Table 3
Number of languages spoken by immigrant status and period of immigration, Canada, 2011
| Number of languages spoken | Total population | Non-immigrants | Immigrants | Recent immigrants (2006 to 2011) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
| Total population | 32,852,320 | 100.0 | 25,720,170 | 100.0 | 6,775,765 | 100.0 | 1,162,915 | 100.0 |
| Speaks one language | 20,819,655 | 63.4 | 19,014,880 | 73.9 | 1,725,700 | 25.5 | 226,210 | 19.5 |
| English only | 16,542,730 | 50.4 | 15,208,855 | 59.1 | 1,278,505 | 18.9 | 116,450 | 10.0 |
| French only | 3,774,750 | 11.5 | 3,709,135 | 14.4 | 59,865 | 0.9 | 17,995 | 1.5 |
| Non-official language onlyFootnote 1 | 502,175 | 1.5 | 96,890 | 0.4 | 387,330 | 5.7 | 91,765 | 7.9 |
| Speaks more than one language | 12,032,665 | 36.6 | 6,705,290 | 26.1 | 5,050,055 | 74.5 | 936,695 | 80.5 |
| Both official languages only | 4,369,345 | 13.3 | 4,178,205 | 16.2 | 176,830 | 2.6 | 24,965 | 2.1 |
| Both official languages and one or more non-official languagesFootnote 1 | 1,402,910 | 4.3 | 699,455 | 2.7 | 673,305 | 9.9 | 121,680 | 10.5 |
| One official language and one or more non-official languagesFootnote 1 | 6,206,660 | 18.9 | 1,826,150 | 7.1 | 4,149,060 | 61.2 | 776,975 | 66.8 |
| Multiple non-official languages onlyFootnote 1 | 53,750 | 0.2 | 1,480 | 0.0 | 50,860 | 0.8 | 13,075 | 1.1 |
Note: Number of languages spoken data are derived from information on knowledge of official languages and knowledge of non-official languages. Source: Statistics Canada, National Household Survey, 2011. |
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