The results for the top 10 languages, as tabulated for each of the province’s 98 census tracts, are shown on this map. Not surprisingly, Charlottetown is the most diverse area, with about one in six residents having a native language other than English (81.1 percent) or French (2.6 percent). For non-official languages, Mandarin speakers are the most common at 3.9%. There are also significant numbers of Punjabis (2.3 percent) and Arabic speakers (2.0 percent). Outside the capital, there are some large pockets of native speakers of other languages. In Kings County you will find Mandarin speakers, many of whom live in monasteries in the area, and German speakers, representing Amish and Mennonite farmers. Islanders whose mother tongue is Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, are found in increasingly large pockets as you travel west on PEI In the town of Tignish, more than one in 10 residents list Tagalog as their mother tongue. For reasons of confidentiality, Statistics Canada withholds certain information. This means that some areas on the map have no information and in others the numbers may appear to not add up correctly.
