Alberta Mother Tongue Proportions by Economic Region

Government of Alberta statistics detail the proportion of population by mother tongue across eight economic regions for the 2011 Census year. The data covers regions including Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake. It reports that 77.8% of Albertans declared English as their mother tongue in 2011.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlation between economic region and proportion of population with a non-official mother tongue.
• Compare mother tongue distributions, such as English versus French, across the eight Alberta economic regions.
• Identify regions with the highest and lowest proportions of specific mother tongues, like the Red Deer region's 89.7% English mother tongue rate.

Strengths

• Data covers eight distinct Alberta economic regions for comparative analysis.
• Provides specific proportions, such as 77.8% for English mother tongue province-wide.
• Includes breakdowns for official (English, French) and non-official language categories.

Limitations

• Data is from a single year (2011 Census), making it temporally stale for current analysis.
• Limited granularity as data is aggregated to the economic region level, not finer geographies.
• Sample size or underlying row count is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical robustness.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

2011 Census data collection.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Single snapshot from 2011; update frequency is null.

Geography

Alberta, Canada, divided into eight economic regions.