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 Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 Ontario
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 13,312,870 11,455,495 40,040 1,490,390 326,935
Single responses 12,946,965 11,177,790 38,480 1,405,390 325,310
Official languages 9,393,040 8,166,185 32,350 1,190,680 3,830
English 8,902,320 8,147,930 415 750,275 3,700
French 490,720 18,245 31,935 440,400 130
Non-official languages 3,553,925 3,011,605 6,125 214,710 321,475
Aboriginal languages 22,765 21,860 30 320 555
Algonquian languages 21,235 20,440 25 245 530
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5,075 4,810 0 90 170
Atikamekw 5 0 5 5 0
Montagnais (Innu) 10 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 85 80 0 0 0
Naskapi 15 15 0 5 0
Northern East Cree 60 40 0 15 5
Plains Cree 35 35 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 355 345 0 5 5
Woods Cree 15 10 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 4,500 4,280 0 60 160
Eastern Algonquian languages 90 75 0 15 0
Malecite 5 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 85 70 0 15 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 16,025 15,510 25 135 355
Algonquin 60 45 0 10 0
Ojibway 9,505 9,235 10 105 155
Oji-Cree 6,310 6,085 15 15 200
Ottawa (Odawa) 145 140 0 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Athabaskan languages 55 55 0 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 50 50 0 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 5 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 5 0 0 0
Dene 25 25 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 5 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 10 5 0 0 5
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 5 5 0 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 5 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 470 445 0 20 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 420 400 0 20 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 705 665 0 40 0
Cayuga 40 35 0 0 0
Mohawk 595 560 0 30 0
Oneida 55 55 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 10 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 30 15 0 10 5
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 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 10 5 0 5 5
Dakota 5 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 235 220 0 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 3,531,160 2,989,750 6,100 214,385 320,925
Afro-Asiatic languages 253,830 199,185 1,390 30,330 22,925
Berber languages 725 120 60 525 25
Kabyle 420 80 40 285 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 300 40 20 235 10
Cushitic languages 24,605 20,100 340 2,400 1,765
Bilen 250 205 0 5 40
Oromo 1,450 1,300 0 60 90
Somali 22,680 18,460 325 2,285 1,605
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 225 135 10 45 30
Semitic languages 227,985 178,525 990 27,355 21,120
Amharic 10,720 9,865 10 490 355
Arabic 171,370 128,455 960 25,210 16,745
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 14,555 11,960 10 195 2,380
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 4,795 3,915 5 110 765
Harari 1,025 935 0 45 50
Hebrew 11,570 10,450 0 970 150
Maltese 5,175 5,040 5 105 30
Tigrigna 7,340 6,680 0 195 465
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,430 1,220 0 45 170
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 520 450 0 55 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 78,125 62,875 110 3,580 11,555
Khmer (Cambodian) 7,355 6,030 20 360 945
Vietnamese 70,685 56,775 90 3,210 10,605
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 85 70 0 10 5
Austronesian languages 194,380 190,025 40 2,505 1,810
Bikol 595 585 0 5 0
Cebuano 6,550 6,405 5 75 65
Fijian 80 70 0 0 10
Hiligaynon 2,750 2,695 0 30 25
Ilocano 11,285 11,030 0 75 180
Malagasy 95 0 5 85 0
Malay 5,760 5,390 0 225 145
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 1,505 1,470 0 15 20
Pangasinan 530 525 0 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 163,415 160,110 25 1,965 1,320
Waray-Waray 410 400 0 0 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 1,400 1,355 0 20 30
Creole languages 11,255 3,370 1,330 6,220 340
Haitian Creole 630 115 90 410 15
Creole, n.o.s. 8,020 1,205 1,225 5,295 300
Creole languages, n.i.e. 2,605 2,050 15 515 25
Dravidian languages 148,605 133,240 50 5,055 10,265
Kannada 2,670 2,510 0 105 65
Malayalam 17,145 16,145 0 460 540
Tamil 117,630 104,090 45 4,180 9,310
Telugu 10,825 10,175 0 300 345
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 340 325 0 10 10
Hmong-Mien languages 525 480 0 10 40
Indo-European languages 2,024,365 1,751,695 1,740 132,770 138,165
Albanian 19,040 16,270 25 1,105 1,645
Armenian 15,065 11,525 55 2,405 1,080
Balto-Slavic languages 410,720 360,230 225 29,960 20,310
Baltic languages 9,080 7,940 5 1,035 105
Latvian 3,910 3,370 0 510 25
Lithuanian 5,170 4,570 0 525 75
Slavic languages 401,640 352,290 225 28,920 20,205
Belarusan 510 410 0 55 45
Bosnian 6,370 5,615 5 385 365
Bulgarian 9,095 7,565 15 1,180 335
Croatian 31,875 29,375 15 1,630 860
Czech 10,670 9,400 5 1,010 255
Macedonian 15,635 14,385 5 580 670
Polish 121,080 108,070 50 7,825 5,135
Russian 101,100 85,170 80 8,190 7,660
