Census Profile, 2016 Census
Westmount, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Montréal, Territoire équivalent [Census division], Quebec

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Characteristic Westmount, V
Quebec
[Census subdivision] 		Montréal, TÉ
Quebec
[Census division]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 19,940 9,270 10,670 1,914,760 933,260 981,495
English only 4,015 1,780 2,235 220,425 109,555 110,870
French only 510 215 295 517,445 230,460 286,990
English and French 15,235 7,185 8,050 1,131,680 575,450 556,225
Neither English nor French 185 90 90 45,210 17,800 27,405
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 19,945 9,275 10,670 1,914,755 933,260 981,500
English 13,585 6,370 7,215 543,485 270,085 273,400
French 4,910 2,235 2,670 1,164,335 562,200 602,135
English and French 1,275 580 690 163,025 83,800 79,230
Neither English nor French 170 90 85 43,910 17,175 26,735
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 14,220 6,660 7,565 625,000 311,985 313,015
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 71.3 71.8 70.9 32.6 33.4 31.9
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 19,940 9,275 10,670 1,914,760 933,265 981,495
Single responses 19,065 8,870 10,195 1,823,085 887,650 935,430
Official languages 14,465 6,830 7,630 1,195,590 584,190 611,405
English 10,225 4,870 5,355 307,080 153,045 154,040
French 4,240 1,960 2,280 888,515 431,145 457,365
Non-official languages 4,600 2,040 2,555 627,490 303,465 324,025
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 580 205 380
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 310 120 190
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 275 100 175
Atikamekw 0 0 0 25 5 20
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 40 10 30
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 15 10 10
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 50 25 30
Plains Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 5 130 50 85
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 15 5 10
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 15 5 10
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 20 15 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 15 10 5
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 10 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 210 60 150
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 170 45 130
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 10 20
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 30 15 15
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 30 15 10
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 25 15 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 4,600 2,045 2,555 626,905 303,255 323,655
Afro-Asiatic languages 570 295 275 122,040 64,460 57,575
Berber languages 0 0 0 13,915 7,405 6,515
Kabyle 0 0 0 8,560 4,560 3,995
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5,360 2,840 2,515
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 695 330 360
Bilen 0 0 0 15 5 10
Oromo 0 0 0 5 5 0
Somali 0 0 0 660 310 355
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 5
Semitic languages 570 290 275 107,255 56,630 50,625
Amharic 5 0 0 585 275 310
Arabic 520 270 250 102,805 54,340 48,465
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 5 55 25 25
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 5 5 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 45 25 20 3,435 1,800 1,635
Maltese 0 5 0 10 5 5
Tigrigna 0 0 0 305 145 160
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 45 25 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 175 100 75
Austro-Asiatic languages 95 35 55 24,425 11,465 12,960
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 5 4,980 2,315 2,660
Vietnamese 90 40 50 19,435 9,145 10,290
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 10 5 5
Austronesian languages 80 20 60 17,455 6,340 11,115
Bikol 0 0 0 100 35 65
Cebuano 0 0 5 650 230 425
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 370 120 255
Ilocano 5 5 5 1,910 695 1,210
Malagasy 0 0 0 445 200 250
Malay 5 5 0 455 185 270
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 180 80 95
Pangasinan 0 0 0 80 35 45
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 70 15 60 12,980 4,650 8,330
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 40 5 35
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 240 100 140
Creole languages 5 0 5 36,850 16,270 20,580
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 1,320 630 685
Creole, n.o.s. 5 0 5 35,015 15,370 19,650
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 510 265 245
Dravidian languages 30 15 15 11,900 5,990 5,915
Kannada 5 0 0 200 105 95
Malayalam 5 0 0 335 185 150
Tamil 15 10 10 10,860 5,395 5,470
