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• In 1971, the most common non-official mother tongues were German (19.9%), Italian (19.2%) and Ukrainian (11.0%). In 2006, they were Chinese languages (16.4%), Italian (7.6%), German (7.4%), Punjabi (6.1%), Spanish (5.8%) and Arabic (4.6).
• In 2006, 2 out of 5 allophones spoke English or French exclusively at home.
• Toronto has the largest proportion of allophones among census metropolitan areas (CMAs). In 2006, 44% had a mother tongue other than English or French. In Vancouver, 41% were allophones. Montréal had proportionally fewer allophones (22%).

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