Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), 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 first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Québec, V
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 523,310 8,810 507,325 5,415 1,760 11,515 2.2
Single responses 514,185 8,095 500,080 4,250 1,765 10,215 2.0
Official languages 500,680 7,575 493,115 0 0 7,570 1.5
English 5,595 4,365 1,225 0 0 4,365 78.0
French 495,090 3,210 491,885 0 0 3,205 0.6
Non-official languages 13,505 520 6,970 4,250 1,760 2,640 19.5
Aboriginal languages 200 15 140 35 10 35 17.5
Algonquian languages 185 10 135 35 5 30 16.2
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 190 10 135 40 5 25 13.2
Atikamekw 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Montagnais (Innu) 180 5 130 40 0 25 13.9
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 13,300 505 6,835 4,215 1,755 2,610 19.6
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,085 50 1,020 635 375 365 17.5
Berber languages 215 0 140 60 15 30 14.0
Kabyle 145 0 90 40 10 20 13.8
Berber languages, n.i.e. 75 0 50 20 5 10 13.3
Cushitic languages 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 1,840 45 865 575 355 335 18.2
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Arabic 1,830 45 860 575 355 335 18.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 630 20 325 175 105 110 17.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 180 5 105 40 35 20 11.1
Vietnamese 445 20 220 140 65 85 19.1
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 85 15 35 35 5 30 35.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 55 0 25 25 0 10 18.2
Malay 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15 15 0 5 0 10 66.7
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Creole languages 125 0 70 40 10 20 16.0
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Creole, n.o.s. 115 0 65 35 15 20 17.4
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 10 5 0 5 5 10 100.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 8,415 265 4,480 2,815 855 1,670 19.8
Albanian 100 0 65 20 20 10 10.0
Armenian 35 0 10 25 5 10 28.6
Balto-Slavic languages 1,275 35 675 465 100 265 20.8
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Slavic languages 1,265 25 670 465 95 260 20.6
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 355 10 230 80 45 50 14.1
Bulgarian 135 0 60 65 5 35 25.9
Croatian 45 0 20 15 5 5 11.1
Czech 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Polish 75 0 25 45 5 25 33.3
Russian 350 5 185 130 25 75 21.4
Serbian 95 5 45 50 0 25 26.3
Serbo-Croatian 130 0 70 45 15 25 19.2
Slovak 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 55 5 30 25 0 15 27.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 80 5 15 45 10 30 37.5
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 15 0 0 10 5 5 33.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 65 5 20 30 10 25 38.5
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Indo-Iranian languages 1,340 140 485 380 335 335 25.0
Indo-Aryan languages 910 65 380 185 280 160 17.6
Bengali 45 15 5 10 10 20 44.4
Gujarati 15 5 0 5 5 10 66.7
Hindi 15 5 0 5 0 15 100.0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nepali 815 30 370 145 265 105 12.9
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 10 5 0 10 5 10 100.0
Iranian languages 340 60 75 180 30 150 44.1
Kurdish 25 5 5 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi) 320 60 65 175 20 145 45.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 15 30 15 30 25 29.4
Italic (Romance) languages 5,565 80 3,230 1,870 390 1,015 18.2
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Italian 100 0 50 40 5 25 25.0
Portuguese 985 20 465 435 65 240 24.4
Romanian 415 5 180 210 20 110 26.5
Spanish 4,065 55 2,535 1,175 300 640 15.7
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 10 15 25 10 25 45.5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 735 5 470 140 110 80 10.9
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 20 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 25 0 20 5 5 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 165 0 110 20 30 10 6.1
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 50 0 20 20 10 15 30.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 170 10 110 25 25 15 8.8
Wolof 85 0 40 45 5 25 29.4
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 190 0 140 15 30 10 5.3
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 0 15 0 5 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages 125 0 80 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 70 0 45 0 30 5 7.1
Sign languages, n.i.e 55 0 35 5 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 895 130 270 290 200 275 30.7
Chinese languages 805 125 245 290 150 270 33.5
Cantonese 150 20 40 45 40 45 30.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 575 95 185 205 95 200 34.8
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 20 0 5 10 5 5 25.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 0 0 5 50.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 55 5 15 20 15 15 27.3
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 90 5 25 5 55 10 11.1
Burmese 15 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Karenic languages 65 0 20 0 45 0 0.0
Tibetan 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 50 0 30 10 10 5 10.0
Lao 25 0 20 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 20 0 10 5 10 5 25.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 25 5 10 10 5 5 20.0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkish 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Uralic languages 30 0 15 15 0 5 16.7
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 25 0 10 15 0 10 40.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,125 720 7,245 1,160 0 1,300 14.2
English and French 2,615 430 1,395 795 0 825 31.5
English and non-official language 215 205 5 0 0 205 95.3
French and non-official language 5,700 35 5,660 0 0 35 0.6
English, French and non-official language 600 50 180 365 0 235 39.2

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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