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1 Toronto remains a mosaic of many languages. In 2006, forty-seven percent of the population had a mother tongue in a language other than English or French. 2  The top 5 mother tongue languages in 2006 were:  Chinese (420,000);
In British Columbia, of those speaking only an official language at home, the majority are speaking a Chinese language -- 357,860 out of the provinceâs 4,356,205 people, or just over eight per cent of the total population. More than 25 per cent of people speak a third language in Canadaâs west-most province. The next most spoken languages in B.C. are Punjabi with 182,920 speakers and German at 73,625. In Alberta, 19 per cent are speaking a language other than English and French â 700,000 out of 3.6 million people.