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Population by knowledge of official language, by census metropolitan areas (1996 Census)

Definitions

Knowledge of official language: Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither of the official languages of Canada.

Census metropolitan area (CMA): a very large urban area (known as the urban core) together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000 based on the previous census.

View definitions for 1996 Census Metropolitan Areas:   St. John's ,  Halifax ,  Saint John ,  Saguenay ,  Québec ,  Sherbrooke ,  Trois-Rivières ,  Montréal ,  OttawaGatineau Ontario–Quebec ,  Ottawa-Gatineau (Quebec part) ,  Ottawa–Gatineau (Ontario part) ,  Kingston ,  Oshawa ,  Toronto ,  Hamilton ,  St. Catharines–Niagara ,  Kitchener ,  London ,  Windsor ,  Sudbury,  Thunder Bay ,  Winnipeg ,  Regina ,  Saskatoon ,  Calgary ,  Edmonton ,  Abbotsford ,  Vancouver ,  Victoria



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