Language Used at Work (263), Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3), Mother Tongue (8) and Age (10) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2015, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Mother tongue (8): Total - Mother tongue
• Age (10): Total - Age

This table details language used at work , single and multiple responses of language used at work , mother tongue and age for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2015, in private households in Canada

Language used at work (263)	Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3)
	Total - Single and multiple responses of language used at work^Footnote 1	Single responses of language used at work^Footnote 2	Multiple responses of language used at work^Footnote 3
Total - Language used at work^Footnote 4	19,956,255	16,891,440	3,064,815
Official languages	19,804,505	16,745,660	3,058,850
English	17,127,695	14,099,735	3,027,960
French	4,986,900	2,645,925	2,340,975
Non-official languages	970,905	145,785	825,120
Aboriginal languages	68,335	5,705	62,630
Algonquian languages	43,350	3,070	40,275
Blackfoot	1,350	15	1,330
Cree-Montagnais languages	28,765	2,435	26,325
Atikamekw	1,680	195	1,485
Montagnais (Innu)	3,615	535	3,075
Moose Cree	30	0	30
Naskapi	530	85	445
Northern East Cree	140	15	125
Plains Cree	720	10	710
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	290	10	285
Woods Cree	355	10	345
Cree, n.o.s.	21,425	1,585	19,840
Eastern Algonquian languages	2,785	195	2,590
Malecite	150	0	150
Mi'kmaq	2,635	195	2,440
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	10,470	420	10,050
Algonquin	420	15	405
Ojibway	5,630	230	5,400
Oji-Cree	4,365	175	4,190
Ottawa (Odawa)	60	0	60
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	20	0	15
Athabaskan languages	4,650	170	4,475
Northern Athabaskan languages	4,620	170	4,445
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	15	0	20
Beaver	50	0	55
Carrier	230	10	215
Chilcotin	165	0	165
Dene	2,710	105	2,610
Dogrib (Tlicho)	565	25	540
Gwich'in	60	10	65
Sarsi (Sarcee)	25	0	25
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	665	20	645
North Slavey (Hare)	275	15	265
South Slavey	340	10	335
Slavey, n.o.s.	45	10	50
Tahltan languages	55	0	55
Kaska (Nahani)	40	0	40
Tahltan	15	0	15
Tutchone languages	70	0	65
Northern Tutchone	35	0	30
Southern Tutchone	35	0	35
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	30	0	25
Haida	120	0	115
Inuit languages	16,910	2,285	14,635
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	365	0	360
Inuktitut	16,465	2,275	14,195
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	85	0	80
Iroquoian languages	475	20	455
Cayuga	35	0	30
Mohawk	405	15	380
Oneida	25	0	25
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	10	0	15
Kutenai	85	0	90
Michif	115	0	120
Salish languages	925	60	860
Comox	15	0	15
Halkomelem	245	10	240
Lillooet	70	10	60
Okanagan	155	15	145
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	175	10	165
Squamish	40	0	40
Straits	90	15	75
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	50	0	45
Salish languages, n.i.e.	90	0	80
Siouan languages	990	40	950
Dakota	215	10	210
Stoney	770	35	730
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	45	0	45
Tsimshian languages	345	10	335
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	150	0	145
Nisga'a	160	0	155
Tsimshian	45	0	40
Wakashan languages	235	20	210
Haisla	25	10	20
Heiltsuk	20	0	20
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	115	10	100
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	70	10	65
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	105	20	90
Non-Aboriginal languages	902,610	140,080	762,525
Afro-Asiatic languages	45,290	3,805	41,485
Berber languages	345	15	330
Kabyle	200	10	190
Berber languages, n.i.e.	140	0	140
Cushitic languages	1,485	155	1,325
Bilen	55	10	45
Oromo	155	20	135
Somali	1,275	125	1,145
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	10
Semitic languages	43,500	3,630	39,875
Amharic	1,050	95	950
Arabic	36,060	2,945	33,120
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	890	115	775
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	280	15	265
Harari	0	0	10
Hebrew	4,610	300	4,310
Maltese	55	10	45
Tigrigna	490	85	405
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	180	55	125
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	35	10	20
Austro-Asiatic languages	26,995	4,980	22,015
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,575	230	1,345
Vietnamese	25,415	4,755	20,665
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	15	0	10
Austronesian languages	48,800	1,390	47,400
Bikol	10	0	10
Cebuano	435	25	405
Fijian	15	0	20
Hiligaynon	145	0	145
Ilocano	530	35	500
Malagasy	20	0	20
Malay	580	60	520
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	45	10	40
Pangasinan	0	0	10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	46,965	1,230	45,730
