|
Language |
Number of Speakers |
Official National Languages |
|
|
English |
21,863,015 |
|
French |
7,214,280 |
Aboriginal Languages |
|
|
Inuktitut (Eskimo) |
29,615 |
|
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. |
455 |
|
|
|
1,510 |
|
|
4,635 |
|
|
2,875 |
|
|
71,955 |
|
|
525 |
|
|
7,035 |
|
|
9,850 |
|
|
18,540 |
|
|
9,225 |
|
|
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. |
385 |
Na-Dene and Athapaskan Languages |
|
|
Carrier |
970 |
|
Chilcotin |
750 |
|
Chipewyan |
420 |
|
Dene |
9,325 |
|
Dogrib |
1,900 |
|
Haida |
100 |
|
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) |
175 |
|
North Slave (Hare) |
760 |
|
South Slave |
1,385 |
|
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. |
760 |
Salish Languages |
|
|
Mohawk |
275 |
|
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. |
90 |
|
Kutenai |
85 |
|
Shuswap |
510 |
|
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) |
220 |
|
Salish languages, n.i.e. |
1,265 |
Wakashan Languages |
|
|
Dakota/Sioux |
3,565 |
|
Tlingit |
70 |
|
Tsimshian |
230 |
|
Gitksan |
685 |
|
Nishga |
430 |
|
Nootka |
235 |
|
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. |
540 |
Non-Aboriginal Languages |
|
Romance Languages |
|
|
Italian |
371,200 |
|
Portuguese |
187,475 |
|
Romanian |
44,975 |
|
Spanish |
258,465 |
|
Romance languages, n.i.e. |
530 |
Germanic Languages |
|
|
German |
220,685 |
|
Yiddish |
10,680 |
|
Dutch |
45,780 |
|
Flemish |
1,355 |
|
Frisian |
1,160 |
|
Danish |
5,295 |
|
Icelandic |
365 |
|
Norwegian |
2,010 |
|
Swedish |
3,720 |
|
Germanic languages, n.i.e. |
5,255 |
Gaelic Languages |
|
|
Gaelic languages |
855 |
Celtic Languages |
|
|
Welsh |
380 |
|
Celtic languages, n.i.e. |
20 |
Slavic Languages |
|
|
Bulgarian |
8,065 |
|
Byelorussian |
185 |
|
Croatian |
44,605 |
|
Czech |
15,245 |
|
Macedonian |
14,410 |
|
Polish |
163,745 |
|
Russian |
87,080 |
|
Serbian |
39,965 |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
24,530 |
|
Slovak |
9,995 |
|
Slovenian |
7,230 |
|
Ukrainian |
67,665 |
|
Slavic languages, n.i.e. |
7,220 |
Baltic Languages |
|
|
Latvian (Lettish) |
4,750 |
|
Lithuanian |
5,205 |
Uralic Languages |
|
|
Estonian |
5,185 |
|
Finnish |
10,605 |
|
Hungarian |
44,590 |
Turkic Languages |
|
|
Turkish |
16,560 |
|
Turkic languages, n.i.e. |
1,380 |
Semitic Languages |
|
|
Amharic |
9,195 |
|
Arabic |
209,240 |
|
Hebrew |
15,645 |
|
Maltese |
4,775 |
|
Somali |
27,800 |
|
Tigringa |
4,870 |
|
Semitic languages, n.i.e. |
7,410 |
Indo-Iranian Languages |
|
|
Bengali |
29,705 |
|
Gujarati |
60,105 |
|
Hindi |
65,895 |
|
Konkani |
1,695 |
|
Kurdish |
5,315 |
|
Marathi |
2,455 |
|
Pashto |
5,300 |
|
Persian (Farsi) |
92,025 |
|
Punjabi |
280,535 |
|
Sindhi |
10,205 |
|
Sinhalese |
6,985 |
|
Urdu |
89,370 |
|
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. |
5,015 |
Dravidian Languages |
|
|
Kannada |
1,480 |
|
Malayalam |
6,570 |
|
Tamil |
97,345 |
|
Telugu |
3,600 |
|
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. |
65 |
Sino-Tibetan Languages |
|
|
Cantonese |
345,730 |
|
Mandarin |
110,710 |
|
Hakka |
3,565 |
|
Chinese, n.o.s. |
392,950 |
|
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. |
2,700 |
Austro-Asiatic Languages |
|
|
Lao |
13,525 |
|
Thai |
3,130 |
|
Khmer (Cambodian) |
16,435 |
|
Vietnamese |
130,280 |
|
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
660 |
Malayo-Polynesian Languages |
|
|
Malay-Bahasa |
5,455 |
|
Tagalog (Pilipino) |
185,420 |
|
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. |
16,430 |
|
Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
355 |
Niger-Congo Languages |
|
|
Swahili |
4,715 |
|
Bantu languages, n.i.e. |
9,160 |
|
Twi |
11,270 |
|
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. |
8,955 |
|
African languages, n.i.e. |
3,725 |
Other Languages |
|
|
Japanese |
30,565 |
|
Korean |
83,020 |
|
Greek |
114,955 |
|
Armenian |
26,215 |
|
Creoles (and Mixed Languages) |
49,905 |
|
Other languages |
32,550 |
Adapted from
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com)
Statistics Canada 2001 Census (http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/home/index.cfm)
