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 Oshawa, CY
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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 3 158,005 153,695 2,910 460 950 3,140 2.0
Single responses 153,560 149,655 2,680 280 945 2,820 1.8
Official languages 145,835 143,185 2,650 0 0 2,650 1.8
English 144,715 143,140 1,585 0 0 1,580 1.1
French 1,115 50 1,065 0 0 1,070 96.0
Non-official languages 7,730 6,470 30 280 945 170 2.2
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 7,725 6,470 30 280 945 170 2.2
Afro-Asiatic languages 450 380 10 25 35 15 3.3
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 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 430 370 10 25 35 20 4.7
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 395 335 5 20 30 20 5.1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 150 115 0 5 25 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 140 105 0 5 25 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 310 300 0 0 5 5 1.6
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 290 285 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 25 10 5 10 0 10 40.0
Haitian Creole 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 0 0 0 0 5 50.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 580 490 5 15 70 10 1.7
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 485 400 0 15 65 5 1.0
Telugu 15 15 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 4,915 4,185 10 200 515 115 2.3
Albanian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,405 1,210 5 70 120 40 2.8
Baltic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 1,400 1,205 5 70 120 35 2.5
Belarusan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Polish 785 695 0 35 60 20 2.5
Russian 165 125 0 25 20 15 9.1
Serbian 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 175 145 0 5 20 5 2.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 100 95 0 5 0 5 5.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 80 75 0 5 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 130 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,715 1,510 0 30 175 15 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 1,355 1,205 0 25 125 15 1.1
Bengali 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 205 175 0 5 30 0 0.0
Hindi 120 110 0 5 10 5 4.2
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 165 140 0 0 25 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 695 625 0 15 50 5 0.7
Iranian languages 365 305 0 5 50 5 1.4
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 310 265 0 10 45 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italic (Romance) languages 1,530 1,215 10 90 210 60 3.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 430 330 0 15 85 10 2.3
Portuguese 400 320 0 10 70 5 1.3
Romanian 90 60 5 20 10 10 11.1
Spanish 610 505 10 45 50 35 5.7
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 90 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 50 35 5 5 0 5 10.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 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) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 80 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 35 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 50 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 905 660 0 10 230 10 1.1
Chinese languages 905 655 5 10 230 5 0.6
Cantonese 350 235 0 0 110 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 500 375 5 10 110 5 1.0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 0 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 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uyghur 5 0 0 0 5 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 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 105 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
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 4,445 4,040 225 180 0 320 7.2
English and French 405 110 170 120 0 230 56.8
English and non-official language 3,905 3,895 10 0 0 10 0.3
French and non-official language 35 5 30 0 0 30 85.7
English, French and non-official language 100 30 20 60 0 45 45.0

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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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