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Symbols The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: . not available for any reference period .. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded p preliminary r revised x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Acknowledgements This report was made possible thanks to the contributions of Julie Bertrand, Dany Faucher, Krisztina Filep, Félix Fortin, Siqin Guo, Christina Jaworski, Marjorie Kirk, Michèle Lanoue, Sylvie Larivière, Denis Malo, Lucie Parisien and Daniel Pereira. The authors wish to thank them most warmly for their involvement and their availability throughout this project. The authors are exceedingly grateful to Louise Marmen, Assistant Director, Special Surveys Division, for her key contribution to the realization of both the survey and this report, as well as to Réjean Lachapelle, Director, Demolinguistic Studies, for his very useful suggestions and comments on earlier versions of this report. Our most sincere thanks also go to Rosemary Bender, Director General, Social and Demographics Statistics Branch, and Pamela White, Director, Demography Division for their ongoing support throughout the realization of the survey. Finally, the authors thank Anne Boucher, Christine D’Amours, Daniel Léonard, Chantal Mongeon and Hilary Wojciechowska for their contribution in the earlier stages of the survey development, as well as Carrie Hall, Anouk Saint-Germain, Mireille Vézina and Cindy Ubartas for their contribution in the final stages of this report. This project has also been made possible thanks to the judicious comments and suggestions as well as the enthusiastic involvement of each member of the advisory committee for the survey: Rodrigue Landry, Anne Gilbert, Wilfrid Denis, James Carter, Sharon McCully and Jean Renaud. Minorities Speak Up: Results of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities Table of contents Page Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................3 Section 1 Context and survey information .........................................................................................................5 1.1 Survey objectives and information needs .....................................................................................................5 1.2 Conducting the survey and defining the sample ...........................................................................................6 1.3 Sample composition and themes of the main modules of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities..........................................................................................................................7 1.4 Potential and limitations of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities .................................7 Section 2 Sense of belonging and subjective vitality........................................................................................9 2.1 A few linguistic characteristics of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities target population......................................................................................................................................................9 2.2. Sense of belonging.................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1. Identification with one or the other of the two language groups ........................................................ 11 2.2.2 Perceived importance of being able to use the minority language in daily life................................... 14 2.2.3 Importance of linguistic rights being respected .................................................................................. 16 2.2.4 Importance of provincial government services being provided in the minority language ................... 17 2.3 Perceived subjective vitality ....................................................................................................................... 18 2.3.1 How the presence of the minority language has changed in the past ten years................................ 18 2.3.2 How the presence of the minority language will change in the next ten years................................... 20 2.3.3 Perceptions of the presence of the minority language in various domains in the public sphere........ 22 2.3.4 Perceived subjective vitality of the official-language community........................................................ 23 Section 3 Use of languages in daily activities................................................................................................. 28 3.1 Description of variables and development of language use indices .......................................................... 28 3.2 Results for indices...................................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.1 French-speaking adults outside Quebec ............................................................................................ 29 3.2.2 English-speaking adults in Quebec .................................................................................................... 35 3.2.3 Language practices according to weight of official-language minorities within municipalities ........... 36 Section 4 Accessibility and use of health care in the minority language..................................................... 41 4.1 Use of health care services........................................................................................................................ 41 4.2 Language in which services were received ............................................................................................... 41 4.2.1 Main language ...................................................................................................................................