Table 3
Population by reported mother tongues, Canada, 2006 and 2011

Table 3 Population by reported mother tongues, Canada, 2006 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 3 population by reported mother tongues. The information is grouped by region (appearing as row headers), year, french, english, other and total, calculated using number and per-centage units of measure (appearing as column headers).

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This table displays the results of table 3 population by reported mother tongues. The information is grouped by region (appearing as row headers), year, french, english, other and total, calculated using number and per-centage units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Region	Year	FrenchNote 1		English		Other		Total
		number	percentage	number	percentage	number	percentage	number	percentage
Canada	2006	6,892,230	22.1	18,055,685	57.8	6,293,110	20.1	31,241,030	100.0
	2011	7,172,560	21.7	19,137,520	57.8	6,811,095	20.6	33,121,175	100.0
Quebec	2006	5,916,840	79.6	607,165	8.2	911,900	12.3	7,435,905	100.0
	2011	6,164,745	78.9	647,655	8.3	1,003,545	12.8	7,815,955	100.0
Canada outside Quebec	2006	975,390	4.1	17,448,520	73.3	5,381,210	22.6	23,805,130	100.0
	2011	1,007,815	4.0	18,489,860	73.1	5,807,550	23.0	25,305,220	100.0
Note: 1. Multiple responses to the question on 'first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census' (mother tongue) were allocated equally among the French, English and Other categories. For more information on this subject, see the 2011 Census Dictionary, Catalogue no. 98-301-X.           Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2006 and 2011.