Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Brampton, CY
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Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 591,670 532,645 500 30,200 28,325
Single responses 560,895 505,255 470 26,990 28,180
Official languages 289,355 270,705 295 18,105 240
English 284,915 270,405 25 14,255 240
French 4,435 305 275 3,855 0
Non-official languages 271,545 234,550 170 8,890 27,940
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 271,520 234,530 170 8,890 27,935
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,200 7,010 20 510 655
Berber languages 10 0 5 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 5 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 635 580 0 30 25
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 55 50 0 0 5
Somali 580 530 0 25 25
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 7,480 6,365 15 470 630
Amharic 265 245 0 10 10
Arabic 4,205 3,410 20 440 340
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,890 1,670 0 10 210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 330 295 0 5 35
Harari 40 35 0 0 0
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 0
Maltese 455 445 0 5 5
Tigrigna 115 110 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 150 120 0 5 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,845 3,975 5 135 735
Khmer (Cambodian) 215 175 0 10 25
Vietnamese 4,610 3,780 5 125 710
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 20 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 11,885 11,630 0 125 130
Bikol 40 40 0 0 0
Cebuano 415 405 0 5 10
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 100 100 0 5 0
Ilocano 500 490 0 5 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 195 190 0 5 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 160 160 0 5 5
Pangasinan 35 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10,340 10,135 0 105 105
Waray-Waray 25 25 0 5 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
Creole languages 760 340 20 385 20
Haitian Creole 10 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 435 80 15 335 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 315 260 0 45 10
Dravidian languages 17,170 15,515 10 510 1,145
Kannada 360 345 0 5 5
Malayalam 2,635 2,480 0 65 85
Tamil 12,695 11,290 5 390 1,000
Telugu 1,445 1,360 0 40 45
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 214,365 183,650 85 6,715 23,915
Albanian 265 235 0 15 20
Armenian 205 185 0 5 10
Balto-Slavic languages 8,665 7,880 5 365 415
Baltic languages 75 65 0 10 0
Latvian 40 40 0 5 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 0
Slavic languages 8,590 7,810 0 355 415
Belarusan 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 180 160 0 10 5
Bulgarian 145 130 0 10 5
Croatian 1,090 1,025 0 30 35
Czech 235 210 0 10 20
Macedonian 310 280 0 15 20
Polish 4,595 4,160 0 190 245
Russian 680 605 0 35 35
Serbian 500 450 0 20 30
Serbo-Croatian 65 60 0 5 5
Slovak 200 180 0 10 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 160 155 0 5 0
Ukrainian 425 385 0 20 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 25 5 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 15 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,550 2,415 0 135 0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 5 0
Danish 90 90 0 0 0
Dutch 915 885 0 30 5
Frisian 40 35 0 0 0
German 1,420 1,325 0 100 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0
Swedish 30 25 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 15 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 745 710 0 15 20
Indo-Iranian languages 172,595 146,720 50 4,870 20,955
Indo-Aryan languages 168,560 143,240 50 4,705 20,560
Bengali 2,615 2,405 0 105 105
Gujarati 16,750 14,475 10 435 1,835
Hindi 14,075 12,950 0 470 645
Kashmiri 50 50 0 0 0
Konkani 270 255 0 5 5
Marathi 675 625 0 25 25
Nepali 1,085 1,005 0 40 45
Oriya (Odia) 70 65 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 110,710 90,975 30 2,970 16,730
Sindhi 540 495 0 15 30
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,530 1,450 0 45 35
Urdu 20,200 18,495 10 590 1,110
Iranian languages 3,790 3,275 5 145 365
Kurdish 105 80 0 10 15
Pashto 665 600 0 20 50
Persian (Farsi) 3,015 2,595 5 115 300
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 250 200 0 15 30
Italic (Romance) languages 29,310 25,485 25 1,305 2,490
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 6,975 6,260 5 335 380
Portuguese 10,590 8,940 15 330 1,305
Romanian 590 460 0 105 20
Spanish 11,135 9,810 10 535 780
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 135 120 0 0 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 395 360 0 10 25
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,190 4,820 35 275 60
Akan (Twi) 2,670 2,570 5 65 35
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 195 195 0 0 0
Ewe 55 50 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 5 0 10 0
Ga 115 110 0 5 0
Ganda 55 55 0 0 0
Igbo 340 330 0 10 0
Lingala 35 0 5 30 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 5 25 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 5 0 20 0
Shona 65 65 0 5 0
Swahili 305 265 0 30 5
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Yoruba 855 835 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 415 335 15 55 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Sign languages 110 45 0 0 65
American Sign Language 30 20 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 80 25 0 0 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,505 5,305 5 135 1,065
Chinese languages 6,335 5,145 5 135 1,050
Cantonese 3,295 2,685 0 65 540
Hakka 160 135 0 5 20
Mandarin 2,335 1,885 0 50 395
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 300 235 0 10 55
Wu (Shanghainese) 60 50 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 180 150 0 5 25
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 175 155 0 5 15
Burmese 85 70 0 0 5
Karenic languages 10 5 0 0 5
Tibetan 20 20 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 560 485 0 15 60
Lao 485 420 0 15 55
Thai 70 70 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 470 410 0 15 45
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 0
Turkish 440 385 0 15 40
Uyghur 5 0 0 5 5
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 760 705 0 45 10
Estonian 50 45 0 5 0
Finnish 55 55 0 5 0
Hungarian 650 600 0 35 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 140 130 0 5 5
Multiple responses 30,770 27,385 35 3,205 145
English and French 1,165 260 5 895 0
English and non-official language 28,545 26,860 10 1,535 140
French and non-official language 410 115 20 275 5
English, French and non-official language 655 145 0 505 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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