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 Alberta
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 4,026,650 3,698,765 3,890 264,715 59,280
Single responses 3,934,580 3,621,180 3,685 250,945 58,775
Official languages 3,063,635 2,843,840 2,535 216,325 940
English 2,991,485 2,837,435 105 153,030 915
French 72,155 6,400 2,430 63,295 25
Non-official languages 870,945 777,340 1,145 34,620 57,835
Aboriginal languages 23,835 23,375 20 215 225
Algonquian languages 18,295 17,925 15 165 195
Blackfoot 2,755 2,735 0 10 10
Cree-Montagnais languages 14,960 14,630 10 135 175
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 50 45 0 0 0
Plains Cree 720 705 0 10 5
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 50 50 0 5 0
Woods Cree 905 890 0 5 15
Cree, n.o.s. 13,225 12,940 15 120 155
Eastern Algonquian languages 30 30 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 35 35 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 550 525 0 15 10
Algonquin 10 0 0 5 0
Ojibway 530 510 0 10 10
Oji-Cree 15 15 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 1,860 1,825 0 20 15
Northern Athabaskan languages 1,850 1,810 0 25 20
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 35 35 0 0 0
Carrier 10 15 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 1,470 1,430 0 25 15
Dogrib (Tlicho) 40 40 0 0 0
Gwich'in 15 15 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 70 65 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 200 195 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 10 10 0 5 0
South Slavey 155 150 0 0 5
Slavey, n.o.s. 40 35 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 5 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages 120 115 0 10 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 20 20 0 0 0
Inuktitut 65 55 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 15 15 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Kutenai 5 0 0 0 0
Michif 80 70 0 10 0
Salish languages 15 15 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 5 5 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 3,370 3,350 0 10 10
Dakota 350 340 0 5 0
Stoney 3,020 3,005 0 5 10
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 10 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 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. 55 55 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 847,105 753,965 1,130 34,405 57,605
Afro-Asiatic languages 68,415 56,815 230 5,420 5,950
Berber languages 335 90 10 215 20
Kabyle 160 50 0 105 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 170 40 5 115 15
Cushitic languages 12,525 11,000 30 565 935
Bilen 315 255 0 10 55
Oromo 2,650 2,410 0 15 220
Somali 9,520 8,305 25 535 655
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 10 10
Semitic languages 55,425 45,615 190 4,625 4,995
Amharic 7,325 6,910 10 135 275
Arabic 40,545 31,910 175 4,320 4,140
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 400 315 0 5 80
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 140 110 0 5 30
Harari 260 250 0 5 5
Hebrew 960 890 0 60 15
Maltese 75 65 0 10 0
Tigrigna 5,415 4,910 10 70 430
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 300 260 0 25 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 10 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 25,295 21,100 20 585 3,590
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,925 1,655 0 50 215
Vietnamese 23,350 19,425 15 530 3,375
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 20 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 115,405 113,425 40 1,025 920
Bikol 430 420 0 5 0
Cebuano 5,135 5,070 0 30 35
Fijian 125 120 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 1,495 1,475 0 5 15
Ilocano 5,350 5,270 0 35 45
Malagasy 35 5 0 25 0
Malay 1,455 1,400 0 30 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 765 755 0 5 5
Pangasinan 290 290 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 99,035 97,365 30 870 775
Waray-Waray 305 300 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 985 960 0 15 10
Creole languages 1,895 940 40 880 45
Haitian Creole 95 35 5 55 5
Creole, n.o.s. 1,175 350 35 760 35
Creole languages, n.i.e. 625 555 0 65 5
Dravidian languages 13,490 12,755 5 225 505
Kannada 535 515 0 15 10
Malayalam 6,340 6,015 0 65 260
Tamil 4,425 4,160 0 115 160
Telugu 2,130 2,015 5 35 85
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Hmong-Mien languages 105 95 0 5 5
Indo-European languages 442,680 397,160 500 19,955 25,070
Albanian 2,345 2,120 0 90 130
Armenian 500 395 0 90 20
Balto-Slavic languages 80,330 74,080 35 3,725 2,485
Baltic languages 1,010 935 0 55 25
Latvian 415 385 0 20 10
Lithuanian 595 550 0 30 15
Slavic languages 79,325 73,150 35 3,675 2,460
Belarusan 60 55 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,835 1,725 0 45 70
Bulgarian 1,550 1,325 0 175 45
Croatian 4,655 4,450 5 125 80
