Calgarians have identified close to 140 languages that are spoken as their mother tongue. View statistics on the highest percentage mother tongue languages in Calgary.
For a high level review of Calgary's demographic, download our Calgary Census 2016 Infographic.
Calgary Census Metropolitan Area, 2016
| Distribution (%) | ||
| Total population | 1,381,340 | 100.00 |
| English only | 1,249,525 | 90.5 |
| French only | 1,270 | 0.1 |
| Both English and French | 100,425 | 7.3 |
| Neither English nor French | 30,125 | 2.2 |
Source: Census 2016, Statistics Canada
Calgary Census Metropolitan Area, 2016
| Distribution (%) | ||
| Total population | 1,381,345 | 100.0 |
| Single responses | 1,341,085 | 97.1 |
| English | 937,055 | 67.8 |
| French | 20,715 | 1.5 |
| Non-official languages | 383,320 | 27.7 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino) | 40,960 | 3.0 |
| Punjabi (Punujabi) | 38,840 | 2.8 |
| Cantonese | 34,235 | 2.5 |
| Mandarin | 28,740 | 2.1 |
| Spanish | 28,685 | 2.1 |
| Arabic | 18,960 | 1.4 |
| Urdu | 16,925 | 1.2 |
| Vietnamese | 13,540 | 1.0 |
| German | 11,870 | 0.9 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 9,730 | 0.7 |
| Russian | 9,555 | 0.7 |
| Korean | 9,220 | 0.7 |
| Hindi | 7,390 | 0.5 |
| Italian | 5,430 | 0.4 |
| Romanian | 4,795 | 0.3 |
| Dutch | 4,040 | 0.3 |
| Aboriginal | 800 | 0.1 |
| Multiple responses | 40,255 | 2.9 |
| English and French | 3,600 | 0.3 |
| English and non-official language | 34,805 | 2.5 |
| French and non-official language | 1,060 | 0.1 |
| English, French and non-official language | 795 | 0.1 |
Source: Census 2016, Statistics Canada
