Majority (%) mother tongue population by census division, 2016

Majority (%) mother tongue population by census division, 2016 This service shows the predominant mother tongue in each census division based on English, French or non-official language. The data is from the data table Mother Tongue (10), Age (27) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016046. 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. For additional information refer to the 2016 Census Dictionary for 'Mother tongue'. To have a cartographic representation of the ecumene with this socio-economic indicator, it is recommended to add as the first layer, the “NRCan - 2016 population ecumene by census division” web service, accessible in the data resources section below. 2022-01-31 Statistics Canada infostats@statcan.gc.ca Government and PoliticsSociety and CulturesocietyeconomystatisticsCensuslanguageSocioeconomic dataStatisticsGeographic data Census Profile, 2016 CensusHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E Census Profile, 2016 CensusHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=F Census Program Data Viewer, 2016 CensusHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dv-vd/cpdv-vdpr/index-eng.cfm Census Program Data Viewer, 2016 CensusHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dv-vd/cpdv-vdpr/index-fra.cfm GeoSearchHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/geo/geosearch-georecherche/index-eng.cfm?LANG=E GeoSearchHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/geo/geosearch-georecherche/index-fra.cfm?LANG=F NRCan - Population ecumene by census division, 2016HTML https://gcgeo.gc.ca/geonetwork/metadata/eng/d2af02fe-9e12-413d-8959-06be963bde52?fromWorkspace=true Majority (%) mother tongue by census division, 2016WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/services/StatCan/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_en/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=4&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html Majority (%) mother tongue population by census division, 2016WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/services/StatCan/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=4&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html File geodatabaseFGDB/GDB https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/statcan_statcan/Socioeconomic-data_Donnees-socio-economiques/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_dr_variables_socioeconomiques/cd_majority_mother_tongue_2016.gdb.zip Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 - Census division (CD)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo008-eng.cfm Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 - Census division (CD)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo008-fra.cfm Majority (%) mother tongue by census division, 2016ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/rest/services/StatCan/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_en/MapServer/7 Majority (%) mother tongue population by census division, 2016ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/rest/services/StatCan/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_fr/MapServer/7 MXD fileMXD https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/statcan_statcan/Socioeconomic-data_Donnees-socio-economiques/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_dr_variables_socioeconomiques/cd_majority_mother_tongue_2016_en.mxd MXD fileMXD https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/statcan_statcan/Socioeconomic-data_Donnees-socio-economiques/cd_socioeconomic_variables_2016_dr_variables_socioeconomiques/cd_majority_mother_tongue_2016_fr.mxd 2016 Census - Boundary files (SHP, GML, TAB)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2016-eng.cfm 2016 Census - Boundary files (SHP, GML, TAB)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2016-fra.cfm Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 – Mother tongueHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/pop095-eng.cfm Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 - Mother tongueHTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/pop095-fra.cfm NRCan - Population ecumene by census division, 2016HTML https://gcgeo.gc.ca/geonetwork/metadata/fre/d2af02fe-9e12-413d-8959-06be963bde52?fromWorkspace=true&

This service shows the predominant mother tongue in each census division based on English, French or non-official language. The data is from the data table Mother Tongue (10), Age (27) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016046.

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.

For additional information refer to the 2016 Census Dictionary for 'Mother tongue'.

To have a cartographic representation of the ecumene with this socio-economic indicator, it is recommended to add as the first layer, the “NRCan - 2016 population ecumene by census division” web service, accessible in the data resources section below.

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