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Languages of Canada

Name: Languages of Canada
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Languages spoken in Canada.

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First language↕	2016↕	2011↕	2006↕	Notes↕
Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.
Single language responses	33,947,610	97.64	32,481,635	98.07
Official languages	26,627,545	76.59	25,913,955	78.24
English	19,460,855	55.97	18,858,980	56.94
French	7,166,700	20.61	7,054,975	21.3
Non-official languages	7,321,070	21.06	6,567,680	19.83
Combined Chinese Responses	1,227,680	3.53	n/a	n/a
Mandarin (Standard Chinese)	592,035	1.7	248,705	0.75
Cantonese	565,275	1.63	372,460	1.12
Punjabi	501,680	1.44	430,705	1.3
Spanish	458,850	1.32	410,670	1.24
Tagalog (Filipino)	431,385	1.24	327,445	0.99
Arabic	419,895	1.21	327,870	0.99
German	384,040	1.1	409,200	1.24
Italian	375,645	1.08	407,485	1.23
Hindustani	321,465	0.92	263,345	0.8
Portuguese	221,535	0.64	211,335	0.64
Persian (Farsi)	214,200	0.62	170,045	0.51
Urdu	210,820	0.61	172,800	0.52
Russian	188,255	0.54	164,330	0.5
Polish	181,705	0.52	191,645	0.58
Vietnamese	156,430	0.45	144,880	0.44
Korean	153,425	0.44	137,925	0.42
Tamil	140,720	0.4	131,265	0.4
Hindi	110,645	0.32	90,545	0.27
Gujarati	108,775	0.31	91,450	0.28
Greek	106,520	0.31	108,925	0.33
Ukrainian	102,485	0.29	111,540	0.34
Dutch	99,015	0.28	110,490	0.33
Romanian	96,660	0.28	90,300	0.27
Bengali	73,125	0.21	59,370	0.18
Creoles	72,130	0.21	61,725	0.19
Cree, n.o.s.	64,045	0.18	77,900	0.24
Hungarian	61,235	0.18	67,920	0.21
Berber languages (Kabyle)	n/a	n/a	57,855	0.17
Serbian	57,345	0.16	56,420	0.17
Croatian	48,200	0.14	49,730	0.15
Japanese	43,640	0.13	39,985	0.12
Chinese, n.o.s.	38,575	0.11	425,210	1.28
Somali	36,760	0.11	31,380	0.09
Inuktitut	35,215	0.1	33,500	0.1
Armenian	33,455	0.1	29,795	0.09
Turkish	32,815	0.09	29,640	0.09
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	31,795	0.09	n/a	n/a
Malayalam	28,570	0.08	16,080	0.05
Albanian	26,895	0.08	23,820	0.07
Ilocano	26,345	0.08	17,915	0.05
Amharic	22,465	0.06	18,020	0.05
Czech	22,295	0.06	23,585	0.07
Khmer (Cambodian)	20,130	0.06	19,440	0.06
Bulgarian	20,020	0.06	19,050	0.06
Hebrew	19,530	0.06	18,450	0.06
Niger–Congo languages, n.i.e.	19,140	0.06	14,075	0.04
Nepali	18,275	0.05	8,480	0.03
Ojibway	17,885	0.05	17,625	0.05
Slovak	17,585	0.05	17,580	0.05
Pashto	16,910	0.05	12,465	0.04
Macedonian	16,770	0.05	17,245	0.05
Tigrigna	16,650	0.05	10,220	0.03
Sinhala	16,335	0.05	14,185	0.04
Bisayan languages	n/a	n/a	16,240	0.05
Telugu	15,655	0.05	9,315	0.03
Finnish	15,295	0.04	17,415	0.05
Yiddish	13,555	0.04	15,205	0.05
Akan (Twi)	13,460	0.04	12,680	0.04
Swahili	13,375	0.04	10,090	0.03
Wu (Shanghainese)	12,920	0.04	n/a	n/a
Oji-Cree	12,855	0.04	9,835	0.03
Lao	12,670	0.04	12,970	0.04
Danish	12,630	0.04	14,145	0.04
Malay	12,275	0.04	10,910	0.03
Bosnian	12,210	0.04	11,685	0.04
Sindhi	11,860	0.03	11,330	0.03
Kurdish	11,705	0.03	9,805	0.03
Hakka	10,910	0.03	5,115	0.02
Dene, n.o.s.	10,700	0.03	11,215	0.03
Afrikaans	10,260	0.03	8,770	0.03
Montagnais (Innu)	10,230	0.03	10,785	0.03
Slovenian	9,785	0.03	10,775	0.03
Taiwanese	n/a	n/a	9,635	0.03
Serbo-Croatian	9,555	0.03	10,155	0.03
African languages, n.i.e.	n/a	n/a	9,125	0.03
Thai	9,255	0.03	7,935	0.02
Marathi	8,295	0.02	5,830	0.02
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	n/a	n/a	7,150	0.02
Lithuanian	7,075	0.02	7,245	0.02
Swedish	6,840	0.02	7,350	0.02
Mi'kmaq	6,690	0.02	7,635	0.02
Tibetan	6,165	0.02	n/a	n/a
Atikamekw	6,150	0.02	5,820	0.02
Canadian Gaelic	n/a	n/a	6,015	0.02
Fukien (Fuzhou dialect)	n/a	n/a	5,925	0.02
Rundi (Kirundi)	5,845	0.02	3,975	0.01
Maltese	5,565	0.02	6,220	0.02
Estonian	5,445	0.02	6,385	0.02
Latvian	5,455	0.02	6,200	0.02
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5,250	0.02	3,895	0.01
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5,180	0.01	5,255	0.02
Oromo	4,960	0.01	11,140	0.03
Norwegian	4,615	0.01	5,800	0.02
Tibetan languages	n/a	n/a	4,640	0.01
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	n/a	n/a	4,360	0.01
Sign languages, n.i.e.	4,125	0.01	3,815	0.01
Vlaams (Flemish)	3,895	0.01	4,690	0.01
Lingala	3,810	0.01	3,085	0.01
Burmese	3,585	0.01	2,985	0.01
Stoney	3,025	0.01	3,050	0.01
Shanghainese	n/a	n/a	2,920	0.01
Blackfoot	2,815	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	2,420	0.01	3,630	0.01
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	2,155	0.01	16,970	0.05
Frisian	2,095	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Dogrib (Tlicho)	1,645	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	1,405	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)	1,265	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Algonquin	1,260	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Scottish Gaelic	1,095	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Welsh	1,075	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Carrier	1,030	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	1,020	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Mohawk	985	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
South Slavey	950	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	880	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
North Slavey	765	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Tsilhqot'in	655	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	530	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Dënësųłıné	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Michif	465	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	445	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Nisga'a	400	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Malecite	300	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Kutchin-Gwich’in (Loucheux)	260	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Tlingit	95	<0.01%	n/a	n/a
Other languages	n/a	n/a	77,890	0.2
Multiple language responses	818,640	2.35	639,540	1.9
English and French	165,335	0.48	144,685	0.4
English and a non-official language	533,260	1.53	396,330	1.2
French and a non-official language	86,145	0.25	74,430	0.2
English, French, and a non-official language	33,900	0.1	24,095	0.07
Total	34,767,250	100	33,121,175	100

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