Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Number of languages known (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Québec
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Mother tongue (187) Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigrationFootnote 2 Non-immigrantsFootnote 3 ImmigrantsFootnote 4 Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016Footnote 5 Non-permanent residentsFootnote 6
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 7 779,085 729,155 44,550 5,425 3,385 6,440 15,855 6,255 9,600 13,445 5,380
Single responses 771,955 724,095 42,670 5,275 3,255 6,215 15,070 6,010 9,055 12,850 5,190
Official languages 741,485 719,800 18,410 3,080 1,300 2,700 6,030 2,510 3,525 5,295 3,270
English 10,260 8,935 1,210 445 160 120 245 110 130 230 125
French 731,225 710,870 17,200 2,630 1,140 2,575 5,790 2,395 3,395 5,060 3,150
Non-official languages 30,470 4,295 24,260 2,200 1,955 3,510 9,035 3,500 5,535 7,560 1,915
Aboriginal languages 530 530 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 29,945 3,765 24,260 2,195 1,955 3,510 9,035 3,500 5,535 7,560 1,920
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,245 675 5,090 210 235 635 2,070 760 1,310 1,945 475
Berber languages 715 90 610 10 20 60 310 115 195 205 20
Kabyle 375 50 320 0 10 30 160 55 110 120 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 345 45 290 10 0 30 145 65 85 85 10
Cushitic languages 55 10 40 0 0 25 0 0 0 10 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 55 15 40 0 0 25 0 0 0 15 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 5,430 575 4,415 200 215 550 1,745 635 1,110 1,710 445
Amharic 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 5,415 575 4,400 200 210 540 1,745 635 1,110 1,705 440
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 0 30 0 0 0 15 10 0 20 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,405 325 1,000 300 290 130 140 40 95 140 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 520 110 395 115 135 35 40 0 35 70 15
Vietnamese 885 215 600 185 160 95 95 35 60 70 65
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 285 10 230 15 0 10 85 15 65 115 45
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 140 0 125 10 0 0 45 0 50 65 10
Malay 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 0 65 10 10 10 25 15 10 20 15
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Creole languages 580 15 545 75 40 45 125 55 70 255 25
Haitian Creole 60 0 55 0 0 0 15 0 10 30 0
Creole, n.o.s. 520 10 490 75 45 40 105 50 60 220 25
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 16,275 2,170 13,200 1,310 1,135 2,175 5,000 1,895 3,105 3,575 905
Albanian 270 75 195 0 0 145 20 10 10 30 0
Armenian 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,515 330 2,140 115 175 1,065 525 320 200 265 45
Baltic languages 15 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,500 325 2,125 105 175 1,060 525 325 205 265 45
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 540 80 460 0 10 415 20 25 0 10 0
Bulgarian 140 20 110 0 10 15 95 70 20 0 15
Croatian 120 25 95 0 10 80 10 10 0 10 0
Czech 50 0 50 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 0
Polish 340 60 280 40 140 65 20 15 10 20 0
Russian 660 80 560 10 0 65 305 165 140 190 20
Serbian 155 30 130 0 0 100 25 25 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 365 30 325 10 0 305 10 10 0 10 10
Slovak 35 0 35 25 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 75 10 65 0 10 0 35 10 35 20 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 795 105 625 175 95 130 160 100 60 60 70
Afrikaans 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 15 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dutch 95 15 65 25 10 10 20 15 10 15 10
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 620 85 495 145 80 110 130 85 50 40 40
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 40 10 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 15
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 120 50 70 55 10 0 10 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,660 170 1,395 55 20 105 485 85 400 730 95
Indo-Aryan languages 945 90 810 25 15 20 205 10 195 555 35
Bengali 85 15 75 10 0 0 40 10 30 15 0
Gujarati 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 35 0 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 15
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 755 55 680 0 0 0 150 0 150 535 15
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 40 15 25 10 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Iranian languages 555 55 440 25 10 90 145 75 75 180 60
Kurdish 40 0 40 0 0 25 10 10 0 15 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 520 55 400 20 0 70 140 65 75 165 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 160 25 140 10 0 0 130 0 125 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10,885 1,440 8,755 905 835 730 3,800 1,370 2,430 2,480 685
Catalan 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Italian 605 140 410 275 25 35 20 10 15 45 55
Portuguese 1,775 170 1,415 265 150 110 350 45 305 545 190
Romanian 850 85 750 0 60 105 455 225 235 125 15
Spanish 7,620 1,045 6,140 355 605 475 2,975 1,090 1,885 1,735 430
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 150 10 115 10 10 35 40 20 15 20 25
Kartvelian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Georgian 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Korean 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 10
Mongolic languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,820 95 2,535 20 55 265 1,045 480 560 1,155 200
Akan (Twi) 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 55 0 40 0 10 10 15 10 10 20 15
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 0 30 0 0 0 25 10 10 10 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 160 15 125 0 0 0 75 0 75 55 20
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 135 10 120 0 10 10 45 35 10 55 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 510 0 490 0 0 80 205 140 75 190 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 290 0 265 10 0 65 130 65 65 65 15
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 400 30 350 0 0 55 210 105 110 80 20
Wolof 365 25 290 0 10 10 110 30 80 165 50
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 860 10 810 10 20 35 225 90 135 520 45
Nilo-Saharan languages 50 0 50 0 10 0 0 0 0 40 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 50 0 50 0 10 0 0 0 0 45 0
Sign languages 95 90 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 60 55 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,525 290 1,135 140 130 175 460 190 270 240 100
Chinese languages 1,380 275 1,005 140 130 175 385 190 195 175 95
Cantonese 305 85 210 85 50 30 40 15 25 0 10
Hakka 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 915 140 705 10 45 140 345 175 170 165 75
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 35 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 105 25 65 30 25 0 0 0 0 10 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 145 15 135 0 0 0 70 0 75 60 0
Burmese 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Karenic languages 105 10 95 0 0 0 65 0 70 25 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages 195 25 150 55 30 25 15 15 0 10 25
Lao 115 10 105 50 25 30 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 85 15 45 10 10 0 15 10 0 0 25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 65 10 40 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 20
Azerbaijani 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 15
Turkish 35 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 10
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Uralic languages 160 45 110 55 10 10 35 20 15 10 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 25 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0
Hungarian 135 30 105 60 0 10 30 20 10 10 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 50 0 30 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 15
Multiple responses 7,135 5,065 1,880 150 125 230 785 245 540 590 185
English and French 3,555 3,370 170 35 30 10 50 10 40 45 25
English and non-official language 195 55 120 25 0 15 70 25 45 10 15
French and non-official language 3,110 1,470 1,495 85 90 205 640 200 440 485 150
English, French and non-official language 270 170 100 10 10 0 25 10 15 50 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 3

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 4

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 6

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 7

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

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Data quality note(s) – Québec

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016193.

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