Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 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 and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Manitoba
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 1,261,620 1,135,395 1,485 108,455 16,285
Single responses 1,230,120 1,109,185 1,405 103,375 16,155
Official languages 941,130 843,790 1,105 95,920 310
English 900,605 840,765 30 59,510 305
French 40,525 3,025 1,075 36,410 5
Non-official languages 288,990 265,395 300 7,450 15,845
Aboriginal languages 29,710 29,245 10 135 320
Algonquian languages 28,070 27,655 15 105 295
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 14,825 14,610 5 60 145
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 25 0 0 0
Plains Cree 70 60 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 740 730 0 5 5
Woods Cree 65 65 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 13,920 13,725 5 50 140
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 13,240 13,035 5 45 150
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 6,730 6,630 0 40 65
Oji-Cree 6,505 6,405 5 5 85
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 815 790 5 5 20
Northern Athabaskan languages 815 785 5 0 25
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 810 785 0 0 25
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 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 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 85 85 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 65 65 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 80 60 0 20 0
Salish languages 0 5 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 630 630 0 5 5
Dakota 630 630 0 5 5
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 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. 15 15 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 259,280 236,150 285 7,315 15,525
Afro-Asiatic languages 10,700 8,480 50 670 1,500
Berber languages 40 15 0 20 5
Kabyle 30 10 0 15 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,750 1,510 0 45 200
Bilen 155 140 0 0 15
Oromo 340 315 0 0 25
Somali 1,245 1,055 0 40 150
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 10
Semitic languages 8,840 6,910 35 600 1,300
Amharic 1,770 1,680 0 15 70
Arabic 4,695 3,135 35 540 990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 550 505 0 25 15
Maltese 40 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 1,770 1,530 0 15 225
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,180 3,495 10 95 585
Khmer (Cambodian) 280 220 0 10 50
Vietnamese 3,895 3,265 5 90 535
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 52,905 51,700 10 600 600
Bikol 175 170 0 0 5
Cebuano 1,245 1,235 0 0 5
Fijian 35 35 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 390 385 0 5 5
Ilocano 1,365 1,330 0 10 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 170 165 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 655 645 0 5 10
Pangasinan 135 130 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 48,530 47,400 5 580 545
Waray-Waray 55 55 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 155 150 0 0 0
Creole languages 575 345 15 195 20
Haitian Creole 20 0 5 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 290 120 10 150 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 265 220 5 30 10
Dravidian languages 1,570 1,495 5 15 55
Kannada 90 90 0 0 0
Malayalam 790 750 0 0 35
Tamil 485 460 5 5 15
Telugu 195 190 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 158,350 145,740 60 4,140 8,420
Albanian 350 325 0 10 15
Armenian 65 60 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 34,445 32,100 5 935 1,405
Baltic languages 165 155 0 5 0
Latvian 85 80 0 5 0
Lithuanian 80 80 0 5 0
Slavic languages 34,280 31,940 5 930 1,405
Belarusan 45 40 0 0 5
Bosnian 575 535 0 20 20
Bulgarian 140 120 0 10 5
Croatian 1,035 980 0 35 15
Czech 615 575 0 35 5
Macedonian 145 125 0 5 5
Polish 6,455 5,980 5 250 225
Russian 9,130 8,060 0 195 875
Serbian 655 590 0 30 25
Serbo-Croatian 240 225 0 15 0
Slovak 405 375 0 30 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 265 260 0 10 0
Ukrainian 14,505 14,000 0 295 210
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5
Celtic languages 115 105 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 45 40 0 5 0
Welsh 60 55 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 68,670 64,965 20 1,030 2,650
Afrikaans 420 405 0 15 0
Danish 280 260 0 15 5
Dutch 2,675 2,520 0 145 5
Frisian 60 55 0 0 0
German 63,825 60,405 20 760 2,640
Icelandic 470 465 0 5 0
Norwegian 115 110 0 5 0
Swedish 140 130 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 305 255 0 50 5
Yiddish 355 340 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 5
Greek 1,285 1,185 0 70 30
Indo-Iranian languages 32,325 28,755 15 650 2,910
Indo-Aryan languages 29,520 26,355 15 535 2,625
Bengali 1,175 1,090 0 45 40
Gujarati 3,110 2,860 5 35 215
Hindi 2,270 2,130 0 60 75
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 30 30 0 0 0
Marathi 135 130 0 5 0
Nepali 720 595 0 5 130
Oriya (Odia) 5 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 18,315 16,000 10 315 1,995
Sindhi 60 55 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 670 625 0 15 25
Urdu 3,015 2,815 0 60 140
Iranian languages 2,705 2,320 0 110 280
Kurdish 410 320 0 5 85
Pashto 275 230 0 5 45
Persian (Farsi) 2,020 1,770 0 100 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 21,100 18,250 15 1,420 1,405
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 3,835 3,430 5 260 150
Portuguese 6,585 5,545 5 415 620
Romanian 650 510 0 120 20
Spanish 10,005 8,745 10 630 615
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Japanese 535 495 0 20 25
Kartvelian languages 20 15 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 3,760 3,225 0 110 425
Mongolic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,895 2,655 145 960 140
Akan (Twi) 155 135 0 10 5
Bamanankan 75 0 10 60 0
Edo 35 40 0 0 0
Ewe 35 5 0 20 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 65 5 10 40 5
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 50 45 0 5 0
Igbo 280 270 0 5 5
Lingala 75 5 20 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 130 40 5 60 25
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 250 90 10 140 15
Shona 110 110 0 0 0
Swahili 870 435 40 345 50
Wolof 75 0 5 70 0
Yoruba 1,030 1,005 0 15 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 645 445 40 140 20
Nilo-Saharan languages 395 370 0 10 10
Dinka 170 165 0 0 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 225 205 0 10 10
Sign languages 440 255 0 10 175
American Sign Language 240 170 0 5 65
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 195 85 0 5 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 18,880 15,120 5 335 3,425
Chinese languages 18,305 14,720 0 335 3,250
Cantonese 6,625 4,870 5 120 1,635
Hakka 60 40 0 5 10
Mandarin 10,170 8,590 5 175 1,405
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 325 265 0 10 50
Wu (Shanghainese) 105 90 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,010 860 0 20 130
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 575 400 0 0 175
Burmese 85 70 0 0 15
Karenic languages 430 285 0 0 145
Tibetan 10 5 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 1,125 950 0 60 115
Lao 875 730 0 55 95
Thai 240 220 0 0 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 340 310 0 20 10
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 0
Turkish 215 195 0 15 5
Uyghur 15 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 40 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,445 1,345 0 75 15
Estonian 30 30 0 0 0
Finnish 225 210 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,185 1,105 0 65 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 150 140 5 5 0
Multiple responses 31,500 26,210 75 5,085 130
English and French 4,365 980 10 3,365 5
English and non-official language 25,965 24,980 5 860 120
French and non-official language 695 125 55 510 5
English, French and non-official language 475 120 5 345 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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Data quality note(s) – Manitoba

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
  • 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-X2016055.

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