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 Ajax, T
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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 3 119,210 115,125 1,680 640 1,755 2,005 1.7
Single responses 109,625 106,045 1,400 420 1,760 1,610 1.5
Official languages 94,645 93,305 1,340 0 0 1,335 1.4
English 93,925 93,275 655 0 0 655 0.7
French 715 35 685 0 0 680 95.1
Non-official languages 14,975 12,735 60 420 1,760 270 1.8
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 14,970 12,735 60 420 1,760 270 1.8
Afro-Asiatic languages 830 670 20 75 65 60 7.2
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Somali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 815 655 20 75 65 55 6.7
Amharic 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Arabic 730 585 20 70 55 55 7.5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 180 140 5 5 30 5 2.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 175 140 5 5 30 5 2.9
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 1,085 1,055 0 5 30 5 0.5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,015 985 0 10 20 5 0.5
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 50 15 15 15 0 25 50.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 35 5 15 15 0 20 57.1
Creole languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 3,240 2,805 5 60 370 35 1.1
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 145 130 0 5 5 5 3.4
Tamil 3,015 2,595 5 50 360 30 1.0
Telugu 75 70 0 0 5 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 7,835 6,735 10 230 865 125 1.6
Albanian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 555 475 0 25 55 15 2.7
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 555 475 0 25 55 10 1.8
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 165 140 0 0 25 0 0.0
Polish 175 160 0 5 10 0 0.0
Russian 135 105 0 15 10 5 3.7
Serbian 15 10 0 0 5 5 33.3
Serbo-Croatian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,995 5,205 5 140 655 70 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 4,615 4,090 0 90 430 45 1.0
Bengali 420 390 0 5 15 5 1.2
Gujarati 585 500 0 5 85 5 0.9
Hindi 385 350 0 10 25 5 1.3
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 555 440 0 0 110 0 0.0
Sindhi 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,475 2,230 0 55 180 30 1.2
Iranian languages 1,380 1,110 5 50 220 30 2.2
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 155 120 0 5 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,225 985 5 40 195 25 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 1,025 830 5 65 135 35 3.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 140 100 0 0 35 0 0.0
Portuguese 165 135 0 5 25 5 3.0
Romanian 160 125 0 25 15 15 9.4
Spanish 560 465 0 25 65 15 2.7
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 45 40 0 0 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 125 100 5 5 5 10 8.0
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,410 1,035 0 15 360 10 0.7
Chinese languages 1,405 1,030 0 15 355 10 0.7
Cantonese 535 385 0 5 145 0 0.0
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 800 600 0 5 190 5 0.6
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,590 9,085 285 220 0 395 4.1
English and French 435 135 170 130 0 230 52.9
English and non-official language 8,855 8,845 15 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 65 0 60 0 0 65 100.0
English, French and non-official language 235 100 40 95 0 90 38.3

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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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