Telugu 0 5 0 495 300 190
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Indo-European languages 2,720 1,220 1,500 328,955 158,575 170,380
Albanian 15 5 5 1,735 880 855
Armenian 60 30 35 7,455 3,530 3,925
Balto-Slavic languages 605 240 365 41,965 18,705 23,260
Baltic languages 25 10 20 570 200 365
Latvian 10 0 5 200 75 125
Lithuanian 20 10 10 370 125 240
Slavic languages 575 230 345 41,395 18,505 22,895
Belarusan 0 0 0 50 30 20
Bosnian 10 0 0 290 140 150
Bulgarian 50 25 25 4,300 2,060 2,245
Croatian 15 5 5 1,195 590 605
Czech 35 15 20 830 380 445
Macedonian 0 0 0 100 50 55
Polish 110 40 70 8,875 3,815 5,060
Russian 230 90 140 18,990 8,425 10,565
Serbian 35 15 20 1,490 725 765
Serbo-Croatian 15 5 10 480 215 265
Slovak 15 5 10 640 265 380
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 0 0 405 185 225
Ukrainian 55 20 35 3,680 1,590 2,085
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 80 40 40
Celtic languages 5 0 5 60 35 25
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 15 10 0
Welsh 0 0 0 15 5 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 15 10
Germanic languages 405 165 240 15,160 7,225 7,935
Afrikaans 5 5 0 70 35 35
Danish 15 5 5 205 90 115
Dutch 60 25 35 1,175 590 585
Frisian 0 0 0 5 0 0
German 220 90 135 6,075 2,695 3,380
Icelandic 10 5 5 55 25 25
Norwegian 5 0 5 115 60 50
Swedish 15 0 10 335 150 185
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 5 140 50 95
Yiddish 75 35 40 6,925 3,495 3,430
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 70 40 30
Greek 135 75 60 20,075 9,905 10,180
Indo-Iranian languages 415 205 205 52,615 27,185 25,430
Indo-Aryan languages 110 55 55 34,700 18,190 16,515
Bengali 20 5 10 9,620 4,915 4,710
Gujarati 10 5 5 5,120 2,515 2,600
Hindi 30 20 15 2,320 1,265 1,060
Kashmiri 0 0 0 15 15 0
Konkani 0 0 0 85 50 35
Marathi 15 5 10 195 120 80
Nepali 0 0 0 160 85 80
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 25 20 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 15 10 5 8,930 4,950 3,980
Sindhi 0 0 0 260 125 135
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 445 210 235
Urdu 25 15 10 7,520 3,925 3,595
Iranian languages 305 150 155 17,675 8,860 8,815
Kurdish 10 5 0 580 305 275
Pashto 0 0 0 905 480 425
Persian (Farsi) 295 140 150 16,185 8,070 8,110
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 235 135 100
Italic (Romance) languages 1,085 500 585 189,890 91,115 98,770
Catalan 5 5 5 215 105 110
Italian 295 145 155 74,490 35,605 38,880
Portuguese 120 55 60 18,525 8,890 9,640
Romanian 110 50 60 18,370 8,715 9,650
Spanish 550 245 300 78,220 37,760 40,460
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 70 40 35
Japanese 80 35 40 1,705 545 1,165
Kartvelian languages 10 5 5 140 70 75
Georgian 5 0 5 140 65 75
Korean 280 100 180 4,155 1,865 2,290
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 155 65 90
Mongolian 0 0 0 155 65 90
Niger-Congo languages 10 10 10 13,995 7,115 6,880
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 790 390 400
Bamanankan 0 0 0 695 395 305
Edo 0 0 0 60 35 20
Ewe 0 0 0 330 180 145
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 1,185 615 570
Ga 0 0 0 55 25 30
Ganda 0 0 0 10 5 5
Igbo 0 0 0 80 45 35
Lingala 0 0 0 1,520 695 825
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 1,185 570 620
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 1,025 460 565
Shona 0 0 0 55 30 25
Swahili 5 0 5 895 425 470
Wolof 5 0 5 1,720 935 785
Yoruba 0 0 0 165 95 65
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 4,220 2,195 2,025
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 120 70 50
Dinka 0 0 0 0 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 120 70 50
Sign languages 5 0 5 415 220 195
American Sign Language 5 5 0 35 20 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 185 90 95
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 195 110 85
Sino-Tibetan languages 565 255 310 52,755 24,555 28,200
Chinese languages 565 255 310 52,615 24,480 28,130
Cantonese 85 40 50 15,850 7,470 8,385
Hakka 0 0 0 300 130 165
Mandarin 420 195 230 30,720 14,205 16,515
Min Dong 0 0 0 20 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 0 10 2,400 1,100 1,300
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 5 10 750 325 425
Chinese, n.o.s. 25 10 10 2,505 1,200 1,305
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 30 35
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 140 75 70
Burmese 0 0 0 45 15 30
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 35 20 15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 35 25
Tai-Kadai languages 5 5 0 1,845 830 1,020
Lao 5 5 0 1,495 740 755
Thai 0 0 0 350 90 260
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 5 5 5
Turkic languages 45 20 20 5,555 2,835 2,720
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 205 115 90