Waray-Waray	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	170	25	140
Creole languages	4,095	180	3,910
Haitian Creole	160	10	150
Creole, n.o.s.	3,605	165	3,440
Creole languages, n.i.e.	330	10	325
Dravidian languages	11,355	1,095	10,260
Kannada	55	0	55
Malayalam	515	35	480
Tamil	10,575	1,025	9,550
Telugu	230	35	190
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	25	0	15
Indo-European languages	425,405	45,245	380,155
Albanian	1,345	190	1,155
Armenian	1,860	195	1,660
Balto-Slavic languages	54,535	4,590	49,940
Baltic languages	360	20	345
Latvian	110	0	110
Lithuanian	250	15	230
Slavic languages	54,185	4,575	49,610
Belarusan	15	0	10
Bosnian	715	70	645
Bulgarian	715	105	615
Croatian	1,855	105	1,755
Czech	465	35	435
Macedonian	490	55	440
Polish	15,115	1,005	14,115
Russian	23,985	2,415	21,570
Serbian	3,790	225	3,570
Serbo-Croatian	355	15	335
Slovak	480	30	450
Slovene (Slovenian)	125	0	125
Ukrainian	6,430	500	5,925
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	60	10	60
Celtic languages	245	10	235
Scottish Gaelic	170	10	165
Welsh	45	0	45
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	45	0	40
Germanic languages	43,895	5,970	37,925
Afrikaans	415	20	390
Danish	335	30	305
Dutch	4,545	380	4,165
Frisian	70	10	65
German	33,815	4,665	29,155
Icelandic	55	0	55
Norwegian	240	20	220
Swedish	485	25	465
Vlaams (Flemish)	90	10	75
Yiddish	1,650	520	1,130
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	2,235	290	1,950
Greek	8,450	405	8,040
Indo-Iranian languages	157,305	23,140	134,160
Indo-Aryan languages	134,700	20,710	113,990
Bengali	2,490	255	2,235
Gujarati	3,440	685	2,760
Hindi	16,880	775	16,105
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Konkani	25	0	25
Marathi	65	25	40
Nepali	925	115	810
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	10
Punjabi (Panjabi)	97,550	18,075	79,470
Sindhi	165	10	150
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	400	20	390
Urdu	14,105	750	13,355
Iranian languages	22,430	2,425	20,005
Kurdish	615	110	500
Pashto	355	25	325
Persian (Farsi)	21,490	2,280	19,210
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	280	10	265
Italic (Romance) languages	158,370	10,745	147,625
Catalan	55	0	55
Italian	28,385	625	27,760
Portuguese	29,560	3,540	26,015
Romanian	4,240	390	3,845
Spanish	96,530	6,175	90,350
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	590	15	575
Japanese	11,310	1,150	10,155
Kartvelian languages	100	20	85
Georgian	100	20	80
Korean	29,635	6,005	23,630
Mongolic languages	115	10	115
Mongolian	120	10	110
Niger-Congo languages	2,695	110	2,585
Akan (Twi)	530	15	510
Bamanankan	30	0	30
Edo	30	0	35
Ewe	40	0	35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	25	0	25
Ga	35	0	35
Ganda	50	0	55
Igbo	165	0	160
Lingala	185	10	175
Rundi (Kirundi)	95	0	95
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	75	10	70
Shona	45	0	45
Swahili	640	45	595
Wolof	105	0	105
Yoruba	285	10	280
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	395	15	380
Nilo-Saharan languages	65	0	60
Dinka	30	0	30
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	30	0	30
Sign languages	11,725	890	10,835
American Sign Language	5,550	395	5,160
Quebec Sign Language	1,000	25	975
Sign languages, n.i.e	5,220	470	4,750
Sino-Tibetan languages	277,955	74,230	203,730
Chinese languages	276,825	74,080	202,745
Cantonese	126,985	35,725	91,260
Hakka	195	60	135
Mandarin	147,365	35,900	111,470
Min Dong	55	0	50
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	1,365	360	1,000
Wu (Shanghainese)	245	70	170
Chinese, n.o.s.	8,410	1,955	6,450
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	1,160	150	1,010
Burmese	230	30	200
Karenic languages	500	80	420
Tibetan	350	30	320
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	95	10	85
Tai-Kadai languages	2,745	260	2,485
Lao	740	75	665
Thai	2,005	190	1,815
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	10
Turkic languages	3,170	395	2,780
Azerbaijani	110	0	110
Turkish	2,935	380	2,550
Uyghur	45	0	40
Uzbek	50	10	50
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	30	0	30
Uralic languages	2,995	265	2,730
Estonian	160	0	160
Finnish	650	35	615
Hungarian	2,190	235	1,955
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	270	45	225

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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.

Footnote 2

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

Footnote 3

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

Footnote 4

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.

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

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.

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• 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: 5.1%.
• 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-X2016095.