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Prince Edward Island: Census 2021: Mother Tongue

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Information:Census 2021: Mother Tongue
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Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada.

Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0180-01  Mother tongue by single and multiple mother tongue responses: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions

Copyright:Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
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.

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    0 to 14 years of age
    15 to 24 years of age
    25 to 44 years of age
    45 to 64 years of age
    65 to 74 years of age
    75 and older

  Single
 Multiple
 Total
       
  Women+ Men+ Total Women+ Men+ Total Women+ Men+ Total
Total - Mother tongue76,545 73,405 149,950 1,270 1,240 2,510 77,810 74,650 152,460
English67,905 64,525 132,430 1,185 1,155 2,340 69,085 65,680 134,770
French2,470 2,085 4,560 585 475 1,065 3,055 2,565 5,620
Non-official languages6,170 6,795 12,965 725 810 1,535 6,895 7,610 14,505
 
Languages of North America
Cree-Montagnais languages.. .. 5 .. .. .. 5 .. ..
Ojibway.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Oji-Cree.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Creole languages20 15 40 15 10 25 35 25 65
 
Languages of Europe
German235 240 470 25 20 45 260 260 520
Swedish5 5 10 .. .. .. 5 5 10
Italian30 30 55 10 10 20 35 35 75
Portuguese100 90 185 10 5 15 105 95 200
Romanian25 25 55 .. .. .. 30 25 55
Spanish270 280 550 30 30 65 300 310 610
Dutch205 235 440 20 25 40 220 255 475
Vlaams (Flemish)10 10 20 .. .. .. 10 10 20
Bosnian15 10 25 .. .. .. 10 10 25
Bulgarian10 5 15 .. .. .. 10 5 15
Croatian10 10 20 5 .. 5 15 10 20
Czech10 10 20 .. 5 5 10 15 25
Macedonian.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Maltese.. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 5
Polish45 35 75 5 5 10 50 35 85
Russian125 105 230 10 25 30 140 125 260
Serbian10 5 15 .. .. .. 10 10 15
Serbo-Croatian30 25 55 5 .. 5 35 25 65
Slovak10 5 5 .. .. .. 10 5 5
Slovenian5 5 15 .. .. .. 5 5 15
Ukrainian30 20 50 5 5 10 35 25 60
Slavic languages, n.i.e... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Latvian.. .. .. .. 5 5 .. 5 5
Lithuanian.. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 5
Greek10 5 15 5 .. 5 10 15 20
Armenian5 .. 5 .. .. .. 5 .. 5
Albanian65 75 140 5 15 20 65 90 155
Estonian5 5 5 .. .. .. 5 5 5
Finnish10 5 15 .. .. .. 10 5 15
Hungarian25 20 50 .. 5 .. 30 25 55
 
Languages of Asia
Bengali40 85 120 10 10 20 50 95 140
Gujarati70 205 275 10 40 55 90 245 330
Hindi95 145 245 65 70 140 160 220 380
Konkani.. .. 5 .. .. .. 5 .. 5
Marathi5 5 10 5 10 10 5 15 20
Punjabi (Panjabi)530 850 1,380 60 95 155 590 945 1,535
Sindhi5 5 5 .. .. .. 5 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)20 20 45 10 5 15 30 25 60
Urdu40 40 80 15 25 40 55 65 115
Nepali95 85 180 10 5 15 105 95 195
Kurdish.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Pashto.. .. 10 .. .. .. .. .. 10
Persian (Farsi)10 10 20 5 .. 5 15 15 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Malayalam155 245 395 30 30 60 180 270 455
Tamil10 20 30 10 5 15 20 25 45
Telugu20 35 55 5 5 10 25 40 65
Japanese75 20 95 10 .. 15 85 25 110
Korean65 65 130 10 5 10 75 70 145
Cantonese175 180 350 25 25 50 200 195 395
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)15 45 60 5 .. 5 25 45 65
Hakka.. 5 10 .. .. .. 5 5 10
Mandarin1,615 1,625 3,240 70 70 135 1,685 1,695 3,380
Chinese, n.o.s.20 25 40 .. .. .. 20 30 45
Lao.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
Thai30 10 30 .. .. .. 30 10 35
Khmer (Cambodian).. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 5
Vietnamese305 295 605 30 50 75 335 345 685
Ilocano15 15 30 .. 5 5 15 15 35
Malay5 .. 5 .. .. .. 5 .. 10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)640 520 1,165 125 100 225 765 630 1,395
Turkish30 35 65 5 5 10 40 40 75
Arabic375 455 830 55 70 120 430 525 955
Hebrew.. 10 15 5 .. 5 5 10 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
 
Languages of Africa
Akan (Twi).. 5 5 .. .. .. .. 5 10
Swahili15 10 20 5 10 15 20 15 35
Afrikaans15 20 35 .. 5 10 20 20 40
Cushitic languages40 35 70 .. .. 5 35 35 70
Somali40 35 70 .. .. 5 35 35 70
Tigrigna.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e... .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 5
 
Non-verbal Languages
American Sign Language.. 10 10 .. .. 5 .. 15 15
Sign languages, n.i.e.. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 5
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Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada.

Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0180-01  Mother tongue by single and multiple mother tongue responses: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions

Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador


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