Turkish 35 10 20 4,935 2,520 2,410
Uyghur 0 0 0 140 75 75
Uzbek 0 0 0 120 60 60
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 150 65 85
Uralic languages 120 45 70 4,020 1,775 2,245
Estonian 15 5 10 150 60 90
Finnish 10 0 5 220 70 150
Hungarian 95 40 55 3,650 1,650 2,005
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 395 210 180
Multiple responses 875 400 475 91,675 45,610 46,070
English and French 385 180 205 25,185 12,820 12,370
English and non-official language 260 120 140 18,760 9,105 9,655
French and non-official language 140 60 80 37,330 18,385 18,945
English, French and non-official language 95 40 55 10,410 5,305 5,100
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 19,940 9,270 10,670 1,914,760 933,260 981,495
Single responses 18,795 8,755 10,040 1,740,120 848,190 891,920
Official languages 16,625 7,750 8,875 1,390,200 681,120 709,085
English 12,920 6,040 6,875 437,070 216,650 220,420
French 3,705 1,710 1,995 953,130 464,465 488,665
Non-official languages 2,175 1,005 1,170 349,915 167,075 182,835
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 230 100 130
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 135 60 75
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 130 60 70
Atikamekw 0 0 0 5 5 5
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 15 5 15
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 5 5 5
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 30 15 15
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 65 30 35
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 70 25 45
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 60 20 40
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 10 10 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 10 10 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 2,175 1,000 1,170 349,685 166,975 182,705
Afro-Asiatic languages 250 120 135 58,305 29,780 28,525
Berber languages 0 0 0 5,315 2,790 2,525
Kabyle 0 0 0 3,640 1,920 1,720
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,675 875 800
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 335 145 195
Bilen 0 0 0 5 0 5
Oromo 0 0 0 5 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 325 135 185
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Semitic languages 250 120 130 52,600 26,815 25,780
Amharic 0 0 0 290 130 155
Arabic 235 115 125 50,575 25,800 24,770
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 35 15 20
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 10 1,500 775 730
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 180 85 95
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 25 35
Austro-Asiatic languages 40 15 25 17,930 8,340 9,585
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 3,120 1,425 1,695
Vietnamese 45 15 25 14,805 6,915 7,890
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20 5 10 8,615 3,420 5,190
Bikol 0 0 0 10 5 5
Cebuano 0 0 0 210 90 115
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 115 50 65
Ilocano 0 0 0 695 285 410
Malagasy 0 0 0 135 70 65
Malay 0 0 0 130 70 65
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 55 30 25
Pangasinan 0 0 0 15 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20 10 10 7,195 2,795 4,400
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 10 5 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 45 20 30
Creole languages 5 0 0 14,360 6,180 8,180
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 570 260 305
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 13,580 5,825 7,755
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 210 95 115
Dravidian languages 20 10 10 9,265 4,605 4,665
Kannada 0 0 0 120 70 55
Malayalam 0 0 0 155 75 80
Tamil 15 5 5 8,700 4,290 4,415
Telugu 5 0 0 280 165 115
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 15 10 5
Indo-European languages 1,085 515 570 185,570 88,155 97,420
Albanian 0 0 0 990 485 505
Armenian 25 10 15 5,185 2,375 2,810
Balto-Slavic languages 255 115 140 25,165 11,655 13,510
Baltic languages 5 0 5 135 55 85
Latvian 0 0 0 55 30 30
Lithuanian 10 0 5 80 30 55
Slavic languages 255 115 135 25,025 11,605 13,430
Belarusan 0 0 0 15 10 10
Bosnian 5 0 5 165 75 90
Bulgarian 35 20 15 3,115 1,500 1,610
Croatian 0 0 0 520 240 280
Czech 5 0 5 245 115 135
Macedonian 0 0 0 60 30 30
Polish 10 5 10 3,985 1,770 2,210
Russian 135 65 70 13,830 6,450 7,385
Serbian 25 10 15 870 430 445
Serbo-Croatian 0 5 0 200 90 110
Slovak 5 5 5 135 65 75
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 130 55 80
Ukrainian 25 10 15 1,725 765 955
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 10
Celtic languages 0 0 0 10 10 5
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 5 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Germanic languages 60 25 35 6,165 3,130 3,035
Afrikaans 0 0 0 10 5 5
