Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Montréal, V
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 1,680,905 170,490 503,105 965,480 41,830
Single responses 1,600,450 162,845 482,415 913,775 41,415
Official languages 1,041,420 68,560 337,125 634,955 775
English 208,140 67,845 850 139,175 270
French 833,280 720 336,270 495,785 510
Non-official languages 559,035 94,280 145,290 278,815 40,645
Aboriginal languages 475 235 60 160 10
Algonquian languages 260 115 50 95 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 230 105 45 75 5
Atikamekw 25 0 20 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 45 5 20 15 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 15 10 0 5 0
Northern East Cree 40 25 0 10 5
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 105 65 0 35 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 5 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 5 5 10 0
Algonquin 20 0 10 5 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 5 0 5 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 145 80 10 60 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 125 65 5 50 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 10 0
Iroquoian languages 30 20 0 5 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 30 15 0 10 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 5 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 25 15 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 558,555 94,045 145,225 278,655 40,630
Afro-Asiatic languages 112,445 8,350 45,085 53,500 5,510
Berber languages 13,735 50 8,485 4,770 435
Kabyle 8,455 25 5,360 2,770 295
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5,280 15 3,115 2,000 140
Cushitic languages 680 70 185 375 45
Bilen 10 5 0 5 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 640 60 175 360 45
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 5 0
Semitic languages 97,870 8,200 36,385 48,260 5,025
Amharic 510 175 20 305 15
Arabic 95,170 7,285 36,295 46,675 4,915
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 45 10 5 30 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,785 615 40 1,060 65
Maltese 10 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 305 105 15 160 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 10 10 15 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 165 30 35 100 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 23,000 2,830 5,855 10,930 3,385
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,870 405 1,605 2,115 745
Vietnamese 18,115 2,420 4,245 8,810 2,640
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 0 5 5 0
Austronesian languages 14,755 10,590 220 3,790 150
Bikol 90 60 0 25 0
Cebuano 575 440 5 125 0
Fijian 0 0 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 300 220 5 75 0
Ilocano 1,720 1,430 0 260 30
Malagasy 410 0 165 240 10
Malay 400 185 10 200 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 145 115 5 25 5
Pangasinan 70 65 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10,770 7,915 10 2,745 95
Waray-Waray 40 25 0 15 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 220 130 30 60 0
Creole languages 36,165 185 23,560 11,380 1,035
Haitian Creole 1,300 5 805 455 35
Creole, n.o.s. 34,390 140 22,705 10,545 1,005
Creole languages, n.i.e. 470 45 45 380 0
Dravidian languages 10,450 5,340 305 3,820 985
Kannada 150 120 0 25 5
Malayalam 250 180 0 60 5
Tamil 9,590 4,700 300 3,640 955
Telugu 450 340 0 90 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 20 5 5 10 5
Indo-European languages 286,810 44,850 56,285 165,775 19,900
Albanian 1,595 175 405 890 120
Armenian 6,330 865 485 4,475 500
Balto-Slavic languages 33,090 6,700 5,155 19,470 1,765
Baltic languages 380 145 5 225 5
Latvian 120 50 5 70 5
Lithuanian 260 95 5 150 5
Slavic languages 32,710 6,555 5,145 19,250 1,760
Belarusan 40 10 5 20 0
Bosnian 250 30 50 160 10
Bulgarian 3,630 290 720 2,495 125
Croatian 950 290 80 550 25
Czech 605 170 45 390 5
Macedonian 85 15 5 60 5
Polish 7,000 1,770 650 4,330 250
Russian 14,685 2,670 2,910 7,995 1,105
Serbian 1,240 260 125 800 50
Serbo-Croatian 410 45 60 290 15
Slovak 435 125 30 275 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 315 165 5 140 5
Ukrainian 2,990 695 450 1,700 150
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 25 10 35 0
Celtic languages 50 15 15 25 5
