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 Edmonton, CY
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 1 921,060 833,125 1,490 66,570 19,875
Single responses 891,130 807,815 1,395 62,205 19,715
Official languages 605,695 554,790 875 49,715 320
English 587,995 553,375 30 34,290 300
French 17,705 1,415 855 15,420 15
Non-official languages 285,430 253,025 515 12,495 19,395
Aboriginal languages 2,010 1,935 0 65 5
Algonquian languages 1,615 1,555 0 55 5
Blackfoot 35 35 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,495 1,445 0 45 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 15 15 0 0 0
Plains Cree 300 290 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Woods Cree 130 125 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,030 990 0 35 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 80 75 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 65 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 205 200 0 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 195 195 0 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 130 125 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 15 20 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 40 40 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 10 10 0 0 0
South Slavey 20 20 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 40 40 0 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 5 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 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 30 25 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 85 90 0 0 0
Dakota 40 45 0 0 0
Stoney 45 45 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 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 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. 20 20 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 283,415 251,085 515 12,430 19,390
Afro-Asiatic languages 30,330 25,190 110 2,480 2,550
Berber languages 130 50 0 70 5
Kabyle 75 35 0 35 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 55 15 5 40 5
Cushitic languages 7,890 6,875 20 445 550
Bilen 245 195 0 10 45
Oromo 1,125 1,020 0 10 90
Somali 6,500 5,645 15 425 410
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Semitic languages 22,250 18,210 85 1,960 1,995
Amharic 2,485 2,340 5 45 100
Arabic 16,695 13,080 85 1,840 1,695
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 65 65 0 0 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 30 0 0 0
Harari 170 160 0 0 5
Hebrew 390 355 0 30 5
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 2,315 2,100 0 35 180
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 10 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,400 7,940 10 205 1,250
Khmer (Cambodian) 745 645 5 15 85
Vietnamese 8,645 7,285 0 185 1,165
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 37,655 37,080 10 270 295
Bikol 95 95 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,770 1,740 0 10 10
Fijian 50 50 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 485 480 0 5 5
Ilocano 1,680 1,650 0 15 10
Malagasy 10 5 0 5 0
Malay 465 440 0 10 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 305 305 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 90 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 32,355 31,890 5 215 245
Waray-Waray 70 70 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 270 260 0 5 5
Creole languages 975 485 25 435 25
Haitian Creole 55 20 5 25 0
Creole, n.o.s. 595 190 25 365 20
Creole languages, n.i.e. 330 280 0 45 0
Dravidian languages 6,440 6,075 0 110 260
Kannada 190 180 0 10 0
Malayalam 3,315 3,120 5 35 155
Tamil 2,020 1,915 0 55 55
Telugu 885 835 0 15 40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 132,415 118,700 185 6,190 7,340
Albanian 740 675 0 20 45
Armenian 155 125 0 30 0
Balto-Slavic languages 29,065 26,875 10 1,225 955
Baltic languages 250 235 0 20 0
Latvian 120 115 0 10 0
Lithuanian 135 120 0 10 0
Slavic languages 28,815 26,645 15 1,205 955
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 0
Bosnian 685 650 0 15 25
Bulgarian 430 335 0 80 10
Croatian 1,735 1,665 0 30 40
Czech 675 615 0 55 5
Macedonian 175 160 0 10 5
Polish 8,100 7,440 0 365 290
Russian 5,065 4,475 10 265 315
Serbian 1,680 1,545 0 65 70
Serbo-Croatian 340 320 0 20 0
Slovak 460 430 0 25 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 240 235 0 10 0
Ukrainian 9,125 8,670 0 275 180
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 70 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 35 0 5 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages 13,135 12,385 0 700 50
Afrikaans 335 325 0 5 5
Danish 450 435 0 10 0
Dutch 2,440 2,285 0 155 0
Frisian 60 60 0 5 0
German 9,380 8,860 0 480 45
Icelandic 30 25 0 5 0
Norwegian 145 140 0 5 0
Swedish 185 180 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 45 30 0 15 0
Yiddish 55 50 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 920 825 0 75 20
Indo-Iranian languages 61,120 54,680 20 1,500 4,920
Indo-Aryan languages 54,775 49,080 20 1,195 4,485
Bengali 2,275 2,100 0 110 65
Gujarati 5,540 5,040 0 140 350
Hindi 8,010 7,575 0 150 285
Kashmiri 20 20 0 5 0
Konkani 145 135 0 0 0
Marathi 505 480 0 10 10
Nepali 1,900 1,730 5 40 125
Oriya (Odia) 70 65 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 26,425 22,675 15 430 3,305
Sindhi 900 840 0 35 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,175 1,140 0 25 15
Urdu 7,810 7,275 0 245 285
Iranian languages 6,070 5,360 5 290 415
Kurdish 740 630 0 35 75
Pashto 625 555 0 25 45
Persian (Farsi) 4,705 4,175 5 235 295
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 270 235 0 15 15
Italic (Romance) languages 27,195 23,060 150 2,630 1,355
Catalan 25 20 0 5 0
Italian 4,240 3,740 0 355 145
Portuguese 4,050 3,535 10 290 220
Romanian 2,300 1,830 0 395 75
Spanish 16,570 13,935 135 1,585 915
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5
Japanese 940 870 0 25 45
Kartvelian languages 65 50 0 5 5
Georgian 65 50 0 5 10
Korean 5,995 5,240 5 130 620
Mongolic languages 80 70 0 10 5
Mongolian 80 70 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 6,985 5,125 150 1,535 175
Akan (Twi) 845 785 0 40 15
Bamanankan 15 0 5 10 0
Edo 135 135 0 0 0
Ewe 115 95 0 20 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 135 25 15 90 5
Ga 65 60 0 0 0
Ganda 205 195 0 5 0
Igbo 305 290 0 10 0
Lingala 155 10 15 120 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 390 70 25 265 25
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 605 215 20 350 20
Shona 520 505 0 15 0
Swahili 1,185 845 30 270 40
Wolof 130 25 10 90 10
Yoruba 670 650 0 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,525 1,220 30 235 40
Nilo-Saharan languages 735 690 0 25 25
Dinka 330 315 0 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 405 370 5 20 15
Sign languages 295 190 5 10 95
American Sign Language 140 105 0 5 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 85 0 5 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 46,570 39,350 5 745 6,475
Chinese languages 45,895 38,765 5 735 6,385
Cantonese 22,015 17,835 0 315 3,865
Hakka 600 520 0 10 70
Mandarin 19,460 17,185 0 355 1,910
Min Dong 70 55 0 0 15
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,210 1,015 0 15 180
Wu (Shanghainese) 225 185 0 5 40
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,285 1,945 0 40 295
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 675 580 0 5 90
Burmese 130 110 0 5 15
Karenic languages 425 360 0 0 65
Tibetan 25 25 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 895 830 0 25 35
Lao 355 330 0 15 15
Thai 525 495 0 10 25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 15 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,975 1,695 5 115 155
Azerbaijani 105 95 0 5 5
Turkish 1,670 1,425 5 105 135
Uyghur 50 45 0 0 5
Uzbek 100 95 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Uralic languages 1,450 1,320 0 105 25
Estonian 30 30 0 0 0
Finnish 160 145 0 15 5
Hungarian 1,260 1,145 0 90 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 220 185 5 20 10
Multiple responses 29,935 25,310 95 4,365 165
English and French 2,715 585 15 2,110 0
English and non-official language 25,550 24,410 10 985 155
French and non-official language 1,110 180 65 855 15
English, French and non-official language 560 135 5 415 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) – Edmonton, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
  • 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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