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Language Highlight Tables, 2011 Census

Population by mother tongue and age groups (total), percentage distribution (2011), for Canada, provinces and territories

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Table Summary

This table shows the population by mother tongue and selected age group. The column headings are: geographic name and mother tongue. Mother tongue is further divided into: total, English, French, non-official language, English and French, English and non-official language, French and non-official language and English, French and non-official language. The rows are: geographic names along with their corresponding values.

Population by mother tongue and age groups (total), percentage distribution (2011), for Canada, provinces and territories
Geographic name Mother tongue Footnote 1
Total English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
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Canada ! 100.0 56.9 21.3 19.8 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.1
Yukon ! 100.0 83.4 4.3 10.8 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.0
Saskatchewan ! 100.0 84.5 1.6 12.7 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.0
Quebec ! 100.0 7.7 78.1 12.3 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.2
Prince Edward Island 100.0 92.2 3.8 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Ontario ! 100.0 68.2 3.9 25.7 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.1
Nunavut ! 100.0 28.1 1.4 69.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 100.0 91.8 3.4 4.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories ! 100.0 76.5 2.6 19.6 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 97.6 0.5 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
New Brunswick 100.0 64.9 31.6 2.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0
Manitoba ! 100.0 72.9 3.5 21.5 0.3 1.6 0.1 0.0
British Columbia ! 100.0 70.3 1.3 26.5 0.2 1.6 0.1 0.0
Alberta ! 100.0 77.0 1.9 19.4 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.0

Note(s):

Footnote 1

Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census (May 10, 2011).

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