Mother Tongue (10), First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (10), Other Language(s) Spoken Regularly at Home (11), Age (27) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Language spoken most often at home (10): Total - Language spoken most often at home
• Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (11): Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home
• Age (27): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Canada

Mother tongue (10)	First official language spoken (7)
	Total - First official language spoken	English	French	English and French	Neither English nor French	Official language minority (number)^Footnote 1	Official language minority (percentage)^Footnote 2
Total - Mother tongue	34,767,255	26,007,495	7,705,755	417,490	636,515	7,914,495	22.8
English	19,460,855	19,456,055	4,800	0	0	4,795	0.0
French	7,166,705	42,360	7,124,345	0	0	7,124,345	99.4
Non-official language	7,321,065	5,876,685	451,445	356,420	636,510	629,655	8.6
Aboriginal	195,700	166,865	14,545	6,905	7,380	18,000	9.2
Non-Aboriginal	7,125,365	5,709,815	436,900	349,515	629,135	611,655	8.6
English and French	165,325	82,675	37,390	45,260	0	60,015	36.3
English and non-official language	533,260	532,830	435	0	0	435	0.1
French and non-official language	86,150	3,590	82,560	0	0	82,555	95.8
English, French and non-official language	33,900	13,310	4,780	15,810	0	12,685	37.4

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.0%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016045.