2016 Census: Immigrant languages in Canada
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Release date: August 2, 2017
Description: 2016 Census: Immigrant languages in Canada
The 2016 Census provides data on more than 140 immigrant languages.
Province or territory | Language |
---|---|
Y.T. | Tagalog |
N.W.T. | Tagalog |
Nvt. | Tagalog |
B.C. | Punjabi |
Alta. | Tagalog |
Sask. | Tagalog |
Man. | Tagalog |
Ont. | Mandarin |
Que. | Arabic |
N.B. | Arabic |
N.S. | Arabic |
P.E.I. | Mandarin |
N.L. | Arabic |
City | Language | Number of speakers |
---|---|---|
Vancouver | Cantonese | 191,940 |
Mandarin | 190,465 | |
Punjabi | 170,375 | |
Tagalog | 81,105 | |
Korean | 47,265 | |
Toronto | Cantonese | 267,155 |
Mandarin | 246,210 | |
Punjabi | 196,605 | |
Tagalog | 164,030 | |
Urdu | 161,685 | |
Montréal | Arabic | 191,960 |
Spanish | 145,650 | |
Italian | 88,915 | |
Creole | 78,905 | |
Mandarin | 44,095 |
In 2016, 7,335,745 people in Canada spoke an immigrant language at home. This represents 21.1% of the Canadian population, an increase of 14.7% from 2011 to 2016.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.
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