Languages spoken in Canada
Mother tongue by province and territory · 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada
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Canada — national overview
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References and data sources
- Statistics Canada. Mother tongue by geography, 2021 Census of Population. Interactive data visualization. www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/language-langue
- Statistics Canada. Language statistics portal — current data, analyses and references on languages in Canada. www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/languages
- Statistics Canada. All languages spoken at home by mother tongue, knowledge of official languages and generation status, 2021 Census, Table 98-10-0617-01. www150.statcan.gc.ca (Table 98-10-0617-01)
- Map boundaries: open-source TopoJSON from the datamaps project (MIT licence), served via jsDelivr CDN. Geometry only — contains no statistical data.
Percentages are rounded, approximate shares of the population reporting each mother tongue (the language first learned in childhood and still understood). People can report more than one mother tongue, so shares may not sum to 100. Source figures: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.
Languages spoken in Canada
Mother tongue by province and territory · 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada
Loading map…
Canada — national overview
Tap or click a province or territory on the map for details.
References and data sources
- Statistics Canada. Mother tongue by geography, 2021 Census of Population. Interactive data visualization. www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/language-langue
- Statistics Canada. Language statistics portal — current data, analyses and references on languages in Canada. www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/languages
- Statistics Canada. All languages spoken at home by mother tongue, knowledge of official languages and generation status, 2021 Census, Table 98-10-0617-01. www150.statcan.gc.ca (Table 98-10-0617-01)
- Map boundaries: open-source TopoJSON from the datamaps project (MIT licence), served via jsDelivr CDN. Geometry only — contains no statistical data.
Percentages are rounded, approximate shares of the population reporting each mother tongue (the language first learned in childhood and still understood). People can report more than one mother tongue, so shares may not sum to 100. Source figures: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.