Czech 3,005 2,770 0 200 30
Macedonian 360 335 0 20 10
Polish 20,130 18,490 5 1,055 580
Russian 17,810 15,675 20 1,015 1,100
Serbian 4,025 3,670 0 215 135
Serbo-Croatian 970 900 0 55 10
Slovak 2,185 2,045 0 115 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 690 660 0 30 0
Ukrainian 21,830 20,835 0 625 375
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 220 205 0 10 5
Celtic languages 370 335 0 35 0
Scottish Gaelic 135 120 0 15 0
Welsh 170 160 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 10 0
Germanic languages 104,260 97,155 20 3,405 3,680
Afrikaans 3,015 2,910 0 75 30
Danish 2,380 2,315 0 60 5
Dutch 16,135 15,220 0 855 55
Frisian 360 340 0 20 5
German 80,050 74,285 20 2,165 3,585
Icelandic 115 110 0 10 0
Norwegian 815 785 0 30 5
Swedish 875 810 0 60 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 320 220 0 100 0
Yiddish 135 115 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 60 40 0 15 5
Greek 3,130 2,795 0 270 60
Indo-Iranian languages 166,810 148,490 55 3,775 14,490
Indo-Aryan languages 145,895 130,040 40 2,840 12,980
Bengali 7,000 6,500 5 305 190
Gujarati 13,135 12,130 5 290 710
Hindi 17,055 16,150 0 335 570
Kashmiri 105 100 0 0 5
Konkani 370 355 0 15 0
Marathi 1,505 1,415 5 45 40
Nepali 5,175 4,555 0 90 530
Oriya (Odia) 190 175 0 5 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 68,695 58,140 30 890 9,645
Sindhi 2,775 2,580 0 115 75
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,585 2,495 0 45 50
Urdu 27,295 25,445 5 690 1,155
Iranian languages 19,595 17,285 15 905 1,390
Kurdish 1,550 1,340 5 50 160
Pashto 2,560 2,295 0 50 210
Persian (Farsi) 15,490 13,650 15 810 1,020
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,310 1,165 0 30 115
Italic (Romance) languages 84,935 71,795 385 8,565 4,200
Catalan 80 65 0 15 0
Italian 11,380 9,955 5 1,135 280
Portuguese 9,050 7,830 20 780 420
Romanian 8,035 6,200 20 1,540 275
Spanish 56,365 47,725 335 5,090 3,220
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 15 0
Japanese 4,875 4,505 0 160 210
Kartvelian languages 230 195 0 10 25
Georgian 235 195 0 10 25
Korean 17,925 16,020 0 355 1,545
Mongolic languages 545 490 0 30 25
Mongolian 540 485 0 30 20
Niger-Congo languages 15,365 11,960 240 2,845 320
Akan (Twi) 1,750 1,635 0 105 20
Bamanankan 35 0 5 25 0
Edo 280 275 0 5 0
Ewe 250 200 0 45 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 225 35 25 155 15
Ga 145 130 0 10 0
Ganda 280 270 0 15 0
Igbo 1,160 1,105 5 50 10
Lingala 275 30 25 210 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 605 110 35 415 45
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 800 300 20 455 30
Shona 1,100 1,055 0 35 10
Swahili 2,375 1,705 45 550 80
Wolof 280 45 20 205 15
Yoruba 2,440 2,380 0 45 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,375 2,690 65 545 75
Nilo-Saharan languages 2,720 2,575 0 45 105
Dinka 1,345 1,270 0 10 65
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 1,380 1,300 5 35 40
Sign languages 830 480 0 15 330
American Sign Language 335 250 0 5 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 500 235 5 10 250
Sino-Tibetan languages 122,450 102,070 25 2,045 18,310
Chinese languages 120,375 100,280 30 2,030 18,040
Cantonese 59,145 47,390 5 920 10,835
Hakka 995 840 0 20 130
Mandarin 50,660 44,020 20 950 5,675
Min Dong 115 90 0 0 20
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,060 2,555 0 50 460
Wu (Shanghainese) 635 510 0 5 120
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,725 4,855 0 90 780
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,075 1,790 5 10 275
Burmese 430 400 0 0 25
Karenic languages 795 635 0 0 160
Tibetan 575 510 0 5 55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 275 240 0 0 30
Tai-Kadai languages 2,670 2,395 0 70 205
Lao 1,020 910 0 45 60
Thai 1,625 1,460 0 20 145
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 20 25 0 0 0
Turkic languages 4,050 3,480 15 255 300
Azerbaijani 370 330 0 10 25
Turkish 3,135 2,655 10 225 240
Uyghur 130 120 0 5 10
Uzbek 205 180 0 5 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 215 195 0 5 15
Uralic languages 7,475 6,895 0 435 140
Estonian 190 155 0 35 5
Finnish 810 750 0 50 5
Hungarian 6,470 5,985 0 350 130
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 690 620 5 45 15
Multiple responses 92,070 77,585 205 13,770 510
English and French 10,230 2,350 35 7,840 5
English and non-official language 77,520 74,335 20 2,690 475
French and non-official language 2,685 525 135 1,995 35
English, French and non-official language 1,640 370 10 1,255 5

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Footnote(s)

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Data quality note(s) – Alberta

  • 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: 4.7%.
  • 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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