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Table 1
Size and percentage of population that reported speaking one of the top 12 immigrant languages most often at home in the six largest census metropolitan areas, 2011
Toronto | Montréal | Vancouver | ||||||
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Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage | Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage | Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage |
Cantonese | 156,425 | 8.8 | Arabic | 107,910 | 17.2 | Punjabi | 126,100 | 17.7 |
Punjabi | 142,345 | 8.0 | Spanish | 95,020 | 15.2 | Cantonese | 113,610 | 16.0 |
Chinese n.o.s. | 124,960 | 7.0 | Italian | 50,500 | 8.1 | Chinese n.o.s. | 86,580 | 12.2 |
Urdu | 105,545 | 5.9 | Chinese n.o.s. | 35,440 | 5.7 | Mandarin | 83,825 | 11.8 |
Tamil | 102,700 | 5.7 | Creole | 34,015 | 5.4 | Tagalog | 47,640 | 6.7 |
Tagalog | 99,980 | 5.6 | Greek | 25,235 | 4.0 | Korean | 38,870 | 5.5 |
Spanish | 94,315 | 5.3 | Romanian | 24,725 | 3.9 | Persian (Farsi) | 28,970 | 4.1 |
Mandarin | 91,670 | 5.1 | Vietnamese | 22,375 | 3.6 | Spanish | 22,505 | 3.2 |
Italian | 81,390 | 4.6 | Russian | 20,335 | 3.2 | Hindi | 18,355 | 2.6 |
Persian (Farsi) | 69,570 | 3.9 | Portuguese | 17,995 | 2.9 | Vietnamese | 18,225 | 2.6 |
Portuguese | 65,810 | 3.7 | Persian (Farsi) | 15,530 | 2.5 | Russian | 11,765 | 1.7 |
Russian | 64,700 | 3.6 | Tamil | 13,730 | 2.2 | Japanese | 9,920 | 1.4 |
Other immigrant languages | 587,590 | 32.9 | Other immigrant languages | 163,215 | 26.1 | Other immigrant languages | 105,140 | 14.8 |
Total | 1,786,995 | 100.0 | Total | 626,045 | 100.0 | Total | 711,515 | 100.0 |
Note: Chinese n.o.s. refers to persons who reported 'Chinese' without specifiying further in the question on language spoken most often at home. For more information on this subject, see the document entitled
Immigrant languages in Canada, Catalogue no. 98-314-X2011003, in the Census in Brief series.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011. |
Calgary | Edmonton | Ottawa - Gatineau | ||||||
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Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage | Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage | Language spoken most often | Number | Percentage |
Punjabi | 27,435 | 12.1 | Tagalog | 19,645 | 11.8 | Arabic | 28,665 | 20.4 |
Tagalog | 23,710 | 10.4 | Punjabi | 18,165 | 10.9 | Spanish | 11,325 | 8.1 |
Chinese n.o.s. | 20,835 | 9.2 | Chinese n.o.s. | 14,810 | 8.9 | Chinese n.o.s. | 10,490 | 7.5 |
Spanish | 17,900 | 7.9 | Cantonese | 11,260 | 6.8 | Mandarin | 6,205 | 4.4 |
Cantonese | 16,920 | 7.4 | Spanish | 10,865 | 6.5 | Somali | 5,405 | 3.8 |
Urdu | 12,320 | 5.4 | Arabic | 9,755 | 5.9 | Persian (Farsi) | 5,225 | 3.7 |
Arabic | 11,625 | 5.1 | Vietnamese | 6,650 | 4.0 | Vietnamese | 5,210 | 3.7 |
Vietnamese | 10,800 | 4.7 | Mandarin | 6,425 | 3.9 | Cantonese | 4,790 | 3.4 |
Mandarin | 9,900 | 4.4 | Hindi | 5,460 | 3.3 | Russian | 4,550 | 3.2 |
Korean | 6,565 | 2.9 | Urdu | 5,460 | 3.3 | Italian | 4,110 | 2.9 |
Russian | 5,755 | 2.5 | Polish | 5,205 | 3.1 | Tagalog | 3,735 | 2.7 |
Persian (Farsi) | 5,495 | 2.4 | German | 3,770 | 2.3 | Portuguese | 3,570 | 2.5 |
Other immigrant languages | 58,255 | 25.6 | Other immigrant languages | 48,680 | 29.3 | Other immigrant languages | 47,395 | 33.7 |
Total | 227,515 | 100.0 | Total | 166,145 | 100.0 | Total | 140,675 | 100.0 |
Note: Chinese n.o.s. refers to persons who reported 'Chinese' without specifiying further in the question on language spoken most often at home. For more information on this subject, see the document entitled
Immigrant languages in Canada, Catalogue no. 98-314-X2011003, in the Census in Brief series.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011. |
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