Name: First Official Language Spoken By Different Levels Of Geographies.
Creator: Government of Canada
Published: 2026-05-29T08:35:53.881Z
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

First Official Language Spoken (FOLS) is a linguistic concept derived from three census questions on language (knowledge of official languages, mother tongue and home language). Multiple responses are distributed equally among declared languages by different levels of geographies.

Organization: Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien

Last modified: 2024-11-20T22:42:04.457553

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