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 Hamilton, C
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 1 530,635 489,910 375 30,525 9,815
Single responses 519,075 480,230 335 28,745 9,765
Official languages 396,540 372,605 210 23,600 130
English 389,870 371,970 15 17,760 130
French 6,670 635 200 5,835 5
Non-official languages 122,530 107,630 125 5,150 9,635
Aboriginal languages 70 70 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 35 30 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 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 20 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 20 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 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 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 30 25 0 0 0
Cayuga 15 15 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 122,465 107,560 120 5,145 9,635
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,835 10,155 25 620 2,040
Berber languages 15 0 0 15 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 1,040 840 5 10 190
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 45 35 0 0 10
Somali 1,000 805 5 10 185
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 11,735 9,275 20 595 1,845
Amharic 195 180 0 5 5
Arabic 8,585 6,600 20 540 1,425
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 2,225 1,855 0 25 345
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 210 175 0 5 35
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 145 135 0 10 0
Maltese 125 125 0 5 0
Tigrigna 125 115 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 95 0 0 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 50 35 5 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,985 3,280 0 80 620
Khmer (Cambodian) 810 675 5 20 115
Vietnamese 3,170 2,605 0 60 505
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 5,010 4,910 0 35 65
Bikol 20 25 0 0 0
Cebuano 190 185 0 0 5
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 35 0 5 0
Ilocano 300 295 0 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 95 0 0 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 35 30 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,240 4,170 0 30 40
Waray-Waray 15 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 0
Creole languages 295 135 10 135 5
Haitian Creole 25 5 5 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 170 30 10 120 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,275 1,185 0 50 45
Kannada 50 45 0 5 0
Malayalam 660 630 0 10 15
Tamil 470 420 0 30 20
Telugu 100 90 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 83,865 74,910 55 3,575 5,320
Albanian 1,275 1,135 5 25 115
Armenian 275 230 0 30 15
Balto-Slavic languages 25,230 23,145 10 855 1,220
Baltic languages 690 640 0 40 10
Latvian 285 270 0 15 0
Lithuanian 405 375 0 20 10
Slavic languages 24,540 22,500 10 815 1,215
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 935 820 5 35 80
Bulgarian 135 120 0 5 10
Croatian 4,685 4,360 0 115 210
Czech 940 800 5 30 105
Macedonian 480 460 0 15 10
Polish 7,280 6,750 0 245 285
Russian 1,465 1,305 0 70 85
Serbian 5,465 4,920 0 185 360
Serbo-Croatian 375 340 0 15 25
Slovak 450 430 0 15 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 560 545 0 15 5
Ukrainian 1,650 1,550 0 70 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 5
Celtic languages 35 35 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 20 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,020 6,625 0 380 20
Afrikaans 130 120 0 10 0
Danish 160 150 0 10 0
Dutch 2,660 2,555 0 105 0
Frisian 70 70 0 0 0
German 3,830 3,590 0 230 10
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 50 45 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 45 0 10 0
Yiddish 30 30 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,600 1,470 0 70 65
Indo-Iranian languages 16,280 14,440 10 535 1,300
Indo-Aryan languages 12,440 11,105 5 360 970
Bengali 1,170 1,085 0 50 35
Gujarati 1,410 1,270 0 20 120
Hindi 960 915 0 30 20
Kashmiri 10 5 0 0 0
Konkani 55 50 0 0 0
Marathi 60 60 0 0 0
Nepali 185 85 0 40 55
Oriya (Odia) 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,580 3,915 5 105 555
Sindhi 95 90 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 235 215 0 10 5
Urdu 3,675 3,400 5 95 180
Iranian languages 3,780 3,280 5 170 325
Kurdish 1,035 870 5 45 115
Pashto 245 220 0 0 20
Persian (Farsi) 2,500 2,190 0 120 190
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 32,150 27,835 35 1,690 2,590
Catalan 15 15 0 0 0
Italian 15,385 13,665 0 685 1,030
Portuguese 7,275 6,095 5 250 920
Romanian 1,735 1,405 0 245 85
Spanish 7,720 6,630 25 510 555
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Japanese 265 245 0 5 5
Kartvelian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 1,380 1,230 0 35 115
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,360 1,085 25 210 45
Akan (Twi) 195 180 0 10 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 20 15 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 25 25 0 0 0
Ganda 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 60 65 0 0 0
Lingala 25 5 5 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 5 5 40 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 70 30 0 40 0
Shona 175 170 0 5 0
Swahili 315 240 5 40 25
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 90 85 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 265 205 10 40 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 130 90 5 30 5
Dinka 15 15 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 115 75 5 35 5
Sign languages 115 55 0 0 55
American Sign Language 45 25 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 30 0 0 40
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,085 6,770 0 190 1,125
Chinese languages 7,750 6,500 0 190 1,065
Cantonese 2,775 2,195 0 80 500
Hakka 35 25 0 0 5
Mandarin 4,345 3,795 0 100 450
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 175 135 0 5 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 60 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 345 275 0 5 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 335 270 0 0 60
Burmese 70 55 0 0 15
Karenic languages 255 200 0 0 45
Tibetan 5 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 490 410 0 15 60
Lao 305 270 0 15 20
Thai 185 140 0 0 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 680 605 0 20 55
Azerbaijani 35 35 0 0 0
Turkish 600 540 0 15 50
Uyghur 5 5 0 5 0
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Uralic languages 2,605 2,430 0 125 60
Estonian 135 130 0 10 0
Finnish 85 70 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,390 2,225 0 105 60
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 70 45 0 5 10
Multiple responses 11,560 9,685 45 1,780 55
English and French 1,195 280 0 905 5
English and non-official language 9,745 9,260 0 440 50
French and non-official language 395 85 35 275 5
English, French and non-official language 220 60 0 160 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) – Hamilton, C

  • 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-X2016054.

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