Data tables, 2016 Census

Language Used Most Often at Work (8), Other Language(s) Used Regularly at Work (9), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8), Immigrant Status (4) and Place of Work Census Division (296) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2015, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

About this variable: Language spoken most often at home (8)

Definition

Language spoken most often at home

'Language spoken most often at home' refers to the language the person speaks most often at home at the time of data collection. A person can report more than one language as 'spoken most often at home' if the languages are spoken equally often.

For a person who lives alone, the language spoken most often at home is the language in which he or she feels most comfortable. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this is the language spoken most often to the child at home. Where two languages are spoken to the child, the language spoken most often at home is the language spoken most often. If both languages are used equally often, then both languages are included here.

Values

  1. Total - Language spoken most often at home
  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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