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
51 Māori language 160k 37.7 47.0% Language
52 Malaysian language 160k 31.7 64.4% Language
53 Galician language 158k 41.2 63.0% Language
54 Swahili language 154k 34.6 48.4% Language
55 Modern Hebrew 152k 42.2 46.9% Language
56 Cherokee language 149k 46.4 58.6% Language
57 Nepali language 147k 39.1 51.6% Language
58 Hungarian language 144k 38.6 55.4% Language
59 Navajo language 141k 45.6 59.6% Language
60 Indo-Iranian languages 139k 35.5 26.1% Language
61 Basque language 139k 46.8 55.4% Language
62 Albanian language 132k 38.0 60.5% Language
63 Scots language 130k 51.1 57.2% Language
64 Haitian Creole 119k 35.2 49.5% Language
65 Slovak language 119k 41.4 47.1% Language
66 Kapampangan language 118k 39.7 49.5% Language
67 Romanian language 109k 43.0 53.9% Language
68 Hawaiian language 106k 39.6 60.3% Language
69 Burmese language 99k 39.0 39.2% Language
70 Catalan language 91k 40.3 54.4% Language
71 Northern Sotho language 86k 46.3 45.6% Language
72 American Sign Language 83k 36.4 58.9% Language
73 Lao language 83k 38.2 54.6% Language
74 Pashto language 81k 41.7 52.8% Language
75 Biblical Hebrew 78k 40.6 49.1% 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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