Federal number crunchers will put the spotlight on Canadian families, how they live and the languages they speak, in the latest release tomorrow of census data from 2016.
The families, households and marital status release from Statistics Canada will provide data on the recent changes in Canadian households, the increasing diversity of families, young adults living with their parents and same-sex couples in Canada.
The release will reveal changes in marriage rates, how much longer Canadians are waiting to start families and how many families live in different places, either because of work or other issues.
Another release will focus on the languages Canadians speak.
The figures are expected to show some 200 languages spoken across the country.
It's expected the numbers will show seven million people _ or more _ listing their mother tongue as neither English nor French.
Michael Haan, an associate professor at the school of sociology at Western University in London, Ontario, says the range of languages spoken in Canada highlights the profound diversity of Canada's population.
The figures will add another dimension to the portrait of Canada the five-year census began painting earlier this year.