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Record number of Canadians' first language is not English or French

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English and French are still by far the most common languages in Canada, spoken by more than 90 per cent of its citizens.

But linguistic diversity is growing among Canadians, according to new data from Statistics Canada, with a record-high number of people primarily speaking languages other than English or French.

Roughly 9 million have a mother tongue that is not one of the two official languages, which is the highest number recorded since the question was first asked in 1901.

Tom Vernon looks at what's fuelling the trend, and which languages are becoming more common in Canada.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9065414/canada-census-data-languages-2021/

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