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2011 National Household Survey - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011
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CAN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Mother tongue, other (CA2011A_LANGMTOTH)

Data file: CAN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 237
End: 238
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Sociocultural information</span></p>

<p>16. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?</p>
<div class="i1">If this person no longer understands the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.<br /><br />[] English<br />[] French<br />[] Other -- Specify: ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Non-official language is not the mother tongue
01 Aboriginal languages
02 Italian
03 Portuguese
04 Spanish
05 German
06 Polish
07 Russian
08 Arabic
09 Panjabi (Punjabi)
10 Urdu
11 Persian (Farsi)
12 Tamil
13 Korean
14 Chinese languages
15 Vietnamese
16 Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino)
17 Other languages
18 Unspecified, person lives in Northern Canada
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable reports whether the persons' mother tongue is other language apart from English or French.
Universe
Canada 2011: All persons

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