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Proportion of the population who reported a language other than English or French as their mother tongue or language spoken most often at home, Canada, 2011 and 2016

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Languages spoken most often at home 2016 Language spoken most often at home 2011 Mother tongue 2016 Mother tongue 2011 0 5 10 15 20 25 percent Single responseSingle response Multiple responseMultiple response
Note(s):
For the language spoken most often at home, the category "multiple response" includes all cases in which more than one language was reported in part A or B of the question on language spoken most often at home. See the note to readers.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011 and 2016.

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Proportion of the population who reported a language other than English or French as their mother tongue or language spoken most often at home, Canada, 2011 and 2016, percent
  Single response Multiple response
Languages spoken most often at home 2016 6.3 15.5
Language spoken most often at home 2011 6.2 13.8
Mother tongue 2016 21.1 1.9
Mother tongue 2011 19.8 1.5
Note(s):
For the language spoken most often at home, the category "multiple response" includes all cases in which more than one language was reported in part A or B of the question on language spoken most often at home. See the note to readers.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011 and 2016.
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