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

• Mother tongue (8): Total - Mother tongue
• Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 (21): Total - Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012
• Age (10): Total - Age

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 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 2	Single responses of language used at work^Footnote 3	Multiple responses of language used at work^Footnote 4
Total - Language used at work^Footnote 5	19,956,255	16,891,440	3,064,810
Official languages	19,804,505	16,745,655	3,058,850
English	17,127,700	14,099,735	3,027,960
French	4,986,900	2,645,920	2,340,980
Non-official languages	970,905	145,785	825,120
Aboriginal languages	68,330	5,705	62,630
Algonquian languages	43,350	3,070	40,280
Blackfoot	1,350	20	1,330
Cree-Montagnais languages	28,765	2,435	26,325
Atikamekw	1,680	195	1,490
Montagnais (Innu)	3,610	535	3,075
Moose Cree	30	0	30
Naskapi	525	80	440
Northern East Cree	140	20	125
Plains Cree	720	10	710
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	290	10	285
Woods Cree	350	10	345
Cree, n.o.s.	21,425	1,580	19,840
Eastern Algonquian languages	2,785	200	2,590
Malecite	155	10	150
Mi'kmaq	2,635	195	2,440
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	10,470	420	10,050
Algonquin	420	10	410
Ojibway	5,630	225	5,400
Oji-Cree	4,365	175	4,190
Ottawa (Odawa)	60	0	60
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	15	0	15
Athabaskan languages	4,650	175	4,480
Northern Athabaskan languages	4,620	175	4,450
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	20	0	15
Beaver	50	0	55
Carrier	230	15	215
Chilcotin	165	0	165
Dene	2,715	105	2,610
Dogrib (Tlicho)	565	30	540
Gwich'in	60	10	65
Sarsi (Sarcee)	25	0	25
Sekani	0	0	10
Slavey-Hare languages	665	20	645
North Slavey (Hare)	275	15	260
South Slavey	340	0	335
Slavey, n.o.s.	50	0	50
Tahltan languages	55	0	60
Kaska (Nahani)	40	0	45
Tahltan	15	0	15
Tutchone languages	70	0	65
Northern Tutchone	35	0	35
Southern Tutchone	35	0	35
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	25	0	30
Haida	120	0	120
Inuit languages	16,915	2,285	14,630
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	365	10	355
Inuktitut	16,470	2,275	14,195
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	80	0	80
Iroquoian languages	475	20	455
Cayuga	35	10	30
Mohawk	400	20	385
Oneida	25	0	25
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	10	0	15
Kutenai	90	0	85
Michif	115	0	115
Salish languages	925	55	865
Comox	20	0	20
Halkomelem	245	10	235
Lillooet	70	10	60
Okanagan	155	10	140
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	175	10	165
Squamish	40	0	40
Straits	90	15	75
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	50	0	45
Salish languages, n.i.e.	85	10	80
Siouan languages	990	40	950
Dakota	215	10	210
Stoney	765	35	730
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Tlingit	45	10	45
Tsimshian languages	345	10	335
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	150	10	145
Nisga'a	155	0	150
Tsimshian	45	0	40
Wakashan languages	230	20	210
Haisla	20	10	15
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	85
Non-Aboriginal languages	902,615	140,080	762,525
Afro-Asiatic languages	45,290	3,805	41,485
Berber languages	345	15	330
Kabyle	205	10	190
Berber languages, n.i.e.	140	0	140
Cushitic languages	1,485	160	1,325
Bilen	55	10	50
Oromo	155	20	135
Somali	1,275	130	1,145
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0
Semitic languages	43,500	3,625	39,875
Amharic	1,045	100	950
Arabic	36,060	2,945	33,115
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	890	115	775
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	280	20	265
Harari	10	0	10
Hebrew	4,610	295	4,310
Maltese	55	10	45
Tigrigna	490	80	405
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	185	55	125
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	35	10	25
Austro-Asiatic languages	27,000	4,980	22,015
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,575	230	1,350
Vietnamese	25,415	4,755	20,665
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	10	0	15
Austronesian languages	48,795	1,390	47,400
Bikol	10	0	0
Cebuano	435	25	410
Fijian	15	0	20
Hiligaynon	145	10	140
Ilocano	530	35	495
Malagasy	15	0	20
Malay	580	60	520
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	45	10	35
Pangasinan	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	46,965	1,230	45,735
