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

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

Table summary
This table displays the results of population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index. This information is grouped by linguistic characteristics (appearing as row headers) and 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 39,595 816,560 132,090 20,515 997,600 115,400
Mother tongue 60,490 662,130 265,630 45,520 845,595 242,400
Linguistic continuity index (%) 0.65 1.23 0.50 0.45 1.18 0.48
Notes: 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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