Table 1 
Mother tongue, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2021 

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Mother tongue, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2021
2016 – Population whose mother tongue is English2021 – Population whose mother tongue is English2016 to 2021 – Population whose mother tongue is English2016 – Population whose mother tongue is French2021 – Population whose mother tongue is French2016 to 2021 – Population whose mother tongue is French2016 – Population whose mother tongue is another language2021 – Population whose mother tongue is another language2016 to 2021 – Population whose mother tongue is another language
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Canada 56.0 54.9 -1.1 20.6 19.6 -1.0 21.1 21.4 0.3
Quebec 7.5 7.6 0.1 77.1 74.8 -2.3 13.2 13.9 0.7
Canada outside Quebec 70.6 69.0 -1.6 3.5 3.2 -0.3 23.4 23.7 0.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 96.9 96.4 -0.5 0.5 0.4 -0.1 2.3 2.5 0.2
Prince Edward Island 90.8 86.9 -3.9 3.4 3.0 -0.4 5.1 8.5 3.4
Nova Scotia 91.0 88.8 -2.2 3.2 2.9 -0.3 4.9 6.5 1.6
New Brunswick 64.2 63.7 -0.5 31.4 29.5 -1.9 3.1 4.3 1.2
Ontario 66.9 65.1 -1.8 3.7 3.3 -0.4 26.7 26.9 0.2
Manitoba 71.4 70.5 -0.9 3.2 2.8 -0.4 22.9 22.4 -0.5
Saskatchewan 82.4 81.7 -0.7 1.4 1.1 -0.3 14.5 14.2 -0.3
Alberta 74.3 73.0 -1.3 1.8 1.5 -0.3 21.6 21.5 -0.1
British Columbia 68.9 67.1 -1.8 1.2 1.2 0.0 27.6 27.9 0.3
Yukon 81.9 80.3 -1.6 4.4 4.5 0.1 11.8 11.8 0.0
Northwest Territories 76.8 76.0 -0.8 2.8 2.8 0.0 18.4 17.1 -1.3
Nunavut 30.9 33.0 2.1 1.7 1.4 -0.3 65.4 54.9 -10.5
Note(s):
In the cycles prior to the 2021 Census, the population whose mother tongue is another language also included those who had two or more other mother tongues.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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