The linguistic profile summarizes English and French language
qualifications for each of three linguistic skills: reading,
writing, and oral interaction. It may include two types of
qualifications: general second official language proficiency
qualifications and specific language or language-related
qualifications in either the first or second official language
(designated by code “P”). |Bilingual position||A position with
at least one function requiring a knowledge and use of both
official languages.| |1st official language||The official
language with which an employee has a primary personal
identification (that is, the official language in with a person
is generally more proficient) Do not mistake with mother tongue
which is the first official language learned at home in
childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of
the census.| |Linguistic profile||A description of the language
requirements of a bilingual position and the proficiency level
required in the second language for each of the sk