Lord Selkirk: Emmarie Santiago

Manitoba Association Of Filipino Teachers Dept: For the first time since Lord Selkirk arrived 200 years ago, a non-European language is one of the two primary languages spoken in Winnipeg, according to Winnipeg Free Press. According to the 2011 census, nearly five per cent of Winnipeggers said they speak the Filipino dialect at home, compared to 3.4 per cent in 2006. The number of French speakers fell to 4.1 per cent from 4.4 per cent in 2006 and mike Deal / Teacher Emmarie Santiago second from right teaches grade 2 to 6 children at Lord Nelson School the Filipino language at an after-school program run by the Manitoba Association of Filipino Teachers. There are now more Filipino-speaking residents -- whose primary language is Tagalog -- than French, which was the first European language uttered on the northern plains. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.