Federal census shows rising language diversity in Red Deer
Red Deer’s population continues to become more diverse, according to Federal Census results.
So much so that there’s a new top five in our city for languages spoken other than French and English.
Corrected data released on August 17 by Statistics Canada shows that more than 112 non-official languages were reported as mother tongue in Red Deer in 2016. That’s up from 82 in 2011 and just 15 in 1886.
Currently, the top language spoken other than English or French in Red Deer is Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino), followed by Spanish, Arabic, Ukrainian and Cantonese. This is a slight shift from 2011 when the top five were Tagalog, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese.