Table 2
Size and percentage of the population that reported speaking a language other than English or French at home, alone or in combination with English or French, by type of use of these languages, Canada, 2011

Description

This table displays the results of table 2 size and percentage of the population that reported speaking a language other than english or french at home. The information is grouped by language(s) spoken at home (appearing as row headers), number and percentage (appearing as column headers).

Table 2 Size and percentage of the population that reported speaking a language other than English or French at home, alone or in combination with English or French, by type of use of these languages, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 2 size and percentage of the population that reported speaking a language other than english or french at home. The information is grouped by language(s) spoken at home (appearing as row headers), number and percentage (appearing as column headers).

Language(s) spoken at home	Number	Percentage
A language 'other' than English or French onlyNote 1	2,145,250	32.4
An 'other' language most often with English spoken on a regular basis	1,342,860	20.3
An 'other' language most often with French spoken on a regular basis	143,990	2.2
English most often with or without an 'other' language than French (equally or on a regular basis)	2,515,935	37.9
French most often with or without an 'other' language than English (equally or on a regular basis)	276,740	4.2
Other combinationsNote 2	205,620	3.1
Total	6,630,395	100.0
Notes: 1. The category 'Language other than English or French only' also includes persons speaking another language most often and those speaking it on a regular basis (less than 5% combined). 2. The category 'Other combinations' mainly comprises cases where three languages or more are spoken at home. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.