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Statistical Material and Charts

 

Last revised:
23 August 2000


Annual Earnings ($), Canada, Quebec and Rest of Canada. Gender and Linguistic Groups. Census Years, 1971-1991

 

Males

   

Females

  
 

1971

1981

1991

 

1971

1981

1991

Canada

7220

18044

32841

 

3407

9305

19804

Unil Eng

7514

18286

33196

 

3382

9142

19584

Bil Eng

9312

21494

40234

 

4099

10799

24789

Unil Fr

5361

14643

26350

 

3069

8650

16827

Bil Fr

7434

19426

35175

 

3692

10314

22168

Quebec

6758

17324

31208

 

3476

9710

19470

Unil Eng

8762

18297

30169

 

3910

10618

20178

Bil Eng

9514

20953

36534

 

3892

10943

22901

Unil Fr

5403

14734

26493

 

3100

8751

16958

Bil Fr

7786

20249

36319

 

3920

11164

22849

        

R. of C.

7441

18356

33499

 

3379

9145

19932

Unil Eng

7477

18285

33224

 

3363

9120

19578

Bil Eng

9145

21782

42010

 

4238

10732

25505

Unil Fr

4270

11102

20505

 

2167

5003

11913

Bil Fr

6622

17354

32002

 

3244

8571

20631

Abbrev.Unil = Unilingual
 Bil = Bilingual
 Eng = English
 Fr = French
 R. of C. = Rest of Canada

Source of the Table: Louis N. Christofides, Robert Swidinski, "Bilingualism and Earnings: A Study Based on the 1971 1981 and 1991 Census Data", in New Canadian Perspectives. Economic Approaches to Language and Bilingualism, ed. Albert Breton, Ottawa, Gov. of Canada, 1998, p. 155

© 1999 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College