Demolinguistic data Population with French as mother tongue | 933 | 3.3 | Population with English as mother tongue | 24,758 | 86.3 | Mother tongue other than English or French* | 2,830 | 9.9 | Population speaking both official languages | 2,895 | 10.1 | Population speaking neither English nor French | 60 | 0.2 | Source: Statistics Canada - 2001 Census |
Educational data** French as a second-language enrollment | 3,305 | 58.2 | In French immersion | 214 | 6.5 | Population in minority-language schools | 124 | | Source: AR 2002-2003, Heritage Canada Estimated enrolment for 2002-2003. |
Data on official languages, federal level Bilingual positions in the federal public service | 61,896 | 37.9 | All federal public service employees in province | 527 | 0.3 | Bilingual federal public service positions in the Northwest Territories and Yukon | 16 | 3.0 | Francophone federal public service employees in the Northwest Territories and Yukon | 10 | 1.9 | Source: Treasury Board - Official Languages Information System, March 2003 | *2.7% of the population identifies an aboriginal language as their mother tongue, followed by 2.5% who identify German.
**Second language programs are not compulsory at any level in the Yukon. A school board may choose to offer French as a second-language or one of the aboriginal languages. | |