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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 York
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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 1,103,285 1,023,355 8,850 10,020 61,060 13,860 1.3
Single responses 1,004,035 926,760 7,800 8,420 61,060 12,015 1.2
Official languages 687,865 680,485 7,380 0 0 7,385 1.1
English 684,910 680,290 4,620 0 0 4,620 0.7
French 2,955 200 2,760 0 0 2,765 93.6
Non-official languages 316,170 246,270 425 8,415 61,060 4,635 1.5
Aboriginal languages 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 316,160 246,260 425 8,415 61,060 4,630 1.5
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,110 7,510 100 645 865 425 4.7
Berber languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kabyle 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 160 135 0 10 15 10 6.3
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 145 120 0 10 15 5 3.4
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 8,935 7,360 95 630 845 410 4.6
Amharic 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 4,660 3,615 70 490 490 310 6.7
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,030 850 5 5 170 5 0.5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 270 240 0 5 30 0 0.0
Harari 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hebrew 2,695 2,415 25 125 125 95 3.5
Maltese 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 60 60 0 0 0 5 8.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,490 3,390 15 110 985 65 1.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 720 535 0 15 170 5 0.7
Vietnamese 3,770 2,855 15 95 815 60 1.6
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 5,830 5,675 5 20 130 15 0.3
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 115 115 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 295 280 0 5 10 0 0.0
Malagasy 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Malay 295 280 0 5 15 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,015 4,905 0 15 100 10 0.2
Waray-Waray 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 245 45 25 160 10 110 44.9
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 195 10 25 145 15 100 51.3
Creole languages, n.i.e. 55 30 5 15 0 10 18.2
Dravidian languages 15,290 13,165 5 325 1,795 170 1.1
Kannada 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 640 585 5 15 40 10 1.6
Tamil 14,245 12,205 5 300 1,735 155 1.1
Telugu 330 305 0 10 15 5 1.5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 114,395 94,265 195 4,915 15,020 2,650 2.3
Albanian 665 510 5 25 120 20 3.0
Armenian 1,780 1,355 10 265 150 140 7.9
Balto-Slavic languages 29,770 24,905 20 1,390 3,455 715 2.4
Baltic languages 175 155 0 15 10 5 2.9
Latvian 50 35 0 10 0 5 10.0
Lithuanian 130 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages 29,590 24,750 20 1,375 3,450 710 2.4
Belarusan 35 25 0 10 10 0 0.0
Bosnian 50 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 360 300 0 30 25 15 4.2
Croatian 295 260 0 10 25 5 1.7
Czech 75 70 0 5 0 5 6.7
Macedonian 885 795 0 15 85 5 0.6
Polish 1,545 1,385 5 55 100 30 1.9
Russian 24,545 20,340 15 1,145 3,040 590 2.4
Serbian 690 580 0 55 55 25 3.6
Serbo-Croatian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 110 100 0 10 0 5 4.5
Slovene (Slovenian) 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 855 705 0 40 105 20 2.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 795 695 0 80 15 45 5.7
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 80 65 0 15 0 5 6.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 565 495 0 65 10 30 5.3
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 2,310 2,050 0 50 215 20 0.9
Indo-Iranian languages 49,730 42,490 60 1,640 5,545 880 1.8
Indo-Aryan languages 23,255 19,830 15 560 2,850 290 1.2
Bengali 830 770 0 20 40 10 1.2
Gujarati 5,085 4,180 5 110 790 55 1.1
Hindi 2,420 2,175 0 65 185 30 1.2
Kashmiri 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 165 150 0 10 5 0 0.0
Nepali 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,370 4,260 0 110 990 60 1.1
Sindhi 465 425 0 15 25 5 1.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 420 385 0 10 25 5 1.2
Urdu 8,370 7,365 5 215 780 115 1.4
Iranian languages 26,365 22,550 45 1,085 2,680 590 2.2
Kurdish 350 310 0 5 30 5 1.4
Pashto 310 265 0 5 45 5 1.6
Persian (Farsi) 25,705 21,975 45 1,070 2,605 585 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 29,345 22,260 95 1,465 5,520 830 2.8
Catalan 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Italian 16,485 12,275 30 220 3,960 140 0.8
Portuguese 2,320 1,830 10 85 390 55 2.4
Romanian 3,360 2,315 25 620 405 335 10.0
Spanish 7,165 5,840 25 540 760 295 4.1
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 540 470 0 10 60 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 90 65 0 0 20 0 0.0
Georgian 85 65 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 9,210 7,675 0 180 1,345 95 1.0
Mongolic languages 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 355 310 5 25 10 20 5.6
Akan (Twi) 140 130 0 10 5 5 3.6
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 60 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yoruba 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 10 0 5 16.7
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages 240 120 5 0 120 0 0.0
American Sign Language 50 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 190 85 0 0 110 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 152,975 110,715 60 1,875 40,325 995 0.7
Chinese languages 152,870 110,625 65 1,870 40,310 1,000 0.7
Cantonese 83,405 61,325 30 935 21,115 500 0.6
Hakka 1,285 955 0 15 310 10 0.8
Mandarin 63,775 45,350 30 870 17,525 465 0.7
Min Dong 80 20 0 0 60 0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,510 960 0 15 530 15 1.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,125 735 0 10 375 5 0.4
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,675 1,260 0 25 385 15 0.9
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Burmese 80 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 440 355 0 15 70 5 1.1
Lao 360 285 0 10 65 5 1.4
Thai 75 65 0 5 10 5 6.7
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 1,680 1,410 5 60 205 35 2.1
Azerbaijani 250 205 0 10 35 5 2.0
Turkish 1,350 1,135 0 45 165 30 2.2
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uzbek 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 1,220 1,055 0 80 85 45 3.7
Estonian 70 60 0 10 0 5 7.1
Finnish 120 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,030 885 5 70 75 35 3.4
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 99,250 96,600 1,050 1,600 0 1,850 1.9
English and French 1,765 600 500 670 0 835 47.3
English and non-official language 95,380 95,250 135 0 0 130 0.1
French and non-official language 285 60 225 0 0 225 78.9
English, French and non-official language 1,815 695 190 935 0 655 36.1

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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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