Languages of Canada
Name↕ | First language↕ | 2016↕ | % (2016)↕ | 2006↕ | % (2006)↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. |
Single language responses | Single language responses | 33,947,610 | 97.64 | 32,481,635 | 98.07 |
Official languages | Official languages | 26,627,545 | 76.59 | 25,913,955 | 78.24 |
English | English | 19,460,855 | 55.97 | 18,858,980 | 56.94 |
French | French | 7,166,700 | 20.61 | 7,054,975 | 21.3 |
Non-official languages | Non-official languages | 7,321,070 | 21.06 | 6,567,680 | 19.83 |
Combined Chinese Responses | Combined Chinese Responses | 1,227,680 | 3.53 | n/a | n/a |
Mandarin (Standard Chinese) | Mandarin (Standard Chinese) | 592,035 | 1.7 | 248,705 | 0.75 |
Cantonese | Cantonese | 565,275 | 1.63 | 372,460 | 1.12 |
Punjabi | Punjabi | 501,680 | 1.44 | 430,705 | 1.3 |
Spanish | Spanish | 458,850 | 1.32 | 410,670 | 1.24 |
Tagalog (Filipino) | Tagalog (Filipino) | 431,385 | 1.24 | 327,445 | 0.99 |
Arabic | Arabic | 419,895 | 1.21 | 327,870 | 0.99 |
German | German | 384,040 | 1.1 | 409,200 | 1.24 |
Italian | Italian | 375,645 | 1.08 | 407,485 | 1.23 |
Hindustani | Hindustani | 321,465 | 0.92 | 263,345 | 0.8 |
Portuguese | Portuguese | 221,535 | 0.64 | 211,335 | 0.64 |
Persian (Farsi) | Persian (Farsi) | 214,200 | 0.62 | 170,045 | 0.51 |
Urdu | Urdu | 210,820 | 0.61 | 172,800 | 0.52 |
Russian | Russian | 188,255 | 0.54 | 164,330 | 0.5 |
Polish | Polish | 181,705 | 0.52 | 191,645 | 0.58 |
Vietnamese | Vietnamese | 156,430 | 0.45 | 144,880 | 0.44 |
Korean | Korean | 153,425 | 0.44 | 137,925 | 0.42 |
Tamil | Tamil | 140,720 | 0.4 | 131,265 | 0.4 |
Hindi | Hindi | 110,645 | 0.32 | 90,545 | 0.27 |
Gujarati | Gujarati | 108,775 | 0.31 | 91,450 | 0.28 |
Greek | Greek | 106,520 | 0.31 | 108,925 | 0.33 |
Ukrainian | Ukrainian | 102,485 | 0.29 | 111,540 | 0.34 |
Dutch | Dutch | 99,015 | 0.28 | 110,490 | 0.33 |
Romanian | Romanian | 96,660 | 0.28 | 90,300 | 0.27 |
Bengali | Bengali | 73,125 | 0.21 | 59,370 | 0.18 |
Creoles | Creoles | 72,130 | 0.21 | 61,725 | 0.19 |
Cree, n.o.s. | Cree, n.o.s. | 64,045 | 0.18 | 77,900 | 0.24 |
Hungarian | Hungarian | 61,235 | 0.18 | 67,920 | 0.21 |
Berber languages (Kabyle) | Berber languages (Kabyle) | n/a | n/a | 57,855 | 0.17 |
Serbian | Serbian | 57,345 | 0.16 | 56,420 | 0.17 |
Croatian | Croatian | 48,200 | 0.14 | 49,730 | 0.15 |
Japanese | Japanese | 43,640 | 0.13 | 39,985 | 0.12 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | Chinese, n.o.s. | 38,575 | 0.11 | 425,210 | 1.28 |
Somali | Somali | 36,760 | 0.11 | 31,380 | 0.09 |
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