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 Alberta
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 4,026,655 3,698,765 3,890 264,720 59,280
Single responses 3,934,580 3,621,175 3,685 250,945 58,770
Official languages 3,063,635 2,843,835 2,535 216,325 940
English 2,991,485 2,837,435 100 153,030 920
French 72,150 6,405 2,435 63,295 20
Non-official languages 870,945 777,340 1,150 34,625 57,835
Aboriginal languages 23,840 23,380 20 215 230
Algonquian languages 18,295 17,920 15 165 195
Blackfoot 2,755 2,735 0 15 5
Cree-Montagnais languages 14,960 14,630 15 140 175
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 10 0 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 45 45 0 0 5
Plains Cree 720 700 0 10 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 50 45 0 0 0
Woods Cree 910 885 0 5 15
Cree, n.o.s. 13,220 12,940 15 120 155
Eastern Algonquian languages 30 35 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 35 30 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 550 525 0 10 10
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 530 505 5 10 10
Oji-Cree 15 15 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 1,865 1,820 0 25 15
Northern Athabaskan languages 1,850 1,810 0 25 20
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 35 35 0 0 0
Carrier 15 10 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 0 0 0 0
Dene 1,470 1,430 0 20 15
Dogrib (Tlicho) 35 40 0 0 0
Gwich'in 15 15 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 70 70 0 0 0
Sekani 0 5 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 200 200 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 10 15 0 0 0
South Slavey 150 150 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 35 35 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 5 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 5 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 5 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages 125 115 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 20 20 0 0 0
Inuktitut 60 55 0 5 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 5 5 0 0 5
Michif 80 70 0 5 0
Salish languages 15 15 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 5 0 5 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 5 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 3,370 3,350 0 5 10
Dakota 350 345 0 0 0
Stoney 3,015 3,005 0 5 10
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 10 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 5 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. 55 50 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 847,105 753,965 1,130 34,405 57,605
Afro-Asiatic languages 68,415 56,815 230 5,420 5,945
Berber languages 335 90 10 215 20
Kabyle 165 50 0 105 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 175 40 10 110 10
Cushitic languages 12,525 11,000 25 570 935
Bilen 315 250 0 5 55
Oromo 2,650 2,415 0 15 220
Somali 9,520 8,310 25 535 655
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 5 10
Semitic languages 55,425 45,615 195 4,625 4,990
Amharic 7,325 6,910 5 135 270
Arabic 40,540 31,910 175 4,315 4,140
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 400 315 5 5 80
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 140 105 0 0 30
Harari 260 250 0 5 5
Hebrew 965 895 0 55 10
Maltese 75 65 0 5 0
Tigrigna 5,415 4,910 5 70 425
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 305 260 0 25 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 125 110 0 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 25,295 21,100 20 585 3,590
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,925 1,655 5 50 215
Vietnamese 23,350 19,425 15 530 3,375
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 20 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 115,405 113,425 40 1,025 920
Bikol 425 420 0 5 0
Cebuano 5,135 5,070 0 30 35
Fijian 125 125 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 1,495 1,475 0 10 10
Ilocano 5,350 5,265 0 35 45
Malagasy 35 5 5 25 0
Malay 1,455 1,395 0 30 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 760 755 0 5 5
Pangasinan 290 285 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 99,035 97,365 30 870 770
Waray-Waray 305 305 0 5 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 985 955 0 15 10
Creole languages 1,900 935 45 875 45
Haitian Creole 90 30 0 55 0
Creole, n.o.s. 1,175 350 35 760 35
Creole languages, n.i.e. 625 560 5 65 5
Dravidian languages 13,490 12,755 5 225 505
Kannada 530 510 0 15 10
Malayalam 6,345 6,015 0 65 265
Tamil 4,430 4,155 0 115 155
Telugu 2,130 2,015 0 35 80
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 50 55 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 105 95 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 442,685 397,160 500 19,960 25,070
