Geographic Distribution
The following table shows the English-speaking population of Canada's provinces and territories. The data are from Statistics Canada. Figures are given for the number of single responses "English" to the mother tongue question, as well as a total including multiple responses one of which is English.
| Province or territory | English, single responses |
Percen- tage |
English, single and multiple responses |
Percen- tage |
Total population responding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada — Total | 17,352,315 | 58.5% | 17,694,835 | 59.7% | 29,639,030 |
| British Columbia | 2,825,780 | 73.0% | 2,872,830 | 74.3% | 3,868,875 |
| Alberta | 2,379,515 | 80.9% | 2,412,195 | 82.0% | 2,941,150 |
| Saskatchewan | 817,955 | 84.9% | 827,350 | 85.9% | 963,150 |
| Manitoba | 823,910 | 74.7% | 839,765 | 76.1% | 1,103,695 |
| Ontario | 7,965,225 | 70.6% | 8,119,835 | 71.9% | 11,285,550 |
| Quebec | 557,045 | 7.8% | 627,510 | 8.8% | 7,125,580 |
| New Brunswick | 465,170 | 64.6% | 471,010 | 65.4% | 719,710 |
| Nova Scotia | 832,660 | 92.8% | 836,910 | 93.2% | 897,570 |
| Prince Edward Island | 125,125 | 93.8% | 125,650 | 94.2% | 133,385 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 499,755 | 98.4% | 500,405 | 98.5% | 508,080 |
| Nunavut | 6,945 | 26.0% | 7,395 | 27.7% | 26,670 |
| Northwest Territories | 28,650 | 77.2% | 29,075 | 78.4% | 37,100 |
| Yukon | 24,590 | 86.2% | 24,925 | 87.4% | 28,520 |
Notably, 46% of English-speaking Canadians live in Ontario, and 30% in the two western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. English-speakers are in the minority only in Quebec and Nunavut. In the cases of Quebec and New Brunswick, the vast majority of the non-Anglophone population speaks French, in the case of Nunavut, the people speak a non-official language of Canada, Inuktitut.
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