The proportion speaking an official language at home has decreased slightly between 2006 and 2011

• People who reported speaking English only at home represented 58.0% of the population in 2011, down from 61.6% in 2001. Less than one-fifth of Canadians reported speaking only French at home in 2011 (18.2%) down slightly from ten years earlier (19.8%).
• About 6.5% of the population spoke only a language other than English or French at home in 2011.  In total, more than one-fifth (20.1%) of the population spoke a non-official language at home—alone or in combination with an official language—up from 15.1% a decade earlier.
• In Quebec, the proportion of the population that reported speaking only French at home decreased from 75.1% to 72.8% between 2006 and 2011. In the rest of Canada, the proportion of the population that reported speaking only English at home declined from 77.1% to 74.1% between 2006 and 2011.

Table 5
Language(s) spoken at home, Canada, 2001, 2006 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Language(s) spoken at home. The information is grouped by Language(s) spoken at home (appearing as row headers), 2001, 2006 and 2011, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Language(s) spoken at home	2001		2006		2011
	number	percentage	number	percentage	number	percentage
French only	5,861,135	19.8	5,953,155	19.1	6,043,305	18.2
English only	18,267,825	61.6	18,853,915	60.3	19,224,945	58.0
Other only	1,693,120	5.7	2,045,080	6.5	2,145,250	6.5
French and otherNote 1	220,290	0.7	298,245	1.0	417,990	1.3
English and otherNote 2	2,447,675	8.3	2,857,455	9.1	3,816,980	11.5
English and FrenchNote 3	1,015,920	3.4	1,090,325	3.5	1,222,530	3.7
Other combinations	133,080	0.4	142,840	0.5	250,175	0.8
Total	29,639,045	100.0	31,241,015	100.0	33,121,175	100.0
Note 1. Includes responses 'French and other' equally, 'French most often and other on a regular basis' and 'other most often and French on a regular basis.' Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes responses 'English and other' equally, 'English most often and other on a regular basis' and 'other most often and English on a regular basis.' Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes responses 'English and French' equally, 'French most often and English on a regular basis' and 'English most often and French on a regular basis.' Return to note 3 referrer Source(s): Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001, 2006 and 2011.