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 Division No. 11
Data quality
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 1,351,355 1,232,510 1,770 96,325 20,745
Single responses 1,316,655 1,203,680 1,660 90,745 20,565
Official languages 997,180 918,790 1,125 76,895 370
English 969,560 916,325 30 52,855 360
French 27,620 2,470 1,100 24,040 20
Non-official languages 319,470 284,895 535 13,855 20,195
Aboriginal languages 3,625 3,525 5 85 10
Algonquian languages 3,005 2,930 5 65 10
Blackfoot 40 40 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 2,850 2,785 0 60 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 15 15 0 0 0
Plains Cree 395 385 0 10 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 25 30 0 0 0
Woods Cree 160 150 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 2,250 2,195 0 45 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 105 100 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 100 95 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 235 230 0 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 235 225 0 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 5 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 155 145 0 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 15 20 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 5 5 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 40 45 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 10 5 0 5 0
South Slavey 25 25 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 70 65 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 10 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 45 35 0 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 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 30 30 0 5 0
Salish languages 5 10 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 230 225 0 0 0
Dakota 70 70 0 0 0
Stoney 155 155 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 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. 25 20 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 315,850 281,370 530 13,770 20,180
Afro-Asiatic languages 31,360 26,050 110 2,605 2,590
Berber languages 130 50 0 70 5
Kabyle 75 40 0 30 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 55 15 0 40 5
Cushitic languages 7,905 6,885 20 450 550
Bilen 245 190 0 10 45
Oromo 1,130 1,025 0 10 90
Somali 6,515 5,660 15 430 410
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5
Semitic languages 23,250 19,055 90 2,080 2,030
Amharic 2,510 2,360 0 45 100
Arabic 17,610 13,840 85 1,950 1,725
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 75 75 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 40 0 0 5
Harari 170 160 0 5 5
Hebrew 410 375 0 30 5
Maltese 25 25 0 0 0
Tigrigna 2,335 2,115 0 35 180
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,650 8,170 5 210 1,270
Khmer (Cambodian) 765 655 5 15 85
Vietnamese 8,880 7,505 5 190 1,180
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 43,375 42,745 10 300 325
Bikol 115 120 0 0 0
Cebuano 2,000 1,975 0 15 15
Fijian 55 55 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 540 525 0 5 5
Ilocano 1,880 1,850 0 20 10
Malagasy 10 5 0 5 0
Malay 525 500 0 10 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 345 345 0 0 5
Pangasinan 110 110 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 37,430 36,910 5 245 265
Waray-Waray 70 70 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 290 280 0 5 5
Creole languages 1,020 510 30 455 25
Haitian Creole 55 20 5 30 5
Creole, n.o.s. 620 190 25 380 20
Creole languages, n.i.e. 350 300 0 50 0
Dravidian languages 6,845 6,450 5 110 280
Kannada 210 195 0 10 0
Malayalam 3,480 3,280 5 35 165
Tamil 2,195 2,075 0 50 70
Telugu 940 885 0 15 40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 154,280 139,075 190 7,185 7,825
Albanian 770 705 0 20 40
Armenian 170 135 0 35 5
Balto-Slavic languages 35,010 32,540 10 1,435 1,025
Baltic languages 325 305 0 20 5
Latvian 155 140 0 10 0
Lithuanian 175 160 0 10 0
Slavic languages 34,685 32,235 10 1,420 1,020
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 5
Bosnian 715 680 0 10 25
Bulgarian 475 380 0 80 15
Croatian 2,020 1,935 0 45 40
Czech 905 835 0 65 10
Macedonian 185 170 0 10 5
Polish 9,460 8,735 0 425 305
Russian 5,780 5,110 10 310 350
Serbian 1,835 1,695 0 75 70
Serbo-Croatian 360 345 0 20 0
