Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Languages in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest languages in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 144 languages tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Canadian English, French language and English language lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 16M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 495k, and the largest, Canadian English, reaches around 10M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each language, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Malay language 486k 34.8 55.8% Language
27 Filipino language 482k 43.4 58.9% Language
28 Iranian languages 465k 36.2 51.2% Language
29 Romance languages 442k 41.7 54.4% Language
30 Modern Standard Arabic 439k 38.8 49.0% Language
31 Gujarati language 438k 38.2 53.9% Language
32 Hindustani language 423k 35.1 43.5% Language
33 Telugu language 407k 36.2 51.7% Language
34 Indo-Aryan languages 395k 35.3 35.1% Language
35 Ukrainian language 380k 40.9 24.7% Language
36 Kannada language 373k 38.7 54.4% Language
37 Greek language 369k 43.5 56.1% Language
38 Marathi language 344k 38.7 51.8% Language
39 Polish language 293k 41.3 60.4% Language
40 Maguindanao language 286k 38.0 51.1% Language
41 Vietnamese language 261k 39.2 54.7% Language
42 Dutch language 246k 44.5 55.6% Language
43 Khmer language 237k 39.6 33.7% Language
44 Ojibwe language 215k 46.8 61.7% Language
45 Irish language 197k 48.8 54.5% Language
46 Indonesian language 193k 37.5 50.7% Language
47 Serbian language 186k 40.5 50.9% Language
48 Kurdish languages 182k 39.3 44.6% Language
49 Sign language 173k 40.2 62.3% Language
50 Cebuano language 165k 41.8 50.7% Language

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular languages compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each language by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest language in Canada?

Canadian English currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in Canada.

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