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 10 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 10 10 5
Germanic languages 11,495 4,120 150 6,025 1,205
Afrikaans 50 25 5 20 0
Danish 145 65 0 75 0
Dutch 770 155 15 595 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 3,990 1,095 95 2,765 35
Icelandic 35 10 0 20 0
Norwegian 65 25 0 40 0
Swedish 235 80 0 150 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 105 0 5 95 0
Yiddish 6,030 2,645 20 2,210 1,160
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 0 0 60 0
Greek 16,930 5,820 190 8,985 1,935
Indo-Iranian languages 44,150 19,395 2,190 18,485 4,080
Indo-Aryan languages 29,970 14,910 845 11,210 3,000
Bengali 9,290 4,405 270 3,890 730
Gujarati 4,070 2,030 85 1,445 515
Hindi 1,765 1,160 25 500 75
Kashmiri 15 15 0 5 0
Konkani 60 30 15 15 0
Marathi 150 105 0 45 5
Nepali 145 60 0 75 15
Oriya (Odia) 20 15 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 7,300 3,785 165 2,270 1,080
Sindhi 175 55 15 105 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 385 225 0 150 10
Urdu 6,580 3,030 270 2,710 570
Iranian languages 13,970 4,410 1,315 7,190 1,060
Kurdish 535 95 150 200 90
Pashto 845 285 85 345 135
Persian (Farsi) 12,590 4,020 1,085 6,645 845
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 210 75 30 85 20
Italic (Romance) languages 173,175 7,760 47,690 107,430 10,295
Catalan 195 20 30 140 0
Italian 67,800 2,865 11,880 48,415 4,640
Portuguese 17,130 1,070 4,965 10,090 1,005
Romanian 15,225 395 3,935 10,275 625
Spanish 72,765 3,410 26,860 38,470 4,025
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 55 0 15 40 0
Japanese 1,420 625 90 650 55
Kartvelian languages 125 40 15 65 5
Georgian 125 40 15 65 5
Korean 3,120 1,540 110 1,205 265
Mongolic languages 65 15 15 30 5
Mongolian 65 15 10 35 5
Niger-Congo languages 13,460 845 6,715 5,670 230
Akan (Twi) 690 345 15 315 10
Bamanankan 680 5 415 250 5
Edo 45 25 5 10 5
Ewe 320 15 140 160 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 1,150 5 665 455 25
Ga 45 25 0 25 0
Ganda 10 10 0 5 0
Igbo 60 45 0 15 0
Lingala 1,495 5 1,060 435 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,160 10 495 630 30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 990 30 340 600 25
Shona 55 30 5 20 0
Swahili 870 70 400 385 15
Wolof 1,660 10 870 750 35
Yoruba 160 70 25 60 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 4,070 160 2,285 1,560 65
Nilo-Saharan languages 125 10 40 65 5
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 120 10 40 65 10
Sign languages 375 25 115 60 175
American Sign Language 20 10 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 185 0 80 40 60
Sign languages, n.i.e 170 10 35 15 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 46,340 16,745 4,430 17,065 8,100
Chinese languages 46,200 16,675 4,420 17,010 8,095
Cantonese 14,430 3,835 1,220 5,670 3,710
Hakka 245 50 30 95 75
Mandarin 26,250 11,150 2,440 9,325 3,335
Min Dong 20 10 0 10 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 2,235 350 415 980 490
Wu (Shanghainese) 640 255 45 210 130
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,335 1,010 280 700 340
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 50 20 0 20 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 135 75 5 50 10
Burmese 45 30 0 10 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 15 5 20 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 55 25 0 20 5
Tai-Kadai languages 1,765 160 535 915 155
Lao 1,445 45 510 755 130
Thai 320 120 30 155 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 5 0
Turkic languages 5,035 920 1,500 2,075 545
Azerbaijani 160 45 10 95 10
Turkish 4,530 805 1,415 1,795 510
Uyghur 140 30 25 65 10
Uzbek 70 0 15 40 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 135 25 35 70 5
Uralic languages 2,720 930 190 1,490 115
Estonian 80 40 0 45 0
Finnish 170 70 5 85 5
Hungarian 2,470 820 180 1,355 110
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 370 30 160 170 10
Multiple responses 80,455 7,645 20,690 51,705 415
English and French 20,705 455 775 19,435 40
English and non-official language 15,385 6,830 150 8,305 100
French and non-official language 35,465 150 19,370 15,740 205
English, French and non-official language 8,900 215 395 8,220 70

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Montréal, V

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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