Data tables, 2016 Census

Language Used at Work (263), Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3), Mother Tongue (8), Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 (21) and Age (10) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2015, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details language used at work , single and multiple responses of language used at work , mother tongue , industry - north american industry classification system 2012 and age for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2015, in private households in Ontario
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Language used at work (263) Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3)
Total - Single and multiple responses of language used at workFootnote 2 Single responses of language used at workFootnote 3 Multiple responses of language used at workFootnote 4
Total - Language used at workFootnote 5 7,579,080 6,835,895 743,185
Official languages 7,512,475 6,772,090 740,380
English 7,480,495 6,740,565 739,930
French 426,715 31,530 395,190
Non-official languages 423,555 63,805 359,755
Aboriginal languages 8,535 525 8,010
Algonquian languages 7,855 500 7,350
Blackfoot 10 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,270 210 1,065
Atikamekw 0 0 10
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0
Moose Cree 20 0 20
Naskapi 15 0 15
Northern East Cree 10 0 10
Plains Cree 10 0 10
Southern East Cree 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 60 10 50
Woods Cree 10 0 10
Cree, n.o.s. 1,150 200 950
Eastern Algonquian languages 15 0 15
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 0 15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 6,555 290 6,265
Algonquin 30 0 35
Ojibway 3,835 170 3,665
Oji-Cree 2,635 125 2,515
Ottawa (Odawa) 55 0 60
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 20 0 20
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Inuit languages 285 0 280
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0
Inuktitut 280 0 280
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 340 15 325
Cayuga 35 0 35
Mohawk 270 10 260
Oneida 25 0 25
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Michif 10 0 10
Salish languages 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 10 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 50 10 45
Non-Aboriginal languages 415,020 63,275 351,740
Afro-Asiatic languages 20,835 1,615 19,220
Berber languages 20 0 20
Kabyle 15 0 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Cushitic languages 820 55 765
Bilen 10 0 10
Oromo 30 0 30
Somali 780 60 725
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Semitic languages 20,005 1,555 18,450
Amharic 450 45 400
Arabic 15,570 1,230 14,335
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 795 75 715
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 240 15 225
Harari 0 0 0
Hebrew 2,745 130 2,615
Maltese 60 10 45
Tigrigna 185 35 145
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 0 45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 10,355 1,385 8,965
Khmer (Cambodian) 470 35 435
Vietnamese 9,890 1,355 8,535
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 14,435 475 13,955
Bikol 10 0 10
Cebuano 135 0 125
Fijian 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 35 0 40
Ilocano 220 10 210
Malagasy 0 0 10
Malay 200 20 180
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 0 15
Pangasinan 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,810 430 13,385
Waray-Waray 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 0 35
Creole languages 595 35 555
Haitian Creole 25 10 20
Creole, n.o.s. 345 30 320
Creole languages, n.i.e. 220 10 220
Dravidian languages 9,950 945 9,000
Kannada 40 0 40
Malayalam 310 25 285
Tamil 9,440 895 8,545
Telugu 175 30 145
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 10
Indo-European languages 205,570 19,435 186,135
Albanian 1,035 150 885
Armenian 705 85 620
Balto-Slavic languages 35,750 3,030 32,720
Baltic languages 280 20 265
Latvian 75 0 80
Lithuanian 205 20 190
Slavic languages 35,485 3,010 32,470
Belarusan 10 0 15
Bosnian 430 45 390
Bulgarian 370 65 305
Croatian 1,405 75 1,330
Czech 180 15 170
Macedonian 470 45 420
Polish 11,430 835 10,590
Russian 14,590 1,415 13,175
Serbian 2,910 155 2,755
Serbo-Croatian 185 10 170
Slovak 275 10 265
Slovene (Slovenian) 110 0 110
Ukrainian 3,350 330 3,020
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 10 40
Celtic languages 65 10 60
Scottish Gaelic 15 0 15
Welsh 20 0 25
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 0 25
Germanic languages 18,255 3,360 14,895
Afrikaans 65 0 65
Danish 165 10 150
Dutch 2,525 265 2,260
Frisian 35 10 30
German 14,275 2,945 11,330
Icelandic 10 0 0
Norwegian 55 10 45
Swedish 230 10 220
Vlaams (Flemish) 40 0 40
Yiddish 170 0 165
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 715 105 605
Greek 3,455 175 3,285
Indo-Iranian languages 67,875 6,760 61,120
Indo-Aryan languages 55,025 5,540 49,490
Bengali 1,725 165 1,555
Gujarati 2,640 570 2,065
Hindi 10,165 475 9,690
Kashmiri 0 0 10
Konkani 25 0 20
Marathi 55 25 30
Nepali 345 55 300
Oriya (Odia) 10 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 29,690 3,660 26,040
Sindhi 95 15 80
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 285 0 280
Urdu 10,775 575 10,205
Iranian languages 12,790 1,215 11,570
Kurdish 340 60 280
Pashto 190 20 170
Persian (Farsi) 12,280 1,140 11,145
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 10 95
Italic (Romance) languages 78,615 5,880 72,740
Catalan 15 0 20
Italian 16,690 385 16,310
Portuguese 23,405 2,680 20,730
Romanian 1,715 200 1,510
Spanish 37,045 2,610 34,435
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 300 10 290
Japanese 3,470 420 3,050
Kartvelian languages 60 10 50
Georgian 60 10 50
Korean 12,295 2,505 9,790
Mongolic languages 30 0 30
Mongolian 35 0 30
Niger-Congo languages 1,330 45 1,285
Akan (Twi) 425 15 405
Bamanankan 0 0 0
Edo 25 0 30
Ewe 25 0 20
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 10
Ga 35 10 30
Ganda 45 0 45
Igbo 90 0 90
Lingala 60 10 55
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 0 30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 0 25
Shona 20 0 25
Swahili 255 10 245
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 160 0 150
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 0 130
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 0 30
Dinka 0 0 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 30 0 25
Sign languages 4,995 365 4,630
American Sign Language 2,790 200 2,585
Quebec Sign Language 50 0 50
Sign languages, n.i.e 2,170 165 2,005
Sino-Tibetan languages 126,875 35,520 91,360
Chinese languages 126,350 35,460 90,890
Cantonese 58,900 16,245 42,660
Hakka 130 30 100
Mandarin 67,340 18,215 49,120
Min Dong 55 0 55
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 520 205 320
Wu (Shanghainese) 70 20 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,115 740 2,375
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 525 55 470
Burmese 75 0 75
Karenic languages 145 20 125
Tibetan 260 30 235
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 0 35
Tai-Kadai languages 980 65 915
Lao 315 20 290
Thai 670 40 630
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,850 255 1,595
Azerbaijani 65 0 65
Turkish 1,735 250 1,485
Uyghur 10 10 10
Uzbek 40 0 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,095 190 1,905
Estonian 145 0 150
Finnish 470 30 435
Hungarian 1,480 165 1,320
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 90 10 80

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Refers to the general nature of the business carried out in the establishment where the person worked.

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Footnote 2

The category 'Total - Single and multiple responses of language used at work' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single and multiple responses of the language used at work received in the census.

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Footnote 3

A single response to the language used at work occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

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Footnote 4

A multiple response to the language used at work occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

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Footnote 5

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Refers to the language used at work, as reported on May 10, 2016 by the individuals aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015.

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Data quality note(s) – Ontario

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016094.

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