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Population by home language, by province and territory (2006 Census)
Related tables: Population estimates and projections, Knowledge of languages, Use of languages.
| Language spoken most often at home1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada2 | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S.E | N.B. | |
| number | |||||
| Total | 31,241,030 | 500,610 | 134,205 | 903,090 | 719,650 |
| English | 20,584,770 | 494,345 | 130,115 | 866,685 | 494,215 |
| French | 6,608,125 | 650 | 2,680 | 17,165 | 211,665 |
| Non-official language | 3,472,130 | 4,905 | 1,095 | 15,700 | 8,350 |
| English and French | 94,055 | 180 | 150 | 1,310 | 4,295 |
| English and non-official language | 406,455 | 525 | 165 | 2,120 | 965 |
| French and non-official language | 58,885 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 130 |
| English, French and non-official language | 16,600 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 |
| E : use with caution. 1. Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census. Other languages spoken at home on a regular basis were also collected. 2. Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of population. Last modified: 2009-09-30. | |||||
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