Official Language

According to the 2006 Census, the majority of people living in Simcoe Muskoka could speak one or both of Canada’s two official languages, English and French. This included: English only (92%), French only (0.1%), English and French bilingual (7%). Less than one half of one per cent (0.3%) of Simcoe Muskoka residents could not speak English or French, which was unchanged from 2001.

The proportion of the population that speaks only English is higher in Simcoe Muskoka (92%) when compared with Ontario (86%).