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 Ottawa
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 1 923,375 549,395 12,680 347,510 13,790
Single responses 889,715 536,585 11,805 327,630 13,690
Official languages 689,300 399,485 8,585 280,980 245
English 562,070 397,755 70 164,030 215
French 127,225 1,730 8,510 116,950 30
Non-official languages 200,420 137,100 3,220 46,650 13,445
Aboriginal languages 650 580 0 60 10
Algonquian languages 280 230 0 45 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 155 125 0 30 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 10 10 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 25 10 0 10 0
Plains Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 25 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 75 55 0 20 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 15 0 5 0
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 15 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 100 85 0 10 5
Algonquin 20 20 0 5 0
Ojibway 70 55 0 5 5
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 325 310 0 5 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 300 285 0 10 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 20 20 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 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 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 199,765 136,520 3,220 46,590 13,435
Afro-Asiatic languages 44,350 27,300 890 12,385 3,775
Berber languages 375 30 40 290 15
Kabyle 250 20 30 185 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 125 15 10 105 5
Cushitic languages 6,660 4,110 305 1,725 525
Bilen 50 40 0 5 5
Oromo 220 190 0 20 5
Somali 6,300 3,850 295 1,655 500
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 90 30 15 45 10
Semitic languages 37,255 23,115 545 10,360 3,240
Amharic 1,455 1,225 5 165 60
Arabic 34,295 20,645 540 10,000 3,105
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 75 55 0 20 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 0 0 0
Harari 55 40 0 10 5
Hebrew 355 260 0 90 5
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 900 790 0 60 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 35 0 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,045 5,035 35 1,265 710
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 835 10 135 120
Vietnamese 5,935 4,185 30 1,125 595
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 7,785 7,325 10 375 80
Bikol 30 25 0 0 0
Cebuano 370 350 0 15 5
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 110 110 0 5 0
Ilocano 570 560 0 5 10
Malagasy 55 0 5 50 0
Malay 395 350 0 40 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 20 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,040 5,730 0 255 60
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 120 115 0 5 0
Creole languages 4,180 315 1,135 2,550 175
Haitian Creole 295 30 65 195 5
Creole, n.o.s. 3,705 175 1,070 2,290 170
Creole languages, n.i.e. 180 110 5 65 0
Dravidian languages 3,810 3,205 0 460 145
Kannada 225 185 0 30 10
Malayalam 660 575 0 65 20
Tamil 2,415 1,985 0 330 110
Telugu 490 450 0 25 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 87,110 61,125 350 22,090 3,545
Albanian 660 505 5 105 45
Armenian 465 225 10 215 15
Balto-Slavic languages 20,270 14,320 50 5,200 695
Baltic languages 455 285 0 170 0
Latvian 245 160 0 85 5
Lithuanian 210 125 0 80 0
Slavic languages 19,815 14,040 50 5,030 695
Belarusan 40 25 0 5 5
Bosnian 600 480 0 95 25
Bulgarian 850 570 5 250 30
Croatian 1,000 715 5 265 15
Czech 910 630 0 275 5
Macedonian 60 50 0 15 0
Polish 5,525 3,900 15 1,490 125
Russian 6,150 4,470 20 1,310 355
Serbian 1,705 1,200 5 430 65
Serbo-Croatian 515 375 0 130 10
Slovak 575 415 0 150 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 210 150 0 60 0
Ukrainian 1,635 1,035 0 545 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages 115 80 0 30 5
Scottish Gaelic 40 25 0 10 0
Welsh 50 40 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,680 6,015 5 2,640 25
Afrikaans 160 135 0 25 0
Danish 295 230 0 65 0
Dutch 2,215 1,595 0 620 0
Frisian 40 30 0 5 0
German 5,275 3,570 5 1,680 20
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 130 100 0 30 0
Swedish 280 190 0 80 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 75 30 0 45 0
Yiddish 175 100 0 70 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 15 0
Greek 2,115 1,335 0 725 55
Indo-Iranian languages 26,965 22,105 20 3,375 1,465
Indo-Aryan languages 18,340 15,275 10 2,230 835
Bengali 3,255 2,705 0 440 115
Gujarati 1,470 1,235 0 175 55
Hindi 2,875 2,455 0 330 85
Kashmiri 25 15 0 0 0
Konkani 105 90 0 10 0
Marathi 285 250 0 35 0
Nepali 925 700 0 65 155
Oriya (Odia) 35 30 0 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,880 3,135 0 495 250
Sindhi 270 210 0 45 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 815 735 0 65 15
Urdu 4,405 3,715 5 550 140
Iranian languages 8,525 6,745 15 1,140 625
Kurdish 650 535 0 70 50
Pashto 1,025 825 0 65 130
Persian (Farsi) 6,850 5,385 10 1,005 455
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 27,835 16,540 260 9,795 1,250
Catalan 30 20 0 10 0
Italian 9,030 5,410 35 3,185 395
Portuguese 4,205 2,275 85 1,630 225
Romanian 2,565 1,140 30 1,285 110
Spanish 11,990 7,680 115 3,675 510
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 15 0
Japanese 990 775 10 175 35
Kartvelian languages 35 25 0 0 0
Georgian 30 30 0 5 0
Korean 2,065 1,705 0 240 115
Mongolic languages 35 20 0 10 5
Mongolian 35 20 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,380 2,000 730 2,555 95
Akan (Twi) 360 295 0 55 5
Bamanankan 75 0 20 55 0
Edo 35 30 0 5 0
Ewe 75 40 5 30 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 100 5 15 75 0
Ga 60 55 0 5 0
Ganda 120 115 0 5 5
Igbo 180 165 0 15 0
Lingala 320 20 110 190 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 840 25 160 635 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 650 75 100 455 25
Shona 110 95 0 10 0
Swahili 1,100 455 135 485 30
Wolof 80 5 20 55 0
Yoruba 235 205 0 30 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,030 395 175 445 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 305 255 5 35 10
Dinka 85 75 0 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 185 5 25 5
Sign languages 220 85 0 25 110
American Sign Language 75 40 0 10 25
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 135 45 0 15 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 31,945 24,035 35 3,400 4,475
Chinese languages 31,130 23,335 35 3,385 4,375
Cantonese 10,160 7,155 5 1,275 1,720
Hakka 155 110 5 20 20
Mandarin 18,575 14,380 10 1,855 2,330
Min Dong 50 35 0 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 725 515 10 120 85
Wu (Shanghainese) 445 295 0 40 110
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,005 830 0 70 105
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 815 700 5 15 100
Burmese 230 210 0 5 20
Karenic languages 325 275 0 5 45
Tibetan 90 75 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 170 140 0 5 25
Tai-Kadai languages 690 550 5 105 30
Lao 345 240 5 75 15
Thai 345 300 0 30 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,645 1,240 5 300 105
Azerbaijani 125 95 0 20 5
Turkish 1,385 1,045 0 250 85
Uyghur 10 5 0 0 5
Uzbek 65 40 0 20 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
Uralic languages 2,055 1,435 5 580 35
Estonian 150 85 0 70 0
Finnish 300 235 0 65 0
Hungarian 1,595 1,115 10 445 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 145 90 5 45 5
Multiple responses 33,655 12,805 875 19,875 95
English and French 12,300 870 80 11,340 5
English and non-official language 15,130 11,565 15 3,490 65
French and non-official language 3,815 165 760 2,870 25
English, French and non-official language 2,410 205 25 2,175 5

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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) – Ottawa

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
  • 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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