Waray-Waray	10	0	10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	170	25	145
Creole languages	4,095	180	3,910
Haitian Creole	160	0	150
Creole, n.o.s.	3,605	165	3,440
Creole languages, n.i.e.	335	10	320
Dravidian languages	11,355	1,100	10,260
Kannada	55	0	55
Malayalam	510	35	480
Tamil	10,575	1,025	9,555
Telugu	225	35	190
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	25	0	20
Indo-European languages	425,405	45,245	380,155
Albanian	1,345	190	1,155
Armenian	1,855	195	1,665
Balto-Slavic languages	54,530	4,590	49,940
Baltic languages	360	20	340
Latvian	110	0	110
Lithuanian	250	20	230
Slavic languages	54,185	4,570	49,610
Belarusan	15	0	15
Bosnian	715	70	645
Bulgarian	720	105	610
Croatian	1,860	105	1,750
Czech	465	35	430
Macedonian	490	55	440
Polish	15,115	1,000	14,115
Russian	23,985	2,415	21,570
Serbian	3,795	225	3,565
Serbo-Croatian	355	15	340
Slovak	480	35	450
Slovene (Slovenian)	125	0	125
Ukrainian	6,430	500	5,925
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	65	0	60
Celtic languages	250	10	235
Scottish Gaelic	165	10	165
Welsh	40	0	45
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	45	0	40
Germanic languages	43,890	5,965	37,920
Afrikaans	415	20	395
Danish	335	30	305
Dutch	4,550	380	4,165
Frisian	70	0	65
German	33,815	4,665	29,155
Icelandic	55	0	55
Norwegian	240	20	220
Swedish	485	25	460
Vlaams (Flemish)	85	10	75
Yiddish	1,650	520	1,125
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	2,230	285	1,945
Greek	8,450	405	8,040
Indo-Iranian languages	157,300	23,145	134,165
Indo-Aryan languages	134,695	20,710	113,990
Bengali	2,490	255	2,230
Gujarati	3,440	680	2,760
Hindi	16,885	780	16,105
Kashmiri	0	0	10
Konkani	25	0	25
Marathi	60	25	40
Nepali	925	110	810
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	97,550	18,075	79,470
Sindhi	160	10	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	405	15	385
Urdu	14,110	755	13,355
Iranian languages	22,430	2,420	20,010
Kurdish	615	110	500
Pashto	355	25	325
Persian (Farsi)	21,490	2,275	19,210
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	280	10	270
Italic (Romance) languages	158,370	10,745	147,620
Catalan	55	0	60
Italian	28,380	625	27,755
Portuguese	29,555	3,540	26,015
Romanian	4,240	395	3,845
Spanish	96,525	6,175	90,350
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	585	10	575
Japanese	11,305	1,150	10,160
Kartvelian languages	100	20	85
Georgian	100	20	85
Korean	29,630	6,005	23,630
Mongolic languages	115	10	115
Mongolian	115	0	110
Niger-Congo languages	2,695	110	2,585
Akan (Twi)	525	20	510
Bamanankan	35	0	30
Edo	30	0	30
Ewe	40	10	35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	25	0	25
Ga	35	0	35
Ganda	50	0	55
Igbo	160	0	160
Lingala	185	10	175
Rundi (Kirundi)	95	0	95
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	70	0	70
Shona	45	0	45
Swahili	635	45	595
Wolof	105	10	105
Yoruba	285	10	285
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	390	15	375
Nilo-Saharan languages	60	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	5,155
Quebec Sign Language	1,000	25	975
Sign languages, n.i.e	5,220	470	4,750
Sino-Tibetan languages	277,955	74,230	203,725
Chinese languages	276,825	74,080	202,745
Cantonese	126,985	35,725	91,260
Hakka	195	60	130
Mandarin	147,370	35,905	111,465
Min Dong	55	0	50
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	1,360	365	1,000
Wu (Shanghainese)	245	70	170
Chinese, n.o.s.	8,410	1,955	6,455
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	1,165	150	1,010
Burmese	235	35	200
Karenic languages	500	80	420
Tibetan	350	35	315
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	90	10	85
Tai-Kadai languages	2,745	260	2,485
Lao	740	70	670
Thai	2,005	185	1,815
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	3,175	390	2,780
Azerbaijani	110	0	110
Turkish	2,935	385	2,555
Uyghur	45	0	40
Uzbek	55	0	45
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	30	0	30
Uralic languages	2,995	270	2,730
Estonian	160	0	160
Finnish	645	30	615
Hungarian	2,190	235	1,955
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	275	45	230

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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.

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.

Footnote 3

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

Footnote 4

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

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.

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-X2016094.