Slovak 620 575 0 35 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 295 285 0 10 0
Ukrainian 11,895 11,375 0 330 185
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 5 0
Celtic languages 125 110 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 50 45 0 5 0
Welsh 40 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages 22,200 21,035 0 1,015 140
Afrikaans 625 600 0 10 5
Danish 765 745 0 20 5
Dutch 4,305 4,070 0 230 5
Frisian 100 100 0 5 0
German 15,700 14,875 0 700 130
Icelandic 35 30 0 0 5
Norwegian 225 220 0 10 0
Swedish 300 290 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 80 50 0 30 0
Yiddish 55 50 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Greek 1,085 960 0 90 30
Indo-Iranian languages 64,165 57,430 25 1,600 5,115
Indo-Aryan languages 57,540 51,580 20 1,270 4,670
Bengali 2,340 2,160 0 115 70
Gujarati 5,775 5,255 0 140 370
Hindi 8,425 7,970 0 165 295
Kashmiri 20 20 0 0 0
Konkani 155 145 0 5 5
Marathi 540 515 0 15 10
Nepali 1,995 1,820 0 40 140
Oriya (Odia) 75 70 0 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 27,800 23,885 15 470 3,440
Sindhi 940 880 0 35 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,310 1,265 0 25 20
Urdu 8,170 7,605 0 265 295
Iranian languages 6,340 5,600 5 315 430
Kurdish 755 645 0 35 75
Pashto 665 590 0 25 55
Persian (Farsi) 4,925 4,365 5 255 305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 245 0 15 20
Italic (Romance) languages 30,760 26,165 155 2,975 1,465
Catalan 25 20 0 0 0
Italian 4,920 4,325 0 445 145
Portuguese 4,645 4,070 10 330 235
Romanian 2,550 2,035 5 435 80
Spanish 18,610 15,705 135 1,760 1,010
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 10 0
Japanese 1,065 995 0 30 45
Kartvelian languages 65 55 0 5 5
Georgian 70 55 0 5 10
Korean 6,370 5,585 5 145 635
Mongolic languages 80 70 0 5 5
Mongolian 80 70 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 7,370 5,430 155 1,605 180
Akan (Twi) 895 835 0 40 15
Bamanankan 15 0 5 15 0
Edo 145 140 0 0 0
Ewe 125 105 0 20 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 140 25 15 95 5
Ga 70 65 0 5 0
Ganda 205 200 0 10 5
Igbo 310 300 0 10 0
Lingala 160 15 15 125 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 400 70 25 275 30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 610 215 20 355 20
Shona 565 550 0 15 0
Swahili 1,250 890 30 285 45
Wolof 130 20 15 90 5
Yoruba 705 685 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,640 1,305 30 260 45
Nilo-Saharan languages 745 700 0 25 25
Dinka 340 320 0 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 415 375 0 20 15
Sign languages 405 255 0 10 135
American Sign Language 180 140 0 5 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 220 120 0 5 95
Sino-Tibetan languages 47,970 40,610 5 770 6,585
Chinese languages 47,265 40,000 5 765 6,490
Cantonese 22,735 18,485 5 325 3,925
Hakka 620 540 0 10 70
Mandarin 19,935 17,615 0 370 1,945
Min Dong 70 55 0 0 15
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,265 1,065 0 15 185
Wu (Shanghainese) 235 190 0 0 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,380 2,035 0 40 305
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 705 600 0 5 100
Burmese 145 130 0 5 15
Karenic languages 435 360 0 0 70
Tibetan 20 25 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 105 90 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages 1,025 945 0 30 50
Lao 380 350 0 20 15
Thai 625 585 0 10 30
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 15 15 0 0 5
Turkic languages 2,080 1,790 5 125 160
Azerbaijani 120 105 0 5 5
Turkish 1,745 1,490 5 110 140
Uyghur 60 55 0 0 5
Uzbek 110 95 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,885 1,730 0 125 35
Estonian 50 40 0 5 0
Finnish 235 215 0 20 0
Hungarian 1,605 1,475 0 105 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 235 200 5 20 10
Multiple responses 34,700 28,825 105 5,580 180
English and French 3,970 890 20 3,060 0
English and non-official language 28,870 27,585 10 1,105 170
French and non-official language 1,235 210 75 940 10
English, French and non-official language 625 140 5 475 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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Data quality note(s) – Division No. 11

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.4%.
  • 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-X2016054.

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