Table 6 Languages spoken by study sample compared with canadian population
Language | Study sample; n (%)c (n = 3141) | 2016 Census; n (%)a,b (n = 34,460,065) | Prevalence ratio [95% CI]d |
|---|---|---|---|
Multilingual | 2023 (35.6) | – | – |
Bilingual French/English | 646 (20.57) | 6,216,065 (18.04) | 1.18 [1.08, 1.28] |
Canadian Indigenous Languages | 105 (3.34) | 263,845 (0.77) | 4.48 [3.69, 5.44] |
Punjabi | 61 (1.94) | 668,240 (1.94) | 1.00 [0.78, 1.29] |
Farsi | 30 (0.96) | 252,320 (0.73) | 1.31 [0.91, 1.87] |
Spanish | 104 (3.31) | 995,255 (2.89) | 1.15 [0.95, 1.34] |
Italian | 79 (2.52) | 574,725 (1.67) | 1.52 [1.22, 1.90] |
German | 48 (1.53) | 502,730 (1.46) | 1.05 [0.79, 1.39] |
Cantonese | 64 (2.04) | 699,125 (2.03) | 1.00 [0.78, 1.29] |
Tagalog | 18 (0.57) | 612,735 (1.78) | 0.32 [0.20, 0.51] |
Arabic | 34 (1.08) | 629,055 (1.83) | 0.59 [0.42, 0.83] |
Mandarin | 25 (0.80) | 814,450 (2.36) | 0.33 [0.22, 0.49] |
Portuguese | 21 (0.67) | 295,955 (0.86) | 0.78 [0.51, 1.19] |
Other | 218 (6.9) | – | – |