canadian
11.12.02, 01:14
So what languages are spoken in Canada:
in the 2001 census as released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
English 17,694,835 or 59.70% in 2001 and 60.49% in 1996
French 6,864,615 or 23.16% in 2001 and 23.80% in 1996
Chinese 853,745 or 2.88% in 2001 and 2.51% in 1996
Italian 469,485 or 1.58% in 2001 and 1.70% in 1996
German 438,080 or 1.48% in 2001 and 1.58% in 1996
Punjabi 271,220 or 0.92% in 2001 and 0.71% in 1996
Spanish 245,495 or 0.83% in 2001 and 0.75% in 1996
Portuguese 213,810 or 0.72% in 2001 and 0.74% in 1996
Polish 208,375 or 0.70% in 2001 and 0.75% in 1996
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Arabic 199,940 or 0.67% in 2001 and 0.52% in 1996
Others 2,179,435 or 7.35% in 2001 and 6.46% in 1996