Danish 0 5 0 25 15 10
Dutch 15 5 10 190 90 95
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 35 15 15 1,075 485 595
Icelandic 5 5 5 30 15 20
Norwegian 0 0 0 10 10 5
Swedish 0 0 5 75 35 35
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 4,730 2,475 2,250
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Greek 25 10 10 10,425 4,915 5,515
Indo-Iranian languages 255 120 135 37,260 18,705 18,555
Indo-Aryan languages 40 20 20 24,025 12,260 11,765
Bengali 10 10 5 7,295 3,620 3,670
Gujarati 0 0 0 3,290 1,600 1,685
Hindi 10 5 5 1,160 600 560
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 30 15 15
Marathi 5 0 0 65 35 30
Nepali 0 0 0 105 50 55
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 15 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5 0 5 6,380 3,460 2,925
Sindhi 0 0 0 95 45 50
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 250 120 125
Urdu 5 5 5 5,350 2,715 2,635
Iranian languages 215 100 115 13,120 6,385 6,740
Kurdish 5 0 0 300 150 145
Pashto 0 0 0 675 335 335
Persian (Farsi) 210 95 115 12,150 5,900 6,255
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 115 60 50
Italic (Romance) languages 460 230 230 100,365 46,870 53,495
Catalan 0 0 0 85 40 45
Italian 55 35 20 27,910 12,205 15,705
Portuguese 75 35 40 9,655 4,555 5,100
Romanian 40 20 20 12,610 6,115 6,500
Spanish 295 140 155 50,085 23,950 26,140
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 10
Japanese 60 25 30 735 310 430
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 65 35 30
Georgian 5 5 5 60 30 35
Korean 230 80 150 2,950 1,355 1,595
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 125 60 65
Mongolian 0 0 0 120 60 65
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 3,535 1,725 1,805
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 370 180 190
Bamanankan 0 0 0 180 100 80
Edo 0 0 0 10 0 5
Ewe 0 0 0 75 30 45
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 355 175 180
Ga 0 0 0 10 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 10 0 5
Lingala 0 0 0 375 155 220
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 360 170 195
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 270 115 155
Shona 0 0 0 20 10 10
Swahili 0 0 0 275 145 130
Wolof 0 0 0 535 300 240
Yoruba 0 0 0 40 15 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 645 325 320
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 35 20 15
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 25 15
Sign languages 0 0 0 585 345 245
American Sign Language 0 0 0 45 20 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 245 130 125
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 290 195 95
Sino-Tibetan languages 430 210 220 41,620 19,770 21,845
Chinese languages 425 205 220 41,560 19,745 21,820
Cantonese 40 15 20 11,620 5,465 6,160
Hakka 0 0 0 105 50 55
Mandarin 365 175 185 26,080 12,475 13,605
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 1,410 645 770
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 5 5 580 265 315
Chinese, n.o.s. 10 5 5 1,730 830 905
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 15 15
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 60 30 30
Burmese 0 0 0 20 10 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 15 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 10
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 930 455 475
Lao 0 0 0 810 405 405
Thai 0 0 0 120 50 75
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 15 5 10 3,620 1,800 1,820
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 65 35 35
Turkish 15 10 10 3,315 1,645 1,665
Uyghur 0 0 0 100 55 45
Uzbek 0 0 0 90 45 50
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 50 20 30
Uralic languages 15 5 10 1,335 565 775
Estonian 5 5 0 25 10 15
Finnish 0 0 0 35 15 20
Hungarian 15 5 5 1,280 535 735
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 95 55 35
Multiple responses 1,145 520 625 174,640 85,065 89,575
English and French 430 210 220 34,135 17,340 16,800
English and non-official language 430 185 245 38,285 18,350 19,930
French and non-official language 110 45 60 77,415 36,940 40,475
English, French and non-official language 175 75 105 24,805 12,435 12,365
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 19,945 9,270 10,670 1,914,760 933,260 981,495
None 13,515 6,320 7,195 1,358,395 658,445 699,950
English 2,155 975 1,180 164,875 83,085 81,790
French 2,330 1,120 1,215 156,830 77,375 79,450
Non-official language 1,390 600 795 183,265 88,830 94,430
Aboriginal 5 0 0 280 100 180
Non-Aboriginal 1,390 595 790 182,980 88,730 94,250
English and French 195 95 95 21,910 11,010 10,900
English and non-official language 115 45 65 13,995 6,950 7,045
French and non-official language 235 120 115 14,580 7,085 7,495
English, French and non-official language 5 5 5 905 470 435
