Distribution of the Spanish language in Canada: close to 1 million speakers throughout the country

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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A page here on the Spanish Wikipedia called Distribución geográfica del idioma español (geographic distribution of the Spanish language) has a few paragraphs on the distribution of the language in Canada as well, which has begun to increase quite rapidly in recent years. Here's what it says:

En 2001, el español estaba en el 7º puesto en Canadá, con 245.495 hispanohablantes, en 2006 se mantenía en el mismo sitio, pero con 345,345 hispanoparlantes. Su incremento es de un 14% anual. Las estimaciones del total de hispanos han crecido hasta los 520.260, sin embargo, PMB Print Measurement Bureau cifra el total de hispanohablantes sobre el total de hispanos mayores de 12 años, en 909.000. Esta misma fuente aseguraba a "Media in Canada" a fecha del 11 de Octubre del 2006, que el número de hispanohablantes es de casi 1 millón, siendo el español desde el 2005, la tercera lengua más hablada de Canadá tras el inglés y francés. Es una de las regiones del mundo donde crece más aceleradamente.
In 2001 Spanish was in 7th place in Canada with 245,495 speakers, and in 2006 at the same place, but with 345,345 speakers. This is a 14% annual increase. The total estimations of hispanics have increased to 520,260, however, PMB Print Measurement Bureau measures the total of Spanish speakers on the total of Spanish speakers of at least 12 years of age, at 909,000. This same source claimed in "Media in Canada" on 11 October 2006 that the number of Spanish speakers is almost 1 million, with Spanish since 2005 being the third-most spoken language in Canada after English and French. It is one of the regions of the world where it is growing the fastest.
En las provincias de Ontario, Quebec, Columbia Británica y Alberta, se localiza casi el 85% de la población hispanoparlante del Canadá. En las grandes ciudades como Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec y Winnipeg es muy común escuchar en sus calles el español. El Diario El Popular de Toronto y Canadá Hoy de Vancouver, son los principales diarios en español de Canadá; existen otros como El Correo Canadiense en Toronto y El Mensajero en Gatineau, que circulan semanalmente.
In the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta one finds almost 85% of the Spanish-speaking population in Canada. In large cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec and Winnipeg it is very common to hear Spanish in the streets. Diario El Popular in Toronto and Canada Hoy in Vancouver are the main Spanish journals in Canada; there are others such as El Correo Canadiense in Toronto and El Mensajero in Gatineau, which circulate weekly.
Transmiten varias cadenas televisoras en español, como Nuevo Mundo TV o Tlñ de Telelatino Network, que han sido producidas en Canadá. También se puede ver la TV Chile y TV Azteca, por Videotron. Las emisiones en español de Radio Canadá Internacional son diarias. En cuanto a medios de Internet portales como TorontoHispano.com o HolaCalgary.com son los principales referentes.
There are various television channels in Spanish, such as Nuevo Mundo TV or Tlñ by the Telelatino Network, which are produced in Canada. One can also see TV Chile and TV Azteca by Videotron. Radio Canada International (CBC) has daily broadcasts in Spanish. As for internet media, portals such as TorontoHispano.com or HolaCalgary.com are the main ones.
Actualmente hay un Instituto Cervantes en Calgary, pero se prevé que se instalen otros dos en Toronto y Montreal. En Canadá el idioma español ha superado al italiano como tercer idioma urbano europeo más hablado.
There is a Cervantes Institute in Calgary now, but two others are expected to be installed in Toronto and Montreal. In Canada Spanish has superceded Italian as the third urban European language most spoken.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

In addition, the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) has an extension school in Gatineau. The UNAM is the largest university in Latin America.

John said...

According to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoken_languages_of_Canada the top most spoken languages in Canada are:

Language composition by Home language
The following are the top twenty languages spoken in Canada, shown as a percentage of total single responses (just over 98% of Canadians use a single language as their "home language", and slightly under 2% use more than one language at home):[8]

English 20,584,775 (67.1%)
French 6,608,125 (19.1%)
Chinese[9] 790,035 (2.6%)
Punjabi 278,500 (0.9%)
Spanish 209,955 (0.7%)
Italian 170,330 (0.6%)
Ukrainian 148,090 (0.5%)
Arabic 144,745 (0.5%)
German 128,350 (0.4%)
Tagalog 119,345 (0.4%)
Vietnamese 111,440 (0.4%)
Portuguese 103,875 (0.3%)
Urdu 102,805 (0.3%)
Polish 101,575 (0.3%)
Korean 101,500 (0.3%)
Persian 97,220 (0.3%)
Russian 93,805 (0.3%)
Tamil 92,680 (0.3%)
Greek 55,100 (0.2%)
Gujarati 52,715 (0.2%)

Hola Calgary said...

The Hispanic population in Canada has a web portal with all the information for the recent inmigrant to Canada in Spanish, it is called Hola Calgary.

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