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 Division No. 6
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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 3 259,835 253,860 2,775 585 2,620 3,065 1.2
Single responses 250,060 244,455 2,585 400 2,620 2,785 1.1
Official languages 229,075 226,545 2,530 0 0 2,530 1.1
English 228,015 226,485 1,535 0 0 1,530 0.7
French 1,055 60 1,000 0 0 1,000 94.8
Non-official languages 20,985 17,910 55 405 2,620 255 1.2
Aboriginal languages 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 40 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 10 15 0 0 0 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 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 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 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 20,905 17,830 50 405 2,615 255 1.2
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,825 1,165 10 45 605 35 1.9
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 395 325 0 5 65 5 1.3
Bilen 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 350 285 0 5 60 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,430 835 10 40 545 35 2.4
Amharic 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,150 600 10 40 500 30 2.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 15 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 190 145 0 0 40 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 860 670 5 10 180 5 0.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 840 660 0 10 175 5 0.6
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 3,655 3,595 0 15 45 5 0.1
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 210 200 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 105 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,250 3,200 0 15 40 5 0.2
Waray-Waray 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 35 15 5 20 5 10 28.6
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 20 5 5 15 5 10 50.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Dravidian languages 355 340 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 185 175 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 85 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 85 85 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 9,270 8,285 10 205 775 115 1.2
Albanian 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,420 1,285 0 35 100 15 1.1
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 1,405 1,270 0 35 100 15 1.1
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 140 130 0 5 5 0 0.0
Russian 710 630 0 20 60 10 1.4
Serbian 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 360 330 0 10 25 5 1.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 520 490 0 5 15 5 1.0
Afrikaans 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 380 360 5 5 15 5 1.3
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 235 210 0 10 15 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages 6,140 5,490 5 75 575 40 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 5,615 5,025 0 70 520 35 0.6
Bengali 670 605 0 20 40 10 1.5
Gujarati 745 685 0 0 65 0 0.0
Hindi 435 410 0 5 25 0 0.0
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 315 210 0 5 100 5 1.6
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,645 1,470 0 15 150 10 0.6
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,730 1,580 0 15 140 10 0.6
Iranian languages 465 410 0 10 45 5 1.1
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 140 125 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 300 265 0 10 30 5 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 840 695 5 75 65 40 4.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 100 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 70 55 5 10 5 10 14.3
Romanian 75 60 0 10 5 10 13.3
Spanish 590 490 0 50 50 25 4.2
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 35 30 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 445 390 0 5 50 0 0.0
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 370 225 25 55 70 50 13.5
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 70 15 10 20 35 15 21.4
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 110 55 10 15 25 20 18.2
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yoruba 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dinka 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sign languages 50 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 45 35 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,640 2,790 0 40 815 20 0.5
Chinese languages 3,295 2,545 0 35 715 20 0.6
Cantonese 830 570 0 5 255 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 2,125 1,710 0 25 385 15 0.7
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 40 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 285 230 0 0 55 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 345 250 0 5 100 0 0.0
Burmese 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Karenic languages 315 220 0 0 90 0 0.0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 90 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 100 85 5 5 5 10 10.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 90 80 5 5 5 10 11.1
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages 75 60 0 5 5 5 6.7
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 70 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,775 9,405 190 185 0 285 2.9
English and French 320 120 105 95 0 150 46.9
English and non-official language 9,225 9,210 15 0 0 15 0.2
French and non-official language 50 10 45 0 0 50 100.0
English, French and non-official language 180 65 25 85 0 65 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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