Table 3.4
Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index, Alberta, 1971 and 2006

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Table 3.5
Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index, Alberta, 1971 and 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of population by mother tongue. This information is grouped by linguistic characteristics (appearing as row headers), grouped by 1971, 2006, French, English, Other languages (appearing as column headers) calculated using number as a unit of measure.
Linguistic characteristics 1971 2006
French English Other languages French English Other languages
number
Language spoken most often at home 22,695 1,477,960 127,215 21,350 2,915,865 319,145
Mother tongue 46,750 1,262,840 318,280 64,750 2,593,395 598,215
Linguistic continuity index (%) 0.49 1.17 0.40 0.33 1.12 0.53
Note: For 2006, multiple responses were equally redistributed among language groups. The 1971 Census database does not include multiple responses.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971 and 2006.
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