{"id":1773,"date":"2018-09-05T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bonjourniagara.com\/vivre\/?page_id=1773"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:52:32","slug":"geographic-distribution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/en\/who-we-are\/geographic-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographic Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Knowledge of Official Languages<\/h2>\n<p>Niagara&#8217;s population that identifies as bilingual (English and French) enthusiastically takes part in French cultural and sporting activities such as organized dinners and conversation sessions to take advantage of these opportunities to &#8220;<em>Vivre en fran\u00e7ais<\/em>&#8221; (Live in French).<\/p>\n<p><em>Statistics Canada, 2021 Census<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-row wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-two-third wc-shortcodes-column-first \">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-box wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-clearfix wc-shortcodes-box-secondary no-decoration\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5638\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5638 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Niagara-Region-Municpial-Bounderies-1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00e9gion de Niagara\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Niagara-Region-Municpial-Bounderies-1024x834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Niagara-Region-Municpial-Bounderies-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Niagara-Region-Municpial-Bounderies-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Niagara-Region-Municpial-Bounderies.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">* The cities of Port Colborne and Welland are designated areas under the <a href=\"https:\/\/csfontario.ca\/en\/loi\">Ontario French Language Services Act.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-third wc-shortcodes-column-last \">\n<h3>Inclusive Definition of Francophones (IDF)<\/h3>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/Renseignements : Robert Renaud' jrrenaud11@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDF<\/a> broadens the definition of Francophone to include those persons whose mother tongue is neither French nor English but have a particular knowledge of French as an Official Language and use French at home.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Mother Tongue and First Official Language Spoken: (total) 12,215<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected.<\/li>\n<li>The first official language (therefore English or French) spoken by a person. This concept is derived from 3 census questions: knowledge of official languages, mother tongue and language spoken most often at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wc-shortcodes-divider wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-divider-line-single wc-shortcodes-divider-style-solid \"  \/>\n<blockquote><p>The viable &#8220;Knowledge of Official Language&#8221; indicates whether a person is capable of conversing in French only, in English only, in either official language. We normally use this viable when talking about &#8220;bilingualism&#8221;.\u00a0 <strong>Niagara&#8217;s bilingual population (total) 34, 250<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-row wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-two-third wc-shortcodes-column-first \">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/download\/2494\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2553 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/portrait-of-niagaras-francophone-community-download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/portrait-of-niagaras-francophone-community-download.jpg 900w, https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/portrait-of-niagaras-francophone-community-download-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/portrait-of-niagaras-francophone-community-download-768x205.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-third wc-shortcodes-column-last \">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-box wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-clearfix wc-shortcodes-box-secondary \" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<h3>Follow us on social media<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-social-icons-wrapper\"><ul class=\"wc-shortcodes-social-icons wc-shortcodes-clearfix wc-shortcodes-columns-float-left wc-shortcodes-maxheight-48 wc-shortcodes-social-icons-format-image\"><li class=\"wc-shortcodes-social-icon wc-shortcode-social-icon-facebook first-icon\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bonjouriciniagara\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wc-shortcodes\/public\/assets\/img\/facebook.png\"\" alt=\"Facebook\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wc-shortcodes-social-icon wc-shortcode-social-icon-twitter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bonjouriciniag1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vivreaniagara.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wc-shortcodes\/public\/assets\/img\/twitter.png\"\" alt=\"Twitter\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge of Official Languages Niagara&#8217;s population that identifies as bilingual (English and French) enthusiastically takes part in French cultural and sporting activities such as organized dinners and conversation sessions to take advantage of these opportunities to &#8220;Vivre en fran\u00e7ais&#8221; (Live in French). 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