2006 Census Topic-based tabulations

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Employment Income Groups (23) in Constant (2005) Dollars, Age Groups (7A), Work Activity in the Reference Year (3), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Mother Tongue (6) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Mother tongue (6)

Definition

Mother tongue

Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.

Values

  1. Total - Mother tongue Footnote 1
  2. Single responses
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Non-official language
  6. Multiple responses

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Mother tongue - Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.

Return to footnote 1 referrer