The charts display the percentage of native speakers of different languages in Canada in three different years which are: 1996, 2006 and 2016.
Overall, the number of English and French speaking people decreased throughout the period of 20 years. However, there was a rise in the number of people speaking Non-Official language in the span of 20 years and it reached to its highest in 2016.
The number of people speaking English as a native language was the highest in 1996 where more than half of the population used to speak it, followed by French and other non-official languages. There was a slight decrease in its usage where it dropped from the level of 60% to 58% and then 57% in 2006 and 2016 respectively. A similar pattern was observed in the native French speakers as well where it had a slight drop from 23% in 1996 to 22% in 2006 and even less at 21% in the year 2016.
In 1996, there were not many people speaking other languages in Canada, but this pattern changed after 10 years when it increased from being the least spoken language at 17% in 1996 to 20% in the year 2006. Despite French bring the second most spoken language in 2006, this was surpassed by non-official language in 2016.