Table 10
Mother tongues of internationally-educated immigrants aged 25 to 64 by period of landing, Canada, 2006

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Mother tongue Internationally-educated immigrants
All Very-recent Recent Established
number
All languages 1,399,010 450,045 288,775 660,190
Official languages 333,045 77,715 46,800 208,540
English 245,040 47,120 30,180 167,740
French 44,940 15,870 7,780 21,290
English and French 825 290 90 445
Multiple mother tongues with at least one official language 42,240 14,435 8,750 19,065
Non-official languages 1,065,965 372,330 241,980 451,660
Total top 10 mother tongues 695,320 253,320 166,775 275,245
Chinese languages 206,035 78,520 59,455 68,065
Tagalog 91,310 27,520 16,860 46,935
Spanish 64,760 28,475 9,785 26,505
Arabic 64,175 27,020 13,135 24,015
Punjabi 59,465 17,725 13,505 28,240
Russian 52,290 21,275 19,620 11,400
Polish 45,530 2,655 2,625 40,250
Urdu 42,575 19,240 14,325 9,010
Korean 35,185 15,120 9,625 10,440
Romanian 33,995 15,770 7,840 10,385
Other mother tongues 370,645 119,010 75,205 176,415
Source: 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
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