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 Canada

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	34,460,060	22,031,185	6,842,955	3,950,050	154,380	1,269,705	147,045	64,740
English	19,349,060	18,992,690	71,405	114,795	28,970	135,885	480	4,845
French	7,065,270	447,675	6,497,370	20,460	67,785	1,555	24,865	5,575
Non-official language	7,260,085	2,301,495	212,705	3,741,345	11,995	875,160	86,930	30,455
English and French	157,180	77,515	33,510	2,015	40,330	1,050	495	2,265
English and non-official language	513,245	196,715	865	58,650	1,060	250,185	360	5,415
French and non-official language	84,095	7,090	24,665	9,185	2,025	1,980	32,515	6,640
English, French and non-official language	31,125	8,010	2,440	3,610	2,215	3,900	1,400	9,550

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) – Canada

• 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: 5.1%.
• 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.