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 19,785 9,235 10,545 1,894,995 925,815 969,180
Official languages 19,615 9,170 10,445 1,850,005 908,350 941,655
English 19,090 8,950 10,140 1,342,265 680,010 662,255
French 15,695 7,495 8,200 1,631,820 799,640 832,180
Non-official languages 7,665 3,420 4,240 900,345 433,465 466,885
Aboriginal languages 10 0 0 755 340 415
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 330 185 145
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 0 10 265 130 130
Atikamekw 0 0 0 10 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 55 25 30
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 70 40 25
Plains Cree 0 0 0 10 10 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 10 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 10
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 10 120 45 75
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 25 25 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 30 20 10
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 25 20 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 20 10 10
Ojibway 0 0 0 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 10 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 370 120 250
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 335 110 220
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 15 30
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 45 35 10
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 35 35 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 10
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 7,660 3,420 4,240 899,645 433,150 466,495
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,320 710 610 188,110 98,615 89,495
Berber languages 10 0 0 18,525 9,830 8,695
Kabyle 0 0 0 11,195 5,980 5,210
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 7,440 3,905 3,535
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 1,045 510 540
Bilen 0 0 0 35 20 15
Oromo 0 0 0 25 20 10
Somali 0 0 0 975 460 515
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Semitic languages 1,325 710 610 178,735 93,595 85,140
Amharic 0 0 0 820 405 415
Arabic 925 485 445 162,300 85,065 77,240
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 70 35 40
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 10 10 0
Hebrew 405 235 170 16,165 8,435 7,730
Maltese 0 0 0 10 10 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 255 125 130
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 80 55 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 435 220 215
Austro-Asiatic languages 145 80 65 30,725 14,715 16,010
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 6,335 3,050 3,285
Vietnamese 145 80 65 24,615 11,780 12,835
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 15 10
Austronesian languages 80 25 55 25,320 9,560 15,760
Bikol 0 0 0 105 45 55
Cebuano 0 0 0 715 260 455
Fijian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 445 160 290
Ilocano 10 0 10 2,270 825 1,440
Malagasy 0 0 0 835 405 435
Malay 0 0 0 715 290 425
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 165 80 85
Pangasinan 0 0 0 50 15 30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 25 45 22,770 8,440 14,335
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 40 10 30
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 320 150 175
Creole languages 30 15 15 70,350 31,455 38,895
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 2,895 1,370 1,525
Creole, n.o.s. 25 10 15 66,340 29,580 36,765
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 1,485 705 780
Dravidian languages 45 25 30 14,890 7,650 7,240
Kannada 0 10 0 365 180 180
Malayalam 30 10 20 395 225 170
Tamil 15 0 10 13,650 6,960 6,695
Telugu 0 0 0 835 485 345
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 30 15 15
Indo-European languages 5,105 2,225 2,885 490,850 234,270 256,580
Albanian 40 25 15 2,065 1,045 1,025
Armenian 40 10 35 9,210 4,370 4,840
Balto-Slavic languages 665 290 370 53,575 24,605 28,970
Baltic languages 25 0 25 715 330 385
Latvian 15 0 10 240 110 135
Lithuanian 20 10 15 475 225 255
Slavic languages 635 285 350 52,990 24,340 28,645
Belarusan 0 0 0 190 80 110
Bosnian 0 0 0 330 150 180
Bulgarian 55 25 25 4,430 2,115 2,310
Croatian 15 10 10 1,795 855 940
Czech 70 30 35 1,275 575 700
Macedonian 0 0 0 140 55 80
Polish 80 35 40 11,085 4,910 6,170
Russian 385 170 220 30,185 14,095 16,090
Serbian 40 20 20 1,935 890 1,050
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 15 635 275 360
Slovak 0 0 0 850 395 450
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 0 10 570 270 305
Ukrainian 55 25 30 6,175 2,680 3,495
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 95 45 55
Celtic languages 25 10 15 280 175 105
Scottish Gaelic 10 0 10 85 55 30
Welsh 0 0 0 45 20 20
