This statistic shows the leading mother tongues of Canadians in 2016, by number of speakers. In that year, about 565,270 people in Canada had Cantonese as a mother tongue.
Leading mother tongues of Canadians in 2016, by number of speakers
(in 1,000s)
Values have been rounded.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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StatCan. (November 29, 2017). Leading mother tongues of Canadians in 2016, by number of speakers (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/987021/leading-mother-tongues-number-speakers-canada/
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