Data tables, 2016 Census
Mother Tongue of Married Spouse or Common-law Partner (10) and Mother Tongue of Other Married Spouse or Common-law Partner (10) for Couples in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 100% Data
About this variable: Mother tongue - Married spouse or common-law partner (10)
Definition
Mother tongue
'Mother tongue' refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned. For a person who learned two languages at the same time in early childhood, the mother tongue is the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. The person has two mother tongues only if the two languages were used equally often and are still understood by the person. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, the mother tongue is the language spoken most often to this child at home. The child has two mother tongues only if both languages are spoken equally often so that the child learns both languages at the same time.
Values
- Total - Mother tongue of married spouse or common-law partner Footnote 1
- 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
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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The 'married spouse or common-law partner' is the first spouse or partner listed on the census questionnaire.
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