Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English is the first language, or "mother tongue", of approximately 19 million Canadians or 58% of the population, which is relatively low due to strong French (c. 22%) and allophone (non-English, non-French, 21%) population segments (based on 2011 Census data). However, 28 million use English as their dominant language. 82% of Canadians outside Quebec speak English fluently, but within Quebec the figure drops to just 7.7 s most residents are native speakers of Quebec French.