Table 3
Period of immigration of immigrant speakers of selected non-official languages, Canada, 2021
| Immigration before 2001 | Immigration from 2001 to 2010 | Immigration from 2011 to 2015 | Immigration from 2016 to 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| proportion of immigrant speakers (%) | proportion of immigrant speakers (%) | proportion of immigrant speakers (%) | proportion of immigrant speakers (%) | |
| Italian | 87.4 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| Greek | 87.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Polish | 84.9 | 8.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Yue (Cantonese) | 76.2 | 13.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| Vietnamese | 73.1 | 11.6 | 6.1 | 9.2 |
| Portuguese | 69.1 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 13.7 |
| German | 68.5 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tamil | 45.2 | 26.9 | 11.0 | 16.9 |
| Hebrew | 44.8 | 26.4 | 14.0 | 14.8 |
| Spanish | 43.1 | 28.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| Romanian | 40.2 | 42.2 | 11.0 | 6.5 |
| Punjabi (Panjabi) | 36.9 | 28.0 | 15.2 | 19.9 |
| Ukrainian | 36.5 | 30.2 | 14.7 | 18.6 |
| Korean | 35.9 | 33.9 | 14.5 | 15.8 |
| Gujarati | 35.3 | 27.9 | 13.8 | 23.1 |
| Mandarin | 33.8 | 33.9 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
| Russian | 32.2 | 37.4 | 15.2 | 15.3 |
| Iranian Persian | 32.0 | 28.7 | 24.8 | 14.5 |
| Urdu | 30.5 | 36.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 |
| Arabic | 27.5 | 27.2 | 17.8 | 27.5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 27.1 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 21.6 |
| Bengali | 26.9 | 34.7 | 16.6 | 21.8 |
| Hindi | 26.3 | 26.7 | 16.8 | 30.3 |
Source(s):
Census of Population (3901).
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