Numeric Data

Language Composition and Use

Data and publications on how people use and retain languages in various contexts such as home, work, and community.

• Languages Statistics
• Data tables on language
• Thematic maps on language
• Statistics Canada Data Sources on Official-Language Minorities (2013)
• Tools and resources - Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Bilingualism and Language Transmission

Research on English-French bilingualism, ancestral language retention, and intergenerational language transmission.

• The evolution of English–French bilingualism in Canada from 1901 to 2011 (2018)
• Passing on the ancestral language
• Health indicator profile, by linguistic characteristic (mother tongue, first official language spoken), by sex

Languages in Surveys and Microdata

Microdata and documentation from major social surveys that include language variables.

• Datasets from <odesi> using the keyword "language"

Global Language Statistics and Tools

Data visualizations, enrolment trends, and global language profiles.

• Language Enrollment Database, 1958-2021
• Enrolments in Languages other than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education
• MLA Language Map: A Map of Languages in the United States
• Ethnologue – Database of the world’s living languages
• UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
• Language maps from Worldmapper
•   Evaluating Language Statistics: The Ethnologue and Beyond - A report prepared for the UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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	U.S. Sources
	International Sources

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