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Languages Spoken in Canada
Name the most commonly-spoken languages in Canada, either as a first language or additional language.
2016 Census
Chinese and Hindustani dialects must be guessed separately
Language-specific Creoles of any varieties are not included on this list
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Last updated: November 5, 2017
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40 Comments
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Jan 4, 2015
Are you sure that Celtic and Breton shouldn't be here as well? The road signs in parts of Nova Scotia are in both English and those languages.
SunsetSunrise
+3
Level 47
Jan 6, 2015
This data is based on the 2011 NHS, the latest census figures available. There are 7,195 Gaelic language speakers in Canada.
fitheach
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Level 58
Jul 3, 2017
Celtic is a family of languages that includes Breton. I assume you mean Scottish Gaelic, which was at least spoken in large numbers in Cape Breton in the past, and still holds on today.
charlie636
+1
Level 33
Feb 28, 2018
Gaelic is a big part of Cape Breton culture but I don't believe that many people actually speak it.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2017
We divided "Chinese, not specified" between Cantonese and Mandarin.
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Apr 20, 2017
More Cantonese than Mandarin in Canada, huh? That seems odd.
mikemosz
+3
Level 79
Apr 20, 2017
When I was growing up (I'm 32) what we called 'Chinese' was Cantonese, and Mandarin was pretty rare – not sure if it's because of the Brits in Hong Kong, but the Mandarin speakers only started outnumbering the Cantonese-speakers among new migrants pretty recently.
BranOfTheNorth
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Level 40
Jul 1, 2017
It's because Cantonese is the primary language spoken in Hong Kong, and a vast portion of Canada's Chinese population is composed of immigrants from Hong Kong (especially in the 80s/90s when many were fleeing Hong Kong becoming part of Communist China)
fjakob
+1
Level 65
May 20, 2020
it's because when hong kong was handed over to the uk lots of people went to canada, and hong kong spoke cantonese
mf3
+5
Level 89
Apr 20, 2017
All these languages, and not a single indigenous language among 'em...
xyzzy
+1
Level 71
Apr 20, 2017
Cree would be the closest (all varieties).
Jiaozira
+4
Level 71
Nov 5, 2017
Yeah, Cree has almost 100k speakers.
redsplat
+3
Level 73
Nov 8, 2017
Unfortunately, wiping out Indigenous languages was a central objective of Residential Schools (and Mission schools in the USA). http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
charlie636
+2
Level 33
Feb 28, 2018
I tried Cree and Inuktitut and was sad that neither made the list :(
sarnat81
+1
Level 60
Jul 1, 2017
Great quiz! I'd love to see more like it, maybe longer ones!
jovey15794
+4
Level 48
Jul 1, 2017
I find it odd that Punjabi is the least commonly guessed one considering how common it has become. (Third most spoken first language in the parliament)
TomatosRaafatos
+1
Level 75
Jul 1, 2017
I'm more surprised by the fact that it beat Hindi and Urdu. I'm not very familiar with foreign languages spoken in Canada, so I wouldn't have guessed that.
BranOfTheNorth
+4
Level 40
Jul 1, 2017
It all depends on the region! Many immigrants from India to Canada are Sikhs from Punjab, so that's why they're disproportionately represented in the Indian-Canadian community compared to their demographics in India. Same goes for Cantonese (tiny minority language in China, but a ton of immigrants to Canada are from Hong Kong, thus Cantonese predominance).
DonTheLamplighter
+5
Level 86
Jul 1, 2017
I stupidly entered just "Punjab", then moved on after that wasn't accepted. D'OH!
btorr16
+1
Level 60
Nov 6, 2017
No you didn't
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 88
Sep 20, 2018
He probably did. I've certainly been that stupid before. We all have, if we're being honest.
TheNewYork
+1
Level 35
Jul 1, 2017
I've never even heard of Punjabi
tom88
+1
Level 75
Jul 3, 2017
They even do a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada" in Punjabi now... that's what made me think of it.
tourwoorden
+1
Level 69
Jul 1, 2017
I more or less hoped that there would be an Inuit language among these, but apparently there are not enough Inuit in Canada to make the list.
BranOfTheNorth
+1
Level 40
Jul 1, 2017
It's the official language of Nunavut and predominately spoken there, but still only about 35,000 speakers.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jul 1, 2017
I thought really really hard for my last two guesses, but as soon as I thought of Punjabi, and then Polish, I knew I had them right.
BranOfTheNorth
+2
Level 40
Jul 1, 2017
Really good quiz! I agree that I would be interested in more Canada language quizzes with more languages!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Jul 1, 2017
Surprised Japanese didn't make it. Disappointed that Kannada didn't.
cshtthomas
+1
Level 60
Nov 5, 2017
Japanese like their own culture so much that they wouldn't like to move. They can't speak English well
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 6, 2017
There are tons of Japanese living on the west coast of North America and Hawaii. Quite a lot in Brazil, too. Most are not recent immigrants, but rather the descendants of immigrants, so maybe they no longer speak Japanese.
charlie636
+1
Level 33
Feb 28, 2018
I was surprised too. There's a long history of Japanese people in Canada.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 88
Sep 20, 2018
Kannada would have been amazing.
gzx5
+2
Level 73
Jul 19, 2017
We need Immigrants in Canada but we have too many, our yearly immigration intake is overkill.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 93
Jan 7, 2024
Yeah, a bit squeezed for space aren’t you my poor darlings?
litbug
+1
Level 24
Oct 6, 2017
Missed all of the obvious stuff... Well, most of it. Got Punjabi, Urdu and Persian, but not Russian, Portuguese, Korean and Greek
CanadianGeo96
+2
Level 60
Nov 7, 2017
Very neat quiz.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 88
Jul 10, 2018
Newfinese is basically a foreign language.
smithyc
+1
Level 14
Jul 7, 2020
Where are the indigenous languages? Chipewayan, Cree, Inuktituk, etc. etc. I can't believe these were omitted.
lottoid
+1
Level 91
Oct 4, 2023
good quiz
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 93
Jan 7, 2024
Was surprised not to see Japanese and Bengali here, but there seem to be geopolitical reasons
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