More than 100 languages are spoken in Edmonton, with non-English homes mostly in the north and south (Edmonton Journal)

"Here in Edmonton and all of the Canadian cities, diversity is what's going on. It means English is going to be the lingua franca of everybody," University of Alberta linguist professor Johanne Paradis said. Roughly a quarter of Edmonton's households spoke a language other than English at home in 2014, according to city statistics.

3 August 2015