Metro Vancouver: Immigrant Language

Statistics Canada Census Data Dept: Overall in Canada, the number of people speaking Tagalog rose 64 per cent between 2006 and 2011, according to Statistics Canada census data released Wednesday, according to Vancouver Sun. In Metro Vancouver, 31 per cent of the population reported speaking an immigrant language most often at home. Of those, 6.7 per cent, or 47,640 people, said they speak Tagalog, up from nearly two per cent in 2006 and mETRO VANCOUVER - The Filipino language Tagalog is on the rise in Metro Vancouver, and is now one of the most-spoken immigrant languages in the region. Nearly 279,000 people across the country reported speaking Tagalog most often, up from 170,000 five years earlier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.