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Appendix III
Tabulations of Response Frequencies

Table 101: 'Q1 - Count by 'DEPTCODE'


Q1: DEPTCODE

Number of
Responses


PERCENTAGE

AGR

10

1.1%

DFO

9

1.0%

DND

11

1.2%

DUS

8

0.9%

DVA

7

0.8%

IAN

6

0.7%

IMC

5

0.5%

MOT

9

1.0%

NAR

508

55.6%

NHW

7

0.8%

PCH

25

2.7%

REH

178

19.5%

RSN

55

6.0%

STC

11

1.2%

SVC

11

1.2%

OTHER DEPT

9

1.0%

NOT STATED

45

4.9%

TOTAL

914

100.0%

TABLE 102: Count of Question 2 - First Official Language

Q2: First Official
Language

No. of
Responses


Percentage

ENGLISH

494

54.0%

FRENCH

420

46.0%

Total

914

100.0%

Source: Survey of Official Language use at work among Federal Government Employees in Northern Ontario - 1998

TABLE 103: 'Q3 - Fluency in speaking English'

Q3: Fluency in
Speaking 'English'

TOTAL

No. of
Responses

Percentage

FLUENTLY

FLUENTLY

862

862

94.3%

94.3%

RELATIVELY FLUENTLY

RELATIVELY FLUENTLY

48

48

5.3%

5.3%

WITH DIFFICULTY

WITH DIFFICULTY

3

3

0.3%

0.3%

NOT AT ALL

NOT AT ALL

1

1

0.1%

0.1%

GRAND TOTAL

GRAND TOTAL

914

914

100.0%

100.0%

TABLE 104: 'Q4 - Fluency in speaking French'

Q4: Fluency in
Speaking 'French'

TOTAL

No. of
Responses


Percentage

FLUENTLY

458

50.1%

RELATIVELY FLUENTLY

106

11.6%

WITH DIFFICULTY

131

14.3%

NOT AT ALL

207

22.6%

NOT STATED

12

1.3%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

TABLE 105: 'Q5 - Language Requirements of Position'

Q5: Position Language Requirements

TOTAL

No. of
Responses

Percentage

BILINGUAL

401

43.9%

ENGLISH-ESSENTIAL

442

48.4%

FRENCH-ESSENTIAL

3

0.3%

EITHER ENGLISH or FRENCH

44

4.8%

DON'T KNOW

18

2.0%

NOT STATED

6

0.7%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

Source: Survey of Official Language use at work among Federal Government Employees in Northern Ontario - 1998

Table 106: 'Q6 - Reason for Bilingual Position'

Q6 - reason for bilingual position

TOTAL

RESPONSE CODE**

No. of Responses

Percentage

1

189

47.1%

2

22

5.5%

3

4

1.0%

4

3

0.7%

1,2

103

25.7%

1,3

12

3.0%

1,4

2

0.5%

2,3

14

3.5%

1,2,3

37

9.2%

1,2,4

5

1.2%

2,3,4

1

0.2%

1,2,3,4

5

1.2%

0

4

1.0%

GRAND TOTAL

401

100.0%

 

** Question 6 : CODE RESPONSE

0

NOT STATED

1

SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC

2

INTERNAL SERVICES TO OTHER EMPLOYEES

3

SUPERVISION

4

OTHER

 

Table 107: 'Q7 - Informed of rights/obligations'

Q7: informed of rights....

TOTAL

No. of Responses

Percentage

YES

639

69.9%

NO

118

12.9%

DON'T KNOW

133

14.6%

NOT STATED

24

2.6%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

Source: Survey of Official Language use at work among Federal Government Employees in Northern Ontario - 1998

TABLE 108: 'Q8 - Official Language used in carrying out duties'

Q8 - Official Language used in carrying out duties

TOTAL

No. of Responses

Percentage

ENGLISH ONLY

339

37.1%

MOSTLY ENGLISH

333

36.4%

FRENCH ONLY

0

0.0%

MOSTLY FRENCH

12

1.3%

ENGLISH & FRENCH EQUALLY

227

24.8%

NOT STATED

3

0.3%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

TABLE 109: 'Q9 - Satisfaction with opportunity to work in Official Language of choice'

Q9 - Satisfaction with opportunity to work in official language of choice

TOTAL

No. of Responses

Percentage

SATISFIED

817

89.4%

DISSATISFIED - PREFER MORE ENGLISH

10

1.1%

DISSATISFIED - PREFER MORE FRENCH

78

8.5%

NOT STATED

9

1.0%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

Source: Survey of Official Language use at work among Federal Government Employees in Northern Ontario - 1998

TABLE 110: 'Q10 - Percentage of time each Official Language is spoken at internal staff meetings'

Q10 - percentage of time each official language is spoken at internal meetings

TOTAL

No. of Responses

Percentage

ENGLISH - 0% FRENCH - 100%

7

0.8%

ENGLISH - 1% to 4% FRENCH - 96% to 99%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 5% FRENCH - 95%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 10% FRENCH - 90%

4

0.4%

ENGLISH - 15% FRENCH - 85%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 20% FRENCH - 80%

4

0.4%

ENGLISH - 25% FRENCH - 75%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 30% FRENCH - 70%

2

0.2%

ENGLISH - 35% FRENCH - 65%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 40% FRENCH - 60%

2

0.2%

ENGLISH - 45% FRENCH - 55%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 50% FRENCH - 50%

16

1.8%

ENGLISH - 55% FRENCH - 45%

0

0.0%

ENGLISH - 60% FRENCH - 40%

3

0.3%

ENGLISH - 65% FRENCH - 35%

1

0.1%

ENGLISH - 70% FRENCH - 30%

8

0.9%

ENGLISH - 75% FRENCH - 25%

8

0.9%

ENGLISH - 80% FRENCH - 20%

30

3.3%

ENGLISH - 85% FRENCH - 15%

3

0.3%

ENGLISH - 90% FRENCH - 10%

51

5.6%

ENGLISH - 95% FRENCH - 5%

40

4.4%

ENGLISH - 96% to 99% FRENCH - 1% to 4%

52

5.7%

ENGLISH - 100% FRENCH - 0%

670

73.3%

NOT STATED

13

1.4%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

TABLE 111: 'Q11 - Satisfaction with use of English & French at meetings'

Q11 - Satisfaction with use of English & French at meetings

TOTAL

No. of Responses

Percentage

SATISFIED

764

83.6%

DISSATISFIED - PREFER MORE ENGLISH

16

1.8%

DISSATISFIED - PREFER MORE FRENCH

121

13.2%

NOT STATED

13

1.4%

GRAND TOTAL

914

100.0%

Source: Survey of Official Language use at work among Federal Government Employees in Northern Ontario - 1998