Language

Seniors More Likely to Speak Non-official Languages at Home than Other Albertans

According to 2006 Census data, the mother tongue of almost one-third (30.5%) of Alberta seniors was neither English nor French. English was the mother tongue for 65.2% of seniors and French was the mother tongue for 2.9% of seniors.

The vast majority of seniors were able to converse in English (95.4%). Seniors were also more likely than Albertans of other ages to speak a non-official language at home (11.4% and 9.1%, respectively).