Mother Tongue (8), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), First Official Language Spoken (5), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11) and Age (12) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (9): Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home
• First official language spoken (5): Total - First official language spoken
• Immigrant status and period of immigration (11): Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration
• Age (12): Total - Age

This table details mother tongue , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , first official language spoken , immigrant status and period of immigration and age for the population in private households in Quebec / Québec

Mother tongue (8)	Language spoken most often at home (8)
	Total - Language spoken most often at home	English	French	Non-official language	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Mother tongue	7,965,455	780,750	6,283,305	588,890	82,940	53,420	137,280	38,870
English	598,050	515,945	54,565	7,740	13,640	4,425	245	1,485
French	6,129,855	71,515	5,978,855	16,610	35,245	435	23,025	4,165
Non-official language	1,062,895	162,985	198,555	551,190	8,680	38,305	82,575	20,610
English and French	67,995	16,080	26,365	1,155	22,405	305	390	1,290
English and non-official language	25,730	10,165	750	3,440	620	8,690	285	1,780
French and non-official language	64,900	1,290	22,105	6,585	1,050	255	29,630	3,985
English, French and non-official language	16,035	2,765	2,105	2,170	1,295	1,010	1,135	5,555

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Data quality note(s) – Quebec / Québec

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016194.