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 Laval
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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 3 418,000 72,525 300,340 36,905 8,225 90,980 21.8
Single responses 379,280 64,280 277,445 29,335 8,225 78,945 20.8
Official languages 312,460 53,895 258,560 0 0 53,895 17.2
English 55,305 51,345 3,960 0 0 51,345 92.8
French 257,155 2,555 254,600 0 0 2,550 1.0
Non-official languages 66,825 10,380 18,880 29,335 8,225 25,050 37.5
Aboriginal languages 15 5 0 5 5 10 66.7
Algonquian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 5 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. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 66,810 10,380 18,875 29,325 8,225 25,045 37.5
Afro-Asiatic languages 15,680 1,420 5,435 6,910 1,920 4,875 31.1
Berber languages 685 5 430 220 30 110 16.1
Kabyle 450 0 290 150 15 75 16.7
Berber languages, n.i.e. 235 5 145 75 15 40 17.0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 14,990 1,415 5,005 6,685 1,880 4,760 31.8
Amharic 25 0 0 15 0 15 60.0
Arabic 14,795 1,385 4,970 6,590 1,850 4,680 31.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 55 5 5 20 20 15 27.3
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 5 5 5 100.0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 85 10 20 50 5 35 41.2
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 0 5 10 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,685 295 970 935 480 765 28.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 965 70 400 265 230 200 20.7
Vietnamese 1,720 225 570 670 245 565 32.8
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 200 145 0 50 0 165 82.5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 15 10 0 10 0 10 66.7
Malagasy 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 145 115 0 30 5 135 93.1
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Creole languages 2,570 25 1,765 500 275 280 10.9
Haitian Creole 75 0 50 15 10 10 13.3
Creole, n.o.s. 2,465 20 1,715 465 270 255 10.3
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 0 5 20 0 10 33.3
Dravidian languages 1,550 725 95 505 220 980 63.2
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 1,545 720 95 505 220 970 62.8
Telugu 5 0 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 40,010 6,935 9,385 19,050 4,640 16,460 41.1
Albanian 290 25 80 140 45 100 34.5
Armenian 6,265 850 540 4,105 765 2,900 46.3
Balto-Slavic languages 2,885 410 770 1,495 210 1,160 40.2
Baltic languages 5 10 0 5 0 5 100.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Slavic languages 2,875 400 770 1,490 210 1,145 39.8
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 75 10 20 35 5 30 40.0
Bulgarian 460 25 115 305 20 175 38.0
Croatian 160 55 10 90 5 95 59.4
Czech 35 5 5 25 5 15 42.9
Macedonian 20 0 0 15 0 5 25.0
Polish 310 70 65 155 20 145 46.8
Russian 1,550 200 470 740 135 575 37.1
Serbian 90 10 25 45 5 35 38.9
Serbo-Croatian 40 5 15 15 5 15 37.5
Slovak 15 0 0 10 5 5 33.3
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 10 0 5 5 15 75.0
Ukrainian 115 15 35 60 5 40 34.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 190 95 10 85 5 140 73.7
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 10 5 0 10 0 10 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 170 90 5 70 0 125 73.5
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 6,410 2,960 90 2,195 1,165 4,060 63.3
Indo-Iranian languages 5,690 1,955 680 2,080 965 3,000 52.7
Indo-Aryan languages 3,120 1,525 105 985 500 2,020 64.7
Bengali 325 165 10 115 40 225 69.2
Gujarati 295 150 10 85 60 185 62.7
Hindi 80 40 5 30 5 50 62.5
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nepali 65 10 15 20 25 20 30.8
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,340 660 35 390 255 855 63.8
Sindhi 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 25 0 20 0 40 80.0
Urdu 965 480 40 325 120 640 66.3
Iranian languages 2,555 420 570 1,095 470 970 38.0
Kurdish 55 5 15 20 5 20 36.4
Pashto 110 25 5 50 25 55 50.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,395 390 550 1,015 435 900 37.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 0 5 33.3
Italic (Romance) languages 18,280 635 7,210 8,950 1,485 5,110 28.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 2,995 170 1,075 1,395 355 865 28.9
Portuguese 2,060 105 895 780 280 495 24.0
Romanian 4,520 90 1,365 2,835 230 1,505 33.3
Spanish 8,710 270 3,875 3,945 620 2,240 25.7
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 35 10 10 5 5 15 42.9
Kartvelian languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 60 15 5 15 20 25 41.7
Mongolic languages 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Mongolian 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Niger-Congo languages 320 25 175 95 20 80 25.0
Akan (Twi) 30 20 0 10 0 25 83.3
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 0 5 5 5 5 50.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 25 0 15 5 5 5 20.0
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 35 0 15 20 0 10 28.6
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 20 5 0 0 0.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 25 0 15 15 0 5 20.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 30 0 10 20 5 10 33.3
Wolof 65 0 45 15 5 5 7.7
Yoruba 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 5 45 10 5 10 14.3
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 105 10 55 0 45 10 9.5
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 45 0 30 0 15 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e 55 5 25 0 30 5 9.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,075 570 380 730 390 935 45.1
Chinese languages 2,065 570 380 730 390 935 45.3
Cantonese 650 140 95 240 180 260 40.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,230 395 240 425 170 610 49.6
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 120 15 30 45 35 35 29.2
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 50 15 5 15 10 20 40.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 595 35 300 180 85 130 21.8
Lao 560 25 290 170 80 110 19.6
Thai 30 5 5 10 5 15 50.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 600 85 230 180 100 175 29.2
Azerbaijani 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Turkish 580 85 230 170 100 170 29.3
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 290 70 50 145 20 145 50.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 285 70 50 145 20 140 49.1
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 38,715 8,245 22,895 7,570 0 12,035 31.1
English and French 6,850 1,095 2,790 2,960 0 2,575 37.6
English and non-official language 6,505 6,415 90 0 0 6,410 98.5
French and non-official language 18,610 120 18,490 0 0 120 0.6
English, French and non-official language 6,755 615 1,525 4,610 0 2,925 43.3

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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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