Census of Population, 1996 [Canada]: The Nation Series, Mother Tongue, Home Language and Knowledge of Languages [B2020]

The Nation is the first series to release basic data from the 1996 Census, providing national coverage. This series covers characteristics of the population, including demographic, social, cultural, labour force and income variables as well as details on dwellings, households and families. Generally the data are represented for Canada, provinces, territories and census metropolitan areas. Some tables include comparisons with data from earlier censuses. The aggregate data tables are presented in Beyond 20/20 Format (.ivt).