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North America > Canada > Language

CANADIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English speakers 17,100,000 [4th of 52]
English status
National language. Bible 1382-1989.
English-speaking population > First language 20,014,645 [3rd of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 25,246,220 [6th of 99]
French speakers 6,700,000 [2nd of 31]
French status
Difficult intelligibility between speakers of Qu�b�cois and Acadian for speakers not fluent in Standard French. National language. Bible 1530-1986.
Hungarian language > Geographic distribution > Speakers 75,555 [7th of 11]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
G. Raymond (male/female, mostly on credit cards and ID, used as could be either an anglophone or Francophone name), John Jones, Jos Bleau (Quebec, French adaptation of Joe Blow)
Languages
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 99.9 [13th of 174]
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > English yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > French yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > German no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Italian no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Portuguese no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Russian no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Spanish no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Swedish no
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 [32nd of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [32nd of 37]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: Hungarian language ; Wikipedia: John Doe ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Canada, Canada & Newfoundland

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