Tower of Babel: Canada’s Languages Visualized in an Interactive Map
An interactive map showing the geographical distribution of every single language reported to the Canadian census.
An interactive map showing the geographical distribution of every single language reported to the Canadian census.
Last year, we declared Thunder Bay to be the hockey capital of Canada. But when you look at a bigger scale, it turns out Saskatchewan is more dominant than any other region on the planet.
Canada’s multicultural mosaic has produced a dazzling array of immigrant enclaves throughout the country. We explore them in our interactive map.
As a country of immigrants, we have come to expect the cacophony of foreign tongues heard in the diverse neighbourhoods of Toronto or Vancouver. But as it turns out, there are many surprising, and oftentimes isolated, linguistic outposts.
Among math, computer science and electrical/computer engineering departments in Canada’s universities, the percentage of women professors is shockingly low.
Forget what you think you know about Toronto and Montreal. Hogtown and La Belle Ville may have 37 Stanley Cups between them, but when it comes to breeding hockey players, Thunder Bay comes out on top.