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 Hamilton

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	530,635	519,070	11,560
Official languages	408,100	396,540	11,560
English	401,030	389,870	11,165
French	8,480	6,670	1,815
Non-official languages	132,905	122,530	10,370
Aboriginal languages	110	75	45
Algonquian languages	50	35	20
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	5	5	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	5
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	5	0
Malecite	5	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	5	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	30	20	15
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	30	20	10
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	5	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	5	5	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	5	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Iroquoian languages	45	30	20
Cayuga	20	15	5
Mohawk	25	10	15
Oneida	0	5	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	5	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.	10	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	132,785	122,460	10,325
Afro-Asiatic languages	14,125	12,835	1,285
Berber languages	15	15	5
Kabyle	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Cushitic languages	1,140	1,040	100
Bilen	0	5	0
Oromo	65	45	20
Somali	1,075	995	80
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	12,920	11,735	1,185
Amharic	220	195	25
Arabic	9,520	8,585	930
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	2,375	2,225	150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	230	215	15
Harari	5	5	0
Hebrew	170	150	25
Maltese	150	125	25
Tigrigna	135	130	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	125	115	10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	50	45	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	4,310	3,980	330
Khmer (Cambodian)	935	815	120
Vietnamese	3,370	3,170	205
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	5
Austronesian languages	5,895	5,015	885
Bikol	25	25	0
Cebuano	230	190	35
Fijian	5	5	0
Hiligaynon	45	40	5
Ilocano	330	305	25
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	120	110	10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	35	30	5
Pangasinan	10	5	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5,050	4,245	805
Waray-Waray	15	15	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	50	50	5
Creole languages	400	295	105
Haitian Creole	30	25	10
Creole, n.o.s.	245	170	75
Creole languages, n.i.e.	120	100	20
Dravidian languages	1,435	1,275	150
Kannada	50	50	5
Malayalam	735	660	80
Tamil	530	470	55
Telugu	115	100	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	5	0
Indo-European languages	90,280	83,865	6,415
Albanian	1,385	1,275	110
Armenian	300	270	25
Balto-Slavic languages	26,615	25,230	1,385
Baltic languages	730	690	40
Latvian	305	285	15
Lithuanian	425	405	25
Slavic languages	25,885	24,540	1,345
Belarusan	5	5	0
Bosnian	990	935	55
Bulgarian	135	135	0
Croatian	4,970	4,685	285
Czech	980	940	40
Macedonian	510	480	25
Polish	7,715	7,275	435
Russian	1,525	1,465	60
Serbian	5,715	5,465	245
Serbo-Croatian	390	380	15
Slovak	485	450	25
Slovene (Slovenian)	595	560	35
Ukrainian	1,770	1,650	120
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	110	105	10
Celtic languages	60	35	25
Scottish Gaelic	30	20	15
Welsh	15	10	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Germanic languages	7,425	7,020	405
Afrikaans	145	130	15
Danish	160	160	0
Dutch	2,795	2,665	135
Frisian	75	75	5
German	4,055	3,830	230
Icelandic	5	5	0
Norwegian	15	15	5
Swedish	55	50	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	65	55	5
Yiddish	40	30	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Greek	1,740	1,600	140
Indo-Iranian languages	18,090	16,285	1,810
Indo-Aryan languages	14,020	12,440	1,580
Bengali	1,260	1,165	85
Gujarati	1,555	1,415	145
Hindi	1,180	960	215
Kashmiri	10	5	5
Konkani	65	55	10
Marathi	80	60	15
Nepali	195	185	15
Oriya (Odia)	10	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	4,980	4,580	400
Sindhi	100	95	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	260	230	30
Urdu	4,330	3,675	655
Iranian languages	4,000	3,780	220
Kurdish	1,115	1,035	80
Pashto	265	245	20
Persian (Farsi)	2,625	2,500	120
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	70	60	5
Italic (Romance) languages	34,675	32,145	2,525
Catalan	15	15	5
Italian	16,610	15,380	1,225
Portuguese	7,915	7,270	645
Romanian	1,800	1,735	70
Spanish	8,300	7,720	580
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	30	25	5
Japanese	300	265	35
Kartvelian languages	10	15	0
Georgian	15	15	0
Korean	1,460	1,380	80
Mongolic languages	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,700	1,365	340
Akan (Twi)	245	200	50
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	20	15	5
Ewe	30	30	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	10	5	0
Ga	25	25	0
Ganda	40	30	5
Igbo	100	65	35
Lingala	70	30	40
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	55	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	75	75	5
Shona	205	175	25
Swahili	375	315	60
Wolof	5	0	0
Yoruba	130	85	45
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	310	260	50
Nilo-Saharan languages	155	130	25
Dinka	25	10	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	135	115	15
Sign languages	185	115	70
American Sign Language	80	40	35
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	110	70	35
Sino-Tibetan languages	8,430	8,090	345
Chinese languages	8,070	7,755	315
Cantonese	2,945	2,775	175
Hakka	35	35	0
Mandarin	4,475	4,350	125
Min Dong	5	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	180	175	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	70	65	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	355	345	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	365	335	30
Burmese	70	65	0
Karenic languages	280	250	30
Tibetan	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	525	485	35
Lao	330	305	25
Thai	190	180	10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	735	680	55
Azerbaijani	40	35	0
Turkish	650	600	45
Uyghur	5	5	0
Uzbek	5	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	40	35	5
Uralic languages	2,755	2,610	145
Estonian	145	140	5
Finnish	90	85	10
Hungarian	2,520	2,390	135
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	80	65	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) – Hamilton

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
• 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.