Mother Tongue of Female Married Spouse or Common-law Partner (10), Mother Tongue of Child (10), Mother Tongue of Male Married Spouse or Common-law Partner (10), Language Spoken Most Often at Home by Child (10), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home by Child (11) and Age of Child (5) for Children Under 18 Years of Age in Opposite-sex Couple Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Male married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (10): Total - Mother tongue of male married spouse or common-law partner
• Language spoken most often at home - Child (10): Total - Language spoken most often at home by child
• Other language(s) spoken regularly at home by child (11): Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home by child
• Age of child (5): Total - Age of child

This table details mother tongue of female married spouse or common-law partner , mother tongue of child , mother tongue of male married spouse or common-law partner , language spoken most often at home by child , other language spoken regularly at home by child and age of child for children under 18 years of age in opposite-sex couple families in private households in Canada

Female married spouse or common-law partner - Mother tongue (10)	Child - Mother tongue (10)
	Total - Mother tongue of child	English	French	Non-official language	Aboriginal	Non-Aboriginal	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Mother tongue of female married spouse or common-law partner	5,470,120	3,373,805	1,032,880	851,065	27,735	823,330	43,385	134,120	23,015	11,845
English	2,716,995	2,671,880	20,365	6,810	640	6,175	12,420	5,100	75	335
French	990,180	51,805	919,915	1,890	115	1,775	13,995	120	1,935	515
Non-official language	1,621,615	590,465	81,015	837,695	26,730	810,965	5,420	87,020	14,185	5,820
Aboriginal	45,765	17,730	590	26,735	26,690	45	15	620	70	5
Non-Aboriginal	1,575,850	572,730	80,425	810,960	35	810,925	5,405	86,400	14,110	5,815
English and French	19,110	7,385	3,325	65	0	65	7,860	145	55	275
English and non-official language	98,775	49,610	290	3,560	220	3,345	1,880	40,645	345	2,445
French and non-official language	19,165	1,690	7,655	890	25	860	1,060	585	6,190	1,105
English, French and non-official language	4,275	975	310	145	0	145	750	500	240	1,355

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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-X2016079.