‐Saint‐Jean (2475):

  • Jonquière

Côte‐Nord (2480):

Nord‐du‐Québec (2490):

Ontario

Ottawa (3510)

  • Alexandria
  • Alfred
  • Barrhaven Sud
  • Barrhaven
  • Bourget
  • Brockville
  • Carleton Place
  • Casselman
  • Clarence Creek
  • Cornwall
  • Crysler
  • Embrun
  • Gloucester
  • Hammond
  • Hawkesbury
  • Kanata
  • Kemptville
  • Limoges
  • Long Sault
  • L'Orignal
  • Marionville
  • Merrickville
  • Moose Creek
  • Nepean
  • North Lancaster
  • Orléans
  • Ottawa
  • Plantagenet
  • Rockland
  • Russell
  • Saint‐Albert
  • Saint‐Eugène
  • Saint‐Isidore
  • Saint‐Pascal‐Baylon
  • Stittsville
  • Vanier
  • Vankleek Hill
  • Vars
  • Wendover

Kingston – Pembroke (3515):

  • Arnprior
  • Kingston
  • Pembroke
  • Trenton

Muskoka – Kawarthas (3520):

  • Peterborough

Toronto (3530):

  • Ajax
  • Aurora
  • Bowmanville
  • Brampton
  • Caledon
  • East Gwillimbury
  • East York
  • Etobicoke
  • Georgetown
  • Kleinburg
  • Maple
  • Markham
  • Milton
  • Mississauga
  • North York
  • Oakville
  • Oshawa
  • Pickering
  • Richmond Hill
  • Scarborough
  • Stouffville
  • Toronto
  • Vaughan
  • Whitby

Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie (3540):

  • Barrie
  • Borden
  • Cambridge
  • Collingwood
  • Guelph
  • Kitchener
  • Orangeville
  • Orillia
  • Penetanguishene
  • Tiny
  • Waterloo

Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula (3550):

  • Brantford
  • Burlington
  • Hamilton
  • Niagara Falls
  • Port Colborne
  • Simcoe
  • St. Catharines
  • Welland

London (3560):

  • London
  • Woodstock

Windsor – Sarnia (3570):

  • Amherstburg
  • Belle River
  • Chatham
  • Grande Pointe
  • Lasalle
  • Leamington
  • McGregor
  • Pain Court
  • Pointe‐aux‐Roches
  • Saint‐Joachim
  • Sarnia
  • Tecumseh
  • Tilbury
  • Windsor

Stratford – Bruce Peninsula (3580):

  • Owen Sound

Northeast (3590):

  • Astorville
  • Azilda
  • Blind River
  • Bonfield
  • Chapleau
  • Chelmsford
  • Cochrane
  • Coniston
  • Dowling
  • Dubreuilville
  • Earlton
  • Elliot Lake
  • Espanola
  • Foleyet
  • Garson
  • Gogama
  • Haileybury
  • Hanmer
  • Hearst
  • Hornepayne
  • Iroquois Falls
  • Kapuskasing
  • Kirkland Lake
  • Lively
  • Markstay
  • Mattawa
  • Mattice
  • Moonbeam
  • New Liskeard
  • Noëlville
  • North Bay
  • Parry Sound
  • Porcupine
  • Ramore
  • River Valley
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Smooth Rock Falls
  • Spanish
  • St‐Charles
  • Sturgeon Falls
  • Sudbury
  • Thorne
  • Timmins
  • Val Caron
  • Val Thérèse
  • Verner
  • Virginiatown
  • Warren
  • Wawa

Northwest (3595):

  • Dryden
  • Geraldton
  • Ignace
  • Longlac
  • Manitouwadge
  • Marathon
  • Nakina
  • Red Lake
  • Terrace Bay
  • Thunder Bay
Manitoba

Southeast (4610):

  • Île‐des‐Chênes
  • La Broquerie
  • Lorette
  • Sainte‐Agathe
  • Sainte‐Anne
  • Saint‐Georges
  • Saint‐Pierre‐Jolys

South Central (4620):

  • Notre‐Dame‐de‐Lourdes
  • Saint‐Jean‐Baptiste

Southwest (4630):

  • Saint‐Lazare
  • Shilo

North Central (4640):

  • Saint‐Claude

Winnipeg (4650):

  • Saint‐Boniface
  • Saint‐Norbert
  • Winnipeg

Interlake (4660):

  • Saint‐Laurent

Parklands (4670):

  • Laurier

North (4680):

  • Thompson
Saskatchewan

Regina – Moose Mountain (4710):

  • Bellegarde
  • Regina

Swift Current – Moose Jaw (4720):

  • Gravelbourg
  • Moose Jaw
  • Ponteix

Saskatoon – Biggar (4730):

  • Saskatoon

Prince Albert (4750)

  • North Battleford
  • Prince Albert
  • Vonda
  • Zenon Park
Alberta

Lethbridge – Medicine Hat (4810):

  • Brooks
  • Lethbridge
  • Medicine Hat

Camrose – Drumheller (4820):

  • Camrose
  • Lloydminster
  • Wainwright

Calgary (4830):

  • Airdrie
  • Calgary
  • Cochrane
  • Okotoks

Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House (4840):

  • Bellevue
  • Canmore
  • Jasper

Red Deer (4850):

  • Red Deer

Edmonton (4860):

  • Beaumont
  • Edmonton
  • Legal
  • Saint‐Albert
  • Sherwood Park
  • Stony Plain

Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River (4870):

  • Falher
  • Grande Prairie
  • Rivière‐la‐Paix

Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake (4880):

  • Bonnyville
  • Cold Lake
  • Fort McMurray
  • Lac La Biche
  • Plamondon
  • Saint‐Paul
British Columbia

Vancouver Island and Coast (5910):

  • Campbell River
  • Comox
  • Duncan
  • Nanaimo
  • Port Alberni
  • Powell River
  • Victoria

Lower Mainland – Southwest (5920):

  • Chilliwack
  • Langley
  • Mission
  • North Vancouver
  • Pemberton
  • Port Coquitlam
  • Richmond
  • Sechelt
  • Squamish
  • Surrey
  • Tsawwassen
  • Vancouver
  • Whistler

Thompson – Okanagan (5930):

  • Golden
  • Kamloops
  • Kelowna
  • Penticton
  • Revelstoke

Kootenay (5940):

  • Fernie
  • Kimberley
  • Nelson
  • Rossland

Cariboo (5950):

  • Prince George

North Shore (5960):

  • Terrace

Nechako (5970):

  • Smithers
Yukon

Yukon Territory (6010):

  • Whitehorse
Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories (6110):

  • Hay River
  • Yellowknife
Nunavut

Nunavut (6210):

  • Iqaluit

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