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 Alberta

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	3,978,145	3,301,755	26,300	463,460	6,560	175,995	1,210	2,855
English	2,972,670	2,930,880	1,310	18,585	1,405	20,095	25	370
French	70,440	43,850	22,495	605	2,915	180	240	160
Non-official language	846,275	290,980	1,750	433,935	345	117,480	565	1,210
English and French	10,010	7,580	490	110	1,605	90	10	120
English and non-official language	74,515	27,065	0	9,625	35	37,490	10	280
French and non-official language	2,785	860	250	425	180	365	325	380
English, French and non-official language	1,450	545	0	175	70	290	40	330

Symbol(s)

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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

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) – Alberta

• 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: 6.1%.
• 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.