Building on our Competencies : Canadian Results of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey

Distribution of proficiency levels for Francophones, by language of test,
Canada without Quebec, population aged 16 and over, 2003
Language of test	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 4/5
Language of test	%	Standard error	%	Standard error	%	Standard error	%	Standard error
A. Prose
English	21.1	(1.7)	29.3	(1.6)	35.4	(2.1)	14.2	(2.7)
French	29.1	(1.8)	33.2	(1.6)	27.6	(1.8)	10.1	(1.1)
Total	23.7	(1.3)	30.6	(1.1)	32.8	(1.5)	12.8	(1.7)
B. Document
English	23.4	(1.8)	30.3	(2.7)	32.7	(2.2)	13.5	(2.5)
French	32.5	(1.9)	32.1	(2.0)	25.0	(1.6)	10.4	(1.2)
Total	26.4	(1.4)	30.9	(1.8)	30.2	(1.5)	12.5	(1.7)
C. Numeracy
English	28.1	(2.2)	31.5	(2.4)	29.1	(2.8)	11.2	(2.7)
French	36.0	(1.7)	30.5	(1.2)	24.0	(1.5)	9.4	(1.4)
Total	30.7	(1.8)	31.2	(1.7)	27.4	(1.8)	10.6	(1.8)

Language of test	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 4
Language of test	%	Standard error	%	Standard error	%	Standard error	%	Standard error
D. Problem solving
English	39.6	(2.2)	38.3	(2.2)	19.3	(2.3)	2.8	(1.7)
French	50.1	(1.9)	32.2	(2.0)	15.0	(1.5)	2.6	(0.5)
Total	43.1	(1.7)	36.3	(1.8)	17.9	(1.8)	2.7	(1.2)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.

Distribution of Francophones who were tested in English, by language
spoken most often at home, Canada without Quebec, population aged
16 and over, 2003
Language spoken most often at home	Count	Standard error	%	Standard error
English	400 000	(29243.0)	63.0	(2.0)
French	235 000	(14587.0)	37.0	(2.0)
Total	635 000	(35250.0)	100.0	(0.0)

Distribution of prose proficiency levels for Francophones who were tested in
English, by language spoken most often at home, Canada without Quebec,
population aged 16 and over, 2003
Prose level	English		French
Prose level	%	Standard error	%	Standard error
Level 1	16.6	(2.1)	28.8	(2.6)
Level 2	29.5	(2.3)	29.5	(2.6)
Level 3	37.9	(3.3)	30.6	(2.9)
Level 4/5	16.1	(3.7)	11.1	(2.1)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.