Table 5
Knowledge and use of selected non-official languages at work by workers, Canada, 2021
| Number of workers who use the language at work | Number of workers who know the language | |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | |
| Mandarin | 130.2 | 454.3 |
| Punjabi (Panjabi) | 102.5 | 530.6 |
| Yue (Cantonese) | 83.5 | 336.6 |
| Spanish | 80.7 | 684.2 |
| Hindi | 29.2 | 513.6 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 27.7 | 491.4 |
| Arabic | 27.7 | 366.9 |
| Korean | 22.9 | 100.1 |
| Portuguese | 19.2 | 186.6 |
| Vietnamese | 16.4 | 112.2 |
| German | 15.8 | 198.1 |
| Russian | 15.4 | 171.3 |
| Urdu | 15.1 | 184.2 |
| Italian | 14.8 | 274.2 |
| Iranian Persian | 12.2 | 117.4 |
| Tamil | 8.1 | 118.3 |
| Polish | 7.9 | 105.4 |
| Greek | 4.5 | 68.3 |
| Ukrainian | 4.4 | 62.0 |
| Gujarati | 4.3 | 122.0 |
| Hebrew | 3.3 | 48.5 |
| Bengali | 2.3 | 58.7 |
| Romanian | 2.2 | 69.4 |
Source(s):
Census of Population (3901).
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