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Topic-based tabulation: Mother Tongue of Spouse or Partner (8), Mother Tongue of Child (8) Mother Tongue of Other Spouse or Partner (8) and Age Group of Child (5) for the Children Under 18 Years of Age Living in a Couple Family of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this tabulation
General information
Catalogue number : | 97-555-XCB2006044 |
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Release date : | December 4, 2007 |
Topic : | Language |
Data dimensions : |
Note
Note: Children living in a couple family
This table includes children living in families of opposite-sex married couples, opposite-sex common-law couples, same-sex married couples and same-sex common-law couples. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.
Data table
Mother tongue of child (8) | Spouse or partner - Mother tongue (8) | |||||||
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Total - Mother tongue of spouse or partnerFootnote 3 | English | French | Non-official language | English and French | English and non-official language | French and non-official language | English, French and non-official language | |
Total - Mother tongue of childFootnote 4 | 5,460,790 | 2,959,650 | 1,066,710 | 1,365,795 | 11,005 | 46,840 | 9,475 | 1,320 |
English | 3,471,910 | 2,884,515 | 76,235 | 477,430 | 4,535 | 27,475 | 1,385 | 330 |
French | 1,056,515 | 33,670 | 973,250 | 43,060 | 2,630 | 210 | 3,545 | 165 |
Non-official language | 837,975 | 26,510 | 6,670 | 799,005 | 105 | 4,180 | 1,420 | 85 |
English and French | 23,770 | 9,235 | 8,210 | 2,230 | 3,345 | 430 | 210 | 115 |
English and non-official language | 57,555 | 5,485 | 150 | 37,660 | 120 | 13,795 | 245 | 90 |
French and non-official language | 9,865 | 95 | 1,825 | 5,030 | 45 | 270 | 2,445 | 150 |
English, French and non-official language | 3,195 | 145 | 370 | 1,375 | 220 | 480 | 220 | 380 |
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census. The 'other spouse or partner' is the second spouse or partner listed on the census questionnaire.
- Footnote 2
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
- Footnote 3
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Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census. The 'spouse or partner' is the first spouse or partner listed on the census questionnaire.
- Footnote 4
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Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006044.
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Related data
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2006 Census analysis series:2006 Census: The Evolving Linguistic Portrait, 2006 Census: Findings
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2006 Census reference guides and technical reports:Languages Reference Guide, 2006 Census