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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Language Used Most Often at Work (8), Other Language Used Regularly at Work (9), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Mother Tongue (8) and Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (10) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2010, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

About this variable: Mother tongue (8)

Definition

Mother tongue

Part A - Short definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual on May 10, 2011.

 

Values

  1. Total - Mother tongue
  2. English
  3. French
  4. Non-official language
  5. English and French
  6. English and non-official language
  7. French and non-official language
  8. English, French and non-official language
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