Tag: census
Canada’s Census Prompts Bilingual Education Plans
Last month, Canada’s commissioner of official languages Raymond Théberge reacted to the release of the latest Census data related to official languages by recommending a re-evaluation of bilingual education provisions: “According to the data,...
Canada’s Languages Diversify
The number of Canadians who mainly speak a language other than English or French at home grew...
Help Design the 2030 Census—what languages should it be in?
Your Feedback is Needed Now to Make Sure that the US Population is Accurately Counted & Represented
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#BabiesCount in the 2020 Census
According to the Census Bureau, young children ages 0 to 4 are more likely to be undercounted by the 2020 Census than any other age group. By comparing the results of the 2010 Census...
COUNT ON ME: Complete the #2020Census to Help Inform Billions in Funding
One year ago, Language Magazine introduced COUNT ON ME: Campaign for an Accurate 2020 Census. The campaign was born out of a desire to help ensure that everyone, no matter where they were born...
Free Resources in English and Spanish for U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools Week
Statistics in Schools (SIS) Week, which will take place March 2-6, is a program of the U.S. Census Bureau designed to educate students about the importance of the Census. The Census Bureau has called...
Language Crucial to Accurate Census 2020
In recognition of the fact that limited-English-proficient households are traditionally underrepresented in census reporting, the federal government is planning to officially collect Census 2020 responses in six new language options—Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese,...
Canadian Stats Reveal Need for Revitalization
Growth of the Indigenous population in Canada continues to rapidly outpace that of the rest of the country, but Indigenous languages need more revitalization efforts, according to census data released by Statistics Canada (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/index-eng.cfm).
Between 2006...