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 Saskatchewan
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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 1,083,235 1,060,225 13,555 1,770 7,690 14,435 1.3
Single responses 1,049,125 1,027,365 12,885 1,190 7,685 13,480 1.3
Official languages 968,625 955,905 12,720 0 0 12,720 1.3
English 964,645 955,700 8,940 0 0 8,940 0.9
French 3,980 205 3,775 0 0 3,780 95.0
Non-official languages 80,505 71,465 165 1,185 7,685 760 0.9
Aboriginal languages 16,605 16,300 10 25 265 20 0.1
Algonquian languages 10,140 10,030 10 15 90 20 0.2
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 10,000 9,885 10 15 90 15 0.2
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Northern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 1,190 1,175 0 5 15 0 0.0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 180 180 0 0 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 8,525 8,435 10 10 70 15 0.2
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 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 6,365 6,185 5 5 170 10 0.2
Northern Athabaskan languages 6,360 6,185 5 0 170 5 0.1
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 6,360 6,180 5 5 170 5 0.1
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 45 35 0 0 10 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 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 63,900 55,165 150 1,165 7,415 735 1.2
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,625 2,990 40 140 1,445 110 2.4
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 720 605 0 5 110 5 0.7
Bilen 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 140 130 0 0 15 0 0.0
Somali 530 440 0 5 85 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 3,900 2,390 40 135 1,335 110 2.8
Amharic 150 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 2,885 1,575 35 120 1,160 95 3.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 220 165 0 5 50 5 2.3
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 120 85 0 5 25 5 4.2
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 425 355 0 0 75 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,740 1,330 5 25 385 15 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,695 1,295 0 25 375 15 0.9
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 12,510 12,275 0 55 180 30 0.2
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 575 565 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 240 235 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 35 25 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 11,345 11,150 5 50 145 25 0.2
Waray-Waray 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 100 30 5 55 5 35 35.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 65 0 10 45 5 30 46.2
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Dravidian languages 840 785 0 5 55 5 0.6
Kannada 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 525 485 0 0 35 0 0.0
Tamil 155 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 145 135 0 0 10 5 3.4
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 31,235 27,965 45 625 2,600 365 1.2
Albanian 200 170 0 5 30 0 0.0
Armenian 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 5,170 4,615 10 125 425 70 1.4
Baltic languages 80 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 5,090 4,535 10 125 425 70 1.4
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0 5 14.3
Croatian 170 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Polish 480 445 0 10 25 10 2.1
Russian 1,725 1,475 0 55 195 25 1.4
Serbian 270 245 5 10 15 5 1.9
Serbo-Croatian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,010 1,800 5 35 170 20 1.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 165 155 0 5 5 5 3.0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 8,110 7,610 5 70 420 40 0.5
Afrikaans 525 515 0 10 5 5 1.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dutch 200 180 0 15 10 10 5.0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 7,290 6,840 5 45 395 30 0.4
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 395 360 0 10 25 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages 14,385 12,745 10 235 1,395 125 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 12,960 11,495 0 210 1,255 105 0.8
Bengali 1,920 1,725 0 70 115 35 1.8
Gujarati 1,580 1,440 0 10 135 0 0.0
Hindi 880 830 0 10 40 5 0.6
Kashmiri 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Nepali 570 370 0 10 190 5 0.9
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,485 3,065 0 30 385 20 0.6
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 4,260 3,820 0 75 365 40 0.9
Iranian languages 1,275 1,125 5 25 125 15 1.2
Kurdish 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 340 305 0 5 40 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 860 755 5 25 80 15 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 130 5 0 20 5 3.4
Italic (Romance) languages 2,920 2,420 20 180 295 110 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 155 145 0 5 5 5 3.2
Portuguese 215 185 0 20 15 15 7.0
Romanian 320 250 0 35 30 25 7.8
Spanish 2,220 1,840 10 120 245 75 3.4
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 115 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 1,180 1,025 0 25 130 10 0.8
Mongolic languages 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 735 500 40 105 90 90 12.2
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 15 10 5 5 5 5 33.3
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 15 5 30 30 20 23.5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 40 25 0 10 0 10 25.0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 200 105 20 30 45 35 17.5
Wolof 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 115 110 0 5 0 5 4.3
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 80 5 15 5 10 10.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 135 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dinka 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sign languages 285 180 0 0 105 0 0.0
American Sign Language 50 30 0 0 25 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 230 155 0 0 75 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,700 7,270 10 100 2,325 55 0.6
Chinese languages 8,925 6,715 5 90 2,115 55 0.6
Cantonese 2,405 1,620 5 20 755 15 0.6
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 5,645 4,410 5 60 1,170 35 0.6
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 85 55 0 5 20 5 5.9
Wu (Shanghainese) 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 760 595 0 10 155 5 0.7
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 775 560 0 5 210 0 0.0
Burmese 115 95 0 0 20 0 0.0
Karenic languages 640 450 0 0 190 0 0.0
Tibetan 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 190 165 0 5 20 5 2.6
Lao 125 105 0 5 10 0 0.0
Thai 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 195 165 5 10 15 10 5.1
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 170 140 5 10 15 10 5.9
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages 240 210 0 10 20 10 4.2
Estonian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 215 180 0 10 20 10 4.7
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 34,110 32,860 665 585 0 955 2.8
English and French 1,210 440 440 335 0 605 50.0
English and non-official language 32,245 32,215 35 0 0 35 0.1
French and non-official language 150 25 125 0 0 125 83.3
English, French and non-official language 500 185 65 250 0 190 38.0

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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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