Serbian 41,740 36,300 25 3,325 2,080
Serbo-Croatian 4,880 4,215 0 465 195
Slovak 10,275 8,955 5 665 655
Slovene (Slovenian) 6,740 6,265 5 420 55
Ukrainian 40,375 35,360 10 3,130 1,875
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 1,310 1,205 0 70 35
Celtic languages 1,110 965 0 135 10
Scottish Gaelic 445 380 0 65 5
Welsh 435 390 0 40 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 230 190 0 35 0
Germanic languages 200,640 181,210 80 14,465 4,880
Afrikaans 2,290 2,165 0 120 10
Danish 4,260 3,975 0 275 10
Dutch 51,715 48,020 10 3,440 250
Frisian 1,245 1,190 0 55 0
German 131,525 117,840 70 9,095 4,525
Icelandic 210 190 0 25 0
Norwegian 940 830 0 110 0
Swedish 2,395 2,045 0 340 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 2,145 1,735 5 405 5
Yiddish 3,735 3,130 0 540 70
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 165 105 0 60 5
Greek 55,415 49,090 20 3,395 2,920
Indo-Iranian languages 707,845 623,080 315 28,320 56,125
Indo-Aryan languages 565,600 500,005 190 20,175 45,225
Bengali 46,810 42,860 10 2,340 1,595
Gujarati 76,680 67,150 35 2,405 7,085
Hindi 58,735 54,360 15 2,330 2,030
Kashmiri 345 325 0 10 5
Konkani 2,510 2,400 0 80 30
Marathi 5,485 5,085 0 260 140
Nepali 7,870 6,365 15 535 960
Oriya (Odia) 715 675 0 20 20
Punjabi (Panjabi) 197,055 164,770 65 5,990 26,235
Sindhi 6,840 6,185 5 410 240
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10,165 9,635 5 335 190
Urdu 152,385 140,190 45 5,445 6,705
Iranian languages 139,675 120,820 120 8,020 10,710
Kurdish 6,665 5,665 10 270 720
Pashto 10,945 9,505 5 350 1,090
Persian (Farsi) 122,065 105,655 110 7,400 8,900
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 2,570 2,255 0 120 195
Italic (Romance) languages 614,525 509,320 1,025 52,990 51,195
Catalan 285 190 5 85 5
Italian 231,040 196,815 175 16,645 17,410
Portuguese 150,000 123,180 315 8,535 17,970
Romanian 41,755 30,265 125 9,330 2,040
Spanish 191,025 158,555 405 18,305 13,760
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 425 320 0 90 10
Japanese 13,265 11,785 10 665 800
Kartvelian languages 1,200 980 0 40 175
Georgian 1,200 980 5 40 180
Korean 69,775 59,885 15 2,435 7,440
Mongolic languages 405 360 0 20 20
Mongolian 405 365 0 25 20
Niger-Congo languages 35,755 27,980 1,150 6,010 610
Akan (Twi) 9,695 9,235 5 315 145
Bamanankan 135 5 30 100 5
Edo 1,145 1,110 0 20 10
Ewe 560 435 15 110 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 365 70 40 235 20
Ga 600 565 0 35 5
Ganda 760 715 0 40 5
Igbo 2,085 1,990 0 85 15
Lingala 850 50 200 595 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,430 75 225 1,085 35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,330 300 115 875 40
Shona 1,450 1,400 0 40 10
Swahili 5,530 4,155 185 985 205
Wolof 295 70 25 180 10
Yoruba 4,365 4,190 5 150 25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5,155 3,620 300 1,155 85
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,605 1,420 15 120 55
Dinka 345 310 0 25 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 1,265 1,115 15 95 45
Sign languages 3,030 1,515 15 110 1,395
American Sign Language 1,310 870 0 55 380
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 10 5 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 1,705 640 5 40 1,010
Sino-Tibetan languages 611,795 472,255 185 18,615 120,735
Chinese languages 602,610 464,335 180 18,470 119,625
Cantonese 275,315 209,055 55 8,110 58,090
Hakka 6,980 5,720 15 260 985
Mandarin 283,740 221,550 80 9,095 53,010
Min Dong 850 360 0 10 480
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 13,545 9,965 20 400 3,160
Wu (Shanghainese) 6,300 4,545 5 160 1,600
Chinese, n.o.s. 15,645 12,965 10 430 2,245
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 235 185 0 5 50
Tibeto-Burman languages 9,185 7,925 5 145 1,110
Burmese 1,640 1,485 0 20 140
Karenic languages 1,725 1,380 0 10 335
Tibetan 5,115 4,445 5 105 560
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 705 615 0 10 75
Tai-Kadai languages 8,485 7,260 10 400 810
Lao 5,190 4,440 10 295 440
Thai 3,270 2,800 0 105 360
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 25 20 0 0 5
Turkic languages 22,615 19,225 15 1,580 1,790
Azerbaijani 1,985 1,670 5 130 180
Turkish 18,420 15,675 15 1,320 1,415
Uyghur 515 445 0 25 40
Uzbek 1,060 880 0 80 100
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 640 550 0 35 55
Uralic languages 50,665 44,970 30 3,750 1,915
Estonian 4,210 3,650 0 530 30
Finnish 9,720 9,055 0 525 140
Hungarian 36,740 32,260 25 2,705 1,750
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 1,470 1,230 10 160 70
Multiple responses 365,910 277,705 1,565 85,005 1,630
English and French 54,045 8,215 220 45,590 25
English and non-official language 288,285 265,580 80 21,150 1,475
French and non-official language 12,565 1,995 1,200 9,265 110
English, French and non-official language 11,010 1,925 65 9,000 25

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Footnote(s)

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n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Ontario

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
  • 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-X2016056.

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