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International Business Focus

Population - By Mother Tongue, 2001 (% of Total Population)

Canada's population includes people from all over the world. Their knowledge of various languages, international cultures and business practices gives added value to both domestic and Canadian-based international employers.

Language	Canada	Halifax	Montreal	Toronto	Edmonton	Vancouver	Ottawa
English	58.5	92.3	10.4	51.8	72.9	60.2	63.6
French	22.6	2.9	58.3	1.2	2.2	1.3	15.1
Italian	1.6	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.8	1.0	1.4
Chinese	2.9	0.5	2.1	9.2	4.9	14.9	3.1
German	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.9	1.6	0.9
Portuguese	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.5
Polish	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.8
Spanish	0.8	0.2	3.5	2.3	1.1	1.7	2.0
Other	9.4	2.9	16.1	24.1	12.7	17.2	11.7

Source: Statistics Canada Census, 2001 (01/2003)

NOTES:
* Values which are too small to be expressed are denoted by 0.0.

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