Knowledge of the francophone economic area

Insights

November 1, 2012

Pluralistic francophonie

Entrepreneurial output

Pluralistic francophonie

CANADA Number (2011) Percentage of total Canadian population

French as mother tongue 7,298,180 22.0%

Ability to converse in French9,960,590 30.1%

FRANCOPHONE AND ACADIAN COMMUNITIES

Number (2011) Percentage of total Canadian population / excluding Quebec

French as mother tongue 1,066,580 4.2%

Ability to converse in French2,584,690 10.2%

Francophonie as a whole

QUEBEC Number (2011) Percentage of total Québécois population

French as mother tongue 6,231,600 79.7%

Ability to converse in French7,375,900 94.4%

ONTARIO Number (2011) Percentage of total Ontarian population

French as mother tongue 561,155 4.4%

Ability to converse in French1,438,785 11.3%

Francophonie as a whole

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Number (2011) Percentage of total Island population

French as mother tongue 5,685 4.1%

Ability to converse in French17,135 12.4%

SASKATCHEWAN Number (2011) Percentage of total Saskatchewanian population

French as mother tongue 18,930 1.9%

Ability to converse in French47,000 4.6%

Entrepreneurial output

The rate of creation of new businesses in Canada is regularly higher than the rate of business closures.

A bit more than half of Canadian businesses survive their first five years of activity.

The survival rate of Canadian businesses is better

than that in other countries.

Entrepreneurial output

The rate of entrepreneurship has been stagnant or dropping in the country since 2005.

To evaluate the number of new entrepreneurs in the country, we counted Canadians who became independent workers and who also hired employees. These people made up 0.3% of the active population in 2005 compared to 0.23% in 2011.

What’s the situation within the Canadian

Francophonie?

Francophone economic area

Components to take into consideration:

- Francophonie as a whole- Entrepreneurial output