Table A.3.1
Population by mother tongue, provinces (excluding Quebec) and territories, by three projection scenarios, 2011 and 2036

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Table A.3.1
Population by mother tongue, provinces (excluding Quebec) and territories, by three projection scenarios, 2011 and 2036
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by mother tongue. The information is grouped by Mother tongue (appearing as row headers), 2011 (adjusted), Low immigration, Reference, High immigration and 2036 (projected), calculated using population (thousands) and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Mother tongue 2011 (adjusted) Low immigration Reference High immigration 2011 (adjusted) Low immigration Reference High immigration
2036 (projected) 2036 (projected)
population (thousands) percent
English  
Newfoundland and Labrador 515 460 463 464 98.1 96.5 95.9 95.5
Prince Edward Island 134 137 139 140 93.0 83.8 79.8 77.8
Nova Scotia 875 810 818 822 92.7 90.5 89.2 88.6
New Brunswick 499 445 450 452 66.1 66.2 65.1 64.6
Ontario 9,287 10,307 10,573 10,711 70.2 66.0 63.1 61.7
Manitoba 928 1,065 1,096 1,113 75.4 68.9 64.7 62.8
Saskatchewan 919 1,057 1,080 1,093 86.4 79.3 75.5 73.6
Alberta 2,985 3,995 4,109 4,169 79.0 71.1 67.5 65.8
British Columbia 3,243 3,648 3,733 3,777 72.2 67.6 64.5 63.1
Territories 73 90 91 91 65.2 60.9 59.6 58.9
French  
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 1 1 1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Prince Edward Island 5 4 4 4 3.6 2.5 2.4 2.3
Nova Scotia 33 23 24 24 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.6
New Brunswick 239 191 192 193 31.6 28.4 27.8 27.5
Ontario 517 471 493 505 3.9 3.0 2.9 2.9
Manitoba 42 33 35 36 3.4 2.1 2.1 2.0
Saskatchewan 16 13 15 15 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
Alberta 72 89 96 99 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.6
British Columbia 60 56 58 60 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0
Territories 3 4 5 5 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1
Other  
Newfoundland and Labrador 8 15 19 21 1.5 3.2 3.9 4.2
Prince Edward Island 5 22 31 36 3.3 13.7 17.8 19.9
Nova Scotia 36 61 75 82 3.9 6.8 8.2 8.8
New Brunswick 17 37 49 56 2.3 5.4 7.1 8.0
Ontario 3,432 4,842 5,699 6,144 25.9 31.0 34.0 35.4
Manitoba 261 449 563 623 21.2 29.0 33.2 35.2
Saskatchewan 128 262 337 376 12.1 19.7 23.5 25.3
Alberta 721 1,536 1,886 2,070 19.1 27.3 31.0 32.7
British Columbia 1,188 1,695 1,996 2,153 26.4 31.4 34.5 35.9
Territories 36 53 57 59 32.2 36.1 37.4 38.0
Note: The population counts for 2011 have been adjusted for net undercoverage.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey and Demosim, 2016.
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