Country Info

Canada Languages

Below you can see all the written languages used in this country. View All Countries for the list of all world countries, or All Languages for all the written languages of the world.

There are 35,267,464 people (99% of Canada) that can read or write at least one language.

24 Writing Systems used in Canada

English (Latin)

en-latn
language code
30,636,382
people

French (Latin)

fr-latn
language code
7,837,214
people

Italian (Latin)

it-latn
language code
712,474
people

German (Latin)

de-latn
language code
676,850
people

Plautdietsch (Latin)

pdt-latn
language code
85,496
people

Cree (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

cr-cans
language code
39,186
people

Plains Cree (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

crk-cans
language code
39,186
people

Yiddish (Hebrew)

yi-hebr
language code
16,030
people

Inuktitut (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

iu-cans
language code
14,961
people

Inuktitut (Latin)

iu-latn
language code
14,961
people

Montagnais (Latin)

moe-latn
language code
11,755
people

Atikamekw (Latin)

atj-latn
language code
5,699
people

Swampy Cree (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

csw-cans
language code
4,987
people

Moose Cree (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

crm-cans
language code
4,631
people

Inuinnaqtun (Latin)

ikt-latn
language code
3,918
people

Mohawk (Latin)

moh-latn
language code
3,491
people

Dogrib (Latin)

dgr-latn
language code
2,636
people

Slave (Latin)

den-latn
language code
2,315
people

North Slavey (Latin)

scs-latn
language code
1,246
people

Naskapi (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

nsk-cans
language code
1,175
people

Chipewyan (Latin)

chp-latn
language code
783
people

Gwichʼin (Latin)

gwi-latn
language code
569
people

References

Our data is sourced from a number of places. We use ISO639 codes for the country codes. The language code we are showing is non-standard and combines the language short name with the script shortname. The population numbers, country names and script names come from the Unicode CLDR dataset.

  1. Unicode CLDR