Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 912,300 879,470 28,490 1,755 2,580 29,370 3.2
Single responses 900,760 869,805 27,430 935 2,580 27,900 3.1
Official languages 878,015 850,675 27,340 0 0 27,340 3.1
English 863,550 849,990 13,555 0 0 13,560 1.6
French 14,465 685 13,780 0 0 13,780 95.3
Non-official languages 22,740 19,135 90 935 2,585 560 2.5
Aboriginal languages 2,575 2,530 0 25 15 15 0.6
Algonquian languages 2,560 2,525 0 25 15 15 0.6
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 2,560 2,520 0 25 15 15 0.6
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 2,560 2,520 0 25 15 15 0.6
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 20,170 16,600 90 910 2,570 545 2.7
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,630 3,215 45 290 1,085 185 4.0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 60 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bilen 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 45 35 0 5 0 5 11.1
Somali 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 4,540 3,155 45 285 1,060 180 4.0
Amharic 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 4,260 2,930 35 270 1,020 175 4.1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hebrew 125 105 0 5 15 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 100 60 5 10 30 5 5.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 330 260 5 20 50 15 4.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 330 260 5 15 50 15 4.5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 1,140 1,125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,065 1,055 0 5 5 5 0.5
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Dravidian languages 420 390 0 10 25 5 1.2
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 135 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 140 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Telugu 130 115 0 0 10 5 3.8
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 7,410 6,210 30 480 695 270 3.6
Albanian 110 90 0 0 15 5 4.5
Armenian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,400 1,225 5 75 100 40 2.9
Baltic languages 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 1,375 1,205 5 65 100 40 2.9
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Croatian 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 45 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 235 205 0 15 10 5 2.1
Russian 785 665 5 35 75 25 3.2
Serbian 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 60 55 0 0 5 5 8.3
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 1,490 1,215 15 155 105 90 6.0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 135 105 0 30 0 15 11.1
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 1,230 1,005 10 105 105 60 4.9
Icelandic 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Norwegian 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Swedish 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 270 230 0 10 25 5 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages 2,810 2,430 0 60 320 30 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 1,850 1,610 5 20 215 15 0.8
Bengali 250 240 5 5 5 5 2.0
Gujarati 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 315 300 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 475 320 0 5 150 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 250 230 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 340 300 0 10 25 5 1.5
Iranian languages 955 815 0 40 105 20 2.1
Kurdish 85 55 0 5 25 0 0.0
Pashto 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Persian (Farsi) 830 720 0 30 75 20 2.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italic (Romance) languages 1,240 945 5 170 120 90 7.3
Catalan 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Italian 165 130 5 15 15 10 6.1
Portuguese 190 145 0 25 20 15 7.9
Romanian 70 50 0 15 5 10 14.3
Spanish 810 615 5 115 75 60 7.4
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 110 95 5 0 15 5 4.5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 710 640 0 10 60 5 0.7
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 160 100 10 25 25 25 15.6
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Shona 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 60 30 5 10 20 10 16.7
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yoruba 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 0 0 5 50.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dinka 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 285 205 0 0 80 5 1.8
American Sign Language 110 85 0 0 30 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 175 120 0 0 55 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,550 4,010 5 50 490 25 0.5
Chinese languages 4,545 4,000 0 50 490 30 0.7
Cantonese 640 480 0 5 160 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 3,410 3,090 0 40 280 25 0.7
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 50 35 0 5 5 5 10.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 415 375 0 0 40 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 55 35 0 5 15 0 0.0
Lao 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 50 40 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 215 190 0 10 15 5 2.3
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 145 125 0 10 5 5 3.4
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 75 70 0 5 0 5 6.7
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 55 50 0 5 0 5 9.1
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 11,545 9,660 1,060 820 0 1,475 12.8
English and French 2,180 600 925 660 0 1,250 57.3
English and non-official language 8,970 8,930 40 0 0 35 0.4
French and non-official language 75 20 55 0 0 60 80.0
English, French and non-official language 315 110 45 165 0 125 39.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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