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Table 5: Knowledge of Official Languages Among Permanent Residents, 2017

Immigration Class English French Both Neither Not Stated Total
Sponsored Family – Principal Applicants 40,245 4,828 661 15,504 5,950 67,188
Female 22,602 2,892 360 9,218 3,304 38,376
Male 17,642 1,936 301 6,284 2,646 28,809
Sponsored Family – Spouses and Dependants 6,489 952 53 7,032 756 15,282
Female 3,802 471 25 4,339 383 9,020
Male 2,686 481 28 2,693 373 6,261
Total Sponsored Family 46,734 5,780 714 22,536 6,706 82,470
Female 26,404 3,363 385 13,557 3,687 47,396
Male 20,328 2,417 329 8,977 3,019 35,070
Economic Immigrants – Principal Applicants 69,222 8,205 1,279 2,103 111 80,920
Female 30,445 3,215 618 1,083 70 35,431
Male 38,777 4,990 661 1,020 41 45,489
Economic Immigrants – Spouses and Dependants 57,477 6,054 510 10,816 3,485 78,342
Female 31,114 3,385 281 5,341 1,750 41,871
Male 26,363 2,669 229 5,475 1,735 36,471
Total Economic Immigrants 126,699 14,259 1,789 12,919 3,596 159,262
Female 61,559 6,600 899 6,424 1,820 77,302
Male 65,140 7,659 890 6,495 1,776 81,960
Resettled Refugees and Protected Persons in-Canada – Principal Applicants 9,338 1,657 161 8,023 902 20,081
Female 3,190 835 65 3,284 385 7,759
Male 6,147 822 96 4,739 517 12,321
Resettled Refugees and Protected Persons in-Canada – Spouses and Dependants 6,104 980 119 12,470 1,721 21,394
Female 3,711 543 67 7,007 872 12,200
Male 2,393 437 52 5,463 849 9,194
Total Resettled Refugees and Protected Persons in-Canada 15,442 2,637 280 20,493 2,623 41,475
Female 6,901 1,378 132 10,291 1,257 19,959
Male 8,540 1,259 148 10,202 1,366 21,515
All Other Immigration – Principal Applicants 1,270 572 27 239 100 2,208
Female 626 276 10 128 49 1,089
Male 644 296 17 111 51 1,119
All Other Immigration – Spouses and Dependants 690 175 12 136 51 1,064
Female 392 105 7 85 27 616
Male 298 70 5 51 24 448
Total All Other Immigration 1,960 747 39 375 151 3,272
Female 1,018 381 17 213 76 1,705
Male 942 366 22 162 75 1,567
Total 190,835 23,423 2,822 56,323 13,076 286,479
Female 95,882 11,722 1,433 30,485 6,840 146,362
Male 94,950 11,701 1,389 25,836 6,236 140,112

Source: IRCC, Permanent Residents Data as of March 31, 2018.

Note: Totals of gender-disaggregated data may not add up to the numbers in each of the categories due to cases where gender was not stated. Data in this table may differ from those found in other tables in this report due to the date these numbers were extracted from IRCC’s data systems. Data includes public policy admissions.

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