Canadian language facts 2

In the 2011 Census of Population, Canada’s 34 million people reported more than 200 languages as a home language or mother tongue. How much do you know about Canada’s languages? To find out, see if you can answer the questions below.

In Prince Edward Island, after English and French, the three most common mother tongues were Chinese, Dutch and .
Fewer than 5% of Manitobans reported an Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
In Saskatchewan, the number of people who spoke French most often at home was greater than the number who spoke mainly an Aboriginal language.
Many early Nova Scotian settlers came from Germany, and today, over 80,000 Nova Scotians are of German extraction. Nonetheless, one of the following languages was reported as a more common mother tongue than German in Nova Scotia. Which was it?
In Ontario, which age group was the most bilingual in English and French?
In Yukon, after English and French, the three most common mother tongues were German, Kaska (an Aboriginal language) and Tagalog (a language from the Philippines). Which of these three mother tongues was reported by the most Yukoners?
Almost 480,000 people in New Brunswick considered English their mother tongue. How many reported French as their mother tongue?
After English and French, Innu/Montagnais was the most common mother tongue in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In Nunavut, the following mother tongues were reported by roughly the same number of people.
In Quebec, over 78% of the population reported French as their mother tongue. How many reported an Aboriginal language as their mother tongue?
Which of the following non-official languages was the most common mother tongue in Alberta?
In British Columbia, more people reported Cantonese as their mother tongue than Punjabi.
In the Northwest Territories, the most common mother tongue after English and French was Tlicho (or Dogrib). What was the second most common one?

Date modified: 2020-08-24

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