Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Québec

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	560,310	554,295	6,015
Official languages	533,120	527,105	6,015
English	11,100	7,865	3,240
French	525,055	519,245	5,810
Non-official languages	30,420	27,185	3,235
Aboriginal languages	675	585	85
Algonquian languages	660	580	85
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	645	565	75
Atikamekw	45	45	5
Montagnais (Innu)	575	515	60
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	10	5	10
Northern East Cree	5	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	10	0
Algonquin	10	10	0
Ojibway	5	0	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	10	5	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	10	10	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	29,755	26,600	3,150
Afro-Asiatic languages	6,590	5,545	1,045
Berber languages	775	685	90
Kabyle	400	360	40
Berber languages, n.i.e.	375	325	50
Cushitic languages	55	45	10
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Somali	50	40	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Semitic languages	5,720	4,790	930
Amharic	5	0	0
Arabic	5,690	4,765	925
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	10	10	0
Maltese	5	0	0
Tigrigna	5	10	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	45	30	15
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,245	1,170	75
Khmer (Cambodian)	400	375	20
Vietnamese	845	790	55
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	5	5	0
Austronesian languages	375	320	50
Bikol	0	0	0
Cebuano	20	20	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	5	5	0
Ilocano	5	5	5
Malagasy	205	180	30
Malay	20	25	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	90	75	15
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0
Creole languages	650	530	120
Haitian Creole	50	45	5
Creole, n.o.s.	590	480	110
Creole languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Dravidian languages	45	30	15
Kannada	5	0	5
Malayalam	5	10	0
Tamil	25	20	10
Telugu	10	10	5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	15,520	14,395	1,125
Albanian	230	210	25
Armenian	65	65	0
Balto-Slavic languages	2,525	2,400	125
Baltic languages	20	15	0
Latvian	15	10	0
Lithuanian	5	5	0
Slavic languages	2,500	2,375	125
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	655	620	35
Bulgarian	240	225	10
Croatian	100	95	5
Czech	40	30	10
Macedonian	5	10	0
Polish	265	250	10
Russian	635	605	30
Serbian	155	150	0
Serbo-Croatian	280	270	10
Slovak	15	15	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	5	5
Ukrainian	115	110	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Celtic languages	5	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Germanic languages	695	580	110
Afrikaans	10	10	0
Danish	5	5	0
Dutch	125	105	15
Frisian	0	0	0
German	490	405	80
Icelandic	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	5	0
Swedish	30	30	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	20	15	5
Yiddish	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Greek	105	85	15
Indo-Iranian languages	1,710	1,610	95
Indo-Aryan languages	1,090	1,025	60
Bengali	70	70	0
Gujarati	30	20	10
Hindi	50	40	15
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Konkani	5	0	5
Marathi	5	5	0
Nepali	875	850	30
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	10	5	0
Sindhi	5	5	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	0
Urdu	40	25	10
Iranian languages	515	485	30
Kurdish	55	50	10
Pashto	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	460	435	25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	105	95	5
Italic (Romance) languages	10,200	9,450	750
Catalan	20	15	5
Italian	585	520	65
Portuguese	1,585	1,515	75
Romanian	825	790	30
Spanish	7,185	6,600	580
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Japanese	170	140	30
Kartvelian languages	5	5	0
Georgian	0	5	0
Korean	30	30	0
Mongolic languages	0	0	5
Mongolian	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	3,140	2,680	460
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0
Bamanankan	80	70	10
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	55	45	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	185	155	35
Ga	0	0	0
Ganda	0	5	0
Igbo	0	0	0
Lingala	140	110	30
Rundi (Kirundi)	500	460	35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	330	300	30
Shona	0	0	0
Swahili	590	495	100
Wolof	340	280	60
Yoruba	10	15	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	895	750	145
Nilo-Saharan languages	40	30	10
Dinka	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	35	30	10
Sign languages	215	100	110
American Sign Language	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	130	60	75
Sign languages, n.i.e	80	45	30
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,290	1,215	75
Chinese languages	1,185	1,115	70
Cantonese	270	250	25
Hakka	5	0	0
Mandarin	780	735	45
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	35	35	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	20	20	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	85	75	5
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	105	100	5
Burmese	10	10	5
Karenic languages	70	70	0
Tibetan	5	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	155	145	15
Lao	95	90	10
Thai	55	55	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	5	0	0
Turkic languages	80	75	5
Azerbaijani	15	15	0
Turkish	55	50	5
Uyghur	5	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0
Uralic languages	125	120	10
Estonian	5	5	0
Finnish	15	10	5
Hungarian	115	105	5
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	75	60	10

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Data quality note(s) – Québec

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.2%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016060.