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Table 1
Number and proportion of the most common groups of non-official mother tongue¹ who use a non-official language at work (most often and regularly), Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver CMAs, 2006
Census metropolitan areas	Mother Tongue	Non-Official language used most often at work	% of the mother tongue group who use a non-official language most often at work	Non-Official language used regularly at work	% of the mother tongue group who use a non-official language regularly at work	Total - Non-official language used at work	Total - % of the mother tongue group who use a non-official language at work
Note: Corresponds to mother tongues other than English or French (single responses). 'Chinese languages' includes Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Shanghainese and a residual category of Chinese languages not otherwise specified. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of population, 2006.
Montréal	Italian	3,360	5.2	7,055	10.9	10,415	16.0
	Spanish	4,970	9.6	8,960	17.3	13,930	26.9
	Arabic	2,395	4.7	4,230	8.3	6,625	13.0
	Chinese languages²	6,720	21.2	4,080	12.8	10,800	34.0
	Creoles	405	1.5	1,485	5.5	1,890	7.0
Toronto	Chinese languages²	52,185	21.9	39,735	16.7	91,920	38.6
	Italian	4,010	3.8	13,510	12.9	17,520	16.8
	Tagalog	1,705	2.3	5,315	7.2	7,020	9.5
	Punjabi	9,515	12.9	13,110	17.8	22,625	30.8
	Spanish	7,035	10.1	12,490	17.9	19,525	28.1
Vancouver	Chinese languages²	51,320	29.6	37,230	21.5	88,550	51.1
	Punjabi	15,185	22.6	11,925	17.7	27,110	40.3
	Tagalog	815	2.4	2,595	7.6	3,410	10.0
	Korean	5,680	31.5	3,425	19.0	9,105	50.5
	Spanish	1,525	8.7	2,965	16.9	4,490	25.6