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 160 100 55
Germanic languages 940 425 520 34,400 16,995 17,405
Afrikaans 10 10 0 230 165 70
Danish 20 15 10 450 210 240
Dutch 90 30 60 2,350 1,225 1,120
Frisian 0 0 0 0 10 0
German 675 290 385 21,045 10,415 10,630
Icelandic 15 10 0 95 65 30
Norwegian 15 10 10 300 135 165
Swedish 0 0 0 920 410 510
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 250 70 185
Yiddish 180 95 85 9,880 4,910 4,965
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 85 45 40
Greek 140 80 65 26,310 12,845 13,465
Indo-Iranian languages 480 220 260 64,655 33,330 31,320
Indo-Aryan languages 155 80 75 43,825 22,985 20,840
Bengali 10 0 0 11,090 5,680 5,410
Gujarati 0 0 0 6,565 3,235 3,330
Hindi 110 60 45 11,865 6,415 5,450
Kashmiri 0 0 0 35 30 10
Konkani 0 0 0 115 55 60
Marathi 0 0 0 375 195 180
Nepali 0 0 0 135 75 60
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 40 20 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 25 15 15 12,800 7,135 5,665
Sindhi 0 0 0 350 160 195
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 925 440 485
Urdu 40 20 20 11,255 5,930 5,315
Iranian languages 325 140 185 21,235 10,575 10,660
Kurdish 0 0 0 675 340 335
Pashto 0 0 10 1,140 615 525
Persian (Farsi) 325 145 180 19,650 9,770 9,880
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 450 260 190
Italic (Romance) languages 3,160 1,310 1,850 320,755 150,495 170,260
Catalan 20 10 15 550 330 220
Italian 1,050 450 600 114,505 54,380 60,120
Portuguese 180 105 75 27,360 13,775 13,585
Romanian 85 35 45 22,115 10,440 11,675
Spanish 2,115 850 1,260 176,745 81,465 95,285
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 230 145 85
Japanese 95 50 45 4,275 1,930 2,345
Kartvelian languages 45 15 25 190 90 100
Georgian 40 15 30 195 90 95
Korean 385 140 245 4,930 2,315 2,620
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 205 110 95
Mongolian 0 0 0 205 105 100
Niger-Congo languages 40 15 20 26,800 13,565 13,240
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 1,350 710 640
Bamanankan 0 0 0 1,305 685 620
Edo 0 0 0 145 60 80
Ewe 0 0 0 730 490 240
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 2,090 1,115 980
Ga 0 0 0 170 100 75
Ganda 0 0 0 30 10 25
Igbo 0 0 0 180 115 60
Lingala 10 0 10 5,470 2,455 3,015
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 1,510 715 790
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 1,420 680 745
Shona 10 0 0 105 55 50
Swahili 10 10 10 2,985 1,500 1,490
Wolof 10 0 10 3,295 1,800 1,495
Yoruba 0 0 0 590 330 260
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 8,970 4,620 4,345
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 205 125 75
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 205 130 75
Sign languages 0 0 0 2,135 890 1,245
American Sign Language 0 0 0 300 125 180
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 1,160 435 730
Sign languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 760 370 390
Sino-Tibetan languages 655 295 365 61,480 28,975 32,505
Chinese languages 655 295 360 61,355 28,905 32,450
Cantonese 95 35 60 20,895 9,735 11,155
Hakka 0 0 0 385 170 210
Mandarin 590 265 325 40,720 18,965 21,755
Min Dong 0 0 0 15 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 2,990 1,310 1,675
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 0 15 925 420 505
Chinese, n.o.s. 20 10 15 3,410 1,665 1,745
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 75 35 45
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 155 95 65
Burmese 0 0 0 70 40 30
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 30 25 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 25 30
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 2,785 1,315 1,475
Lao 0 0 0 2,100 1,035 1,060
Thai 10 0 10 970 400 570
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Turkic languages 55 30 30 8,200 4,105 4,100
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 400 220 175
Turkish 40 15 25 7,400 3,705 3,695
Uyghur 0 0 0 175 85 90
Uzbek 0 0 0 185 80 110
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 175 85 85
Uralic languages 110 30 75 4,905 2,205 2,705
Estonian 15 10 0 105 45 60
Finnish 0 0 0 270 100 170
Hungarian 95 25 65 4,525 2,060 2,470
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,070 590 485

Data quality: Westmount, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.2%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.8%

Data quality: Montréal, Territoire équivalent [Census division], Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.4%

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Westmount, V [Census subdivision], Quebec and Montréal, TÉ [Census division], Quebec (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 3, 2024).

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