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Tagalog in Canada.

275,045 people spoke Tagalog most often at home in 2021 (single responses); 461,150 learned it first as a mother tongue. Toronto had the most speakers.

Data 2021 CensusNext update Census 2026 (from Feb. 2027)

Tagalog spoken most often at home, by metropolitan area

Circle area shows the number of people.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population; Statistics Canada, 2021 Census boundary files (simplified).

Top 15 metropolitan areas

Metropolitan areaPeople
Toronto77,925
Vancouver37,890
Winnipeg29,690
Calgary28,505
Edmonton26,000
Montréal9,240
Saskatoon5,110
Regina4,020
Ottawa - Gatineau3,645
Hamilton3,345
Red Deer2,755
Victoria2,245
Oshawa1,500
Windsor1,475
St. Catharines - Niagara1,470

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population.

Share speaking Tagalog most often at home

By province and territory.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population; Statistics Canada, 2021 Census boundary files (simplified).

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About this data. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Counts are randomly rounded to multiples of 5 or 10 and very small areas are suppressed by Statistics Canada; we show those as “not available”. Ethnic or cultural origin allows several answers per person, so shares add up to more than 100%. Origin and language data describe ancestry and language use; they are not a measure of who is Canadian. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.