As of the 2016 Census, just over 7.3 million Canadians listed a non-official language as their mother tongue. Some of the most common non-official first languages include Chinese (1,227,680 first-language speakers), Punjabi (501,680), Spanish (458,850), Tagalog (431,385), Arabic (419,895), German (384,040)), and Italian (375,645). Canada's official government practices bilingualism, which is applied by the Commissioner of Official Languages in consonance with Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Federal Official Languages Act. As of the 2016 Census, just over 7.3 million Canadians listed a non-official first language as their mother tongue. Ọ bụ ezie na ihe karịrị nde ndị Canada nde 7.3 edepụtara asụsụ ndị na-abụghị nke gọọmentị dịka asụsụ ala nna ha dị ka asụsụ ala nna ha, ụfọdụ ndị bi n'ógbè ndị dị n'ógbè ndị dị n'ógbè ndịda anyanwụ dị ka Ontario, Quebec, Quebec, New Brunswick, Quebec, na Quebec nwere ikike inweta asụsụ French
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