Albanian 2,345 2,120 0 90 130
Armenian 500 395 0 90 15
Balto-Slavic languages 80,330 74,085 35 3,730 2,485
Baltic languages 1,010 935 0 55 25
Latvian 415 385 0 25 10
Lithuanian 595 550 0 30 10
Slavic languages 79,320 73,150 35 3,675 2,460
Belarusan 60 55 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,835 1,730 0 40 65
Bulgarian 1,545 1,330 0 175 45
Croatian 4,655 4,450 0 120 75
Czech 3,000 2,775 0 200 30
Macedonian 360 335 0 15 10
Polish 20,130 18,490 5 1,055 585
Russian 17,810 15,675 20 1,015 1,100
Serbian 4,025 3,670 5 220 135
Serbo-Croatian 965 905 0 60 15
Slovak 2,185 2,040 0 115 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 690 660 0 30 5
Ukrainian 21,830 20,835 5 625 375
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 10 0
Celtic languages 370 335 0 35 5
Scottish Gaelic 135 120 0 15 0
Welsh 170 160 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
Germanic languages 104,260 97,150 20 3,410 3,680
Afrikaans 3,010 2,910 0 75 30
Danish 2,380 2,310 0 65 5
Dutch 16,135 15,225 5 855 55
Frisian 360 340 0 20 0
German 80,050 74,280 20 2,165 3,585
Icelandic 120 110 0 5 0
Norwegian 815 785 0 30 0
Swedish 875 810 0 60 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 320 220 0 100 0
Yiddish 140 120 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 15 5
Greek 3,130 2,795 0 270 65
Indo-Iranian languages 166,805 148,485 55 3,775 14,485
Indo-Aryan languages 145,900 130,035 45 2,840 12,980
Bengali 7,005 6,500 0 305 190
Gujarati 13,135 12,130 5 290 710
Hindi 17,055 16,150 0 340 570
Kashmiri 110 100 0 0 5
Konkani 370 355 0 15 5
Marathi 1,505 1,415 0 45 40
Nepali 5,180 4,555 0 90 530
Oriya (Odia) 190 175 0 5 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 68,695 58,140 25 890 9,640
Sindhi 2,775 2,585 0 115 75
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,590 2,495 0 45 50
Urdu 27,295 25,445 5 695 1,155
Iranian languages 19,595 17,285 15 905 1,390
Kurdish 1,550 1,340 5 50 160
Pashto 2,555 2,295 0 50 210
Persian (Farsi) 15,490 13,650 15 805 1,020
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,310 1,160 0 30 120
Italic (Romance) languages 84,940 71,795 385 8,565 4,200
Catalan 75 65 5 10 0
Italian 11,380 9,955 5 1,135 280
Portuguese 9,050 7,825 25 775 420
Romanian 8,030 6,200 20 1,540 275
Spanish 56,370 47,725 335 5,090 3,215
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 0
Japanese 4,875 4,505 0 155 210
Kartvelian languages 230 195 0 15 25
Georgian 230 195 0 10 25
Korean 17,920 16,020 5 360 1,540
Mongolic languages 545 485 0 25 25
Mongolian 540 485 5 25 20
Niger-Congo languages 15,365 11,960 235 2,850 320
Akan (Twi) 1,755 1,635 0 105 15
Bamanankan 35 5 5 25 0
Edo 275 280 0 0 0
Ewe 245 200 0 40 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 225 35 25 155 15
Ga 145 135 0 10 0
Ganda 280 265 0 15 5
Igbo 1,160 1,105 0 45 5
Lingala 275 25 25 210 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 600 110 30 415 45
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 800 295 20 455 30
Shona 1,100 1,055 0 35 10
Swahili 2,375 1,705 45 550 80
Wolof 280 45 20 200 15
Yoruba 2,435 2,375 0 45 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,370 2,690 65 545 75
Nilo-Saharan languages 2,725 2,570 5 45 105
Dinka 1,340 1,275 0 5 60
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 1,380 1,300 0 35 40
Sign languages 830 480 5 15 330
American Sign Language 335 245 5 5 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 500 230 0 10 255
Sino-Tibetan languages 122,450 102,070 25 2,040 18,310
Chinese languages 120,375 100,280 25 2,035 18,035
Cantonese 59,140 47,385 5 915 10,835
Hakka 995 840 0 20 130
Mandarin 50,660 44,015 25 945 5,675
Min Dong 115 90 0 0 25
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,060 2,550 0 50 460
Wu (Shanghainese) 630 510 0 5 120
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,725 4,850 0 90 785
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,075 1,790 0 10 275
Burmese 430 400 0 0 25
Karenic languages 795 630 0 0 160
Tibetan 575 515 0 5 60
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 275 245 0 5 30
Tai-Kadai languages 2,670 2,395 0 70 205
Lao 1,020 915 0 45 60
Thai 1,630 1,460 0 25 140
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 20 20 0 0 0
Turkic languages 4,050 3,485 15 255 300
Azerbaijani 370 335 0 10 25
Turkish 3,135 2,655 15 230 240
Uyghur 130 120 0 0 5
Uzbek 205 185 0 10 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 215 190 0 10 15
Uralic languages 7,470 6,895 5 435 140
Estonian 190 155 0 35 0
Finnish 805 750 0 50 5
Hungarian 6,470 5,990 0 350 130
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 685 615 5 50 20
Multiple responses 92,070 77,585 205 13,775 510
English and French 10,230 2,355 40 7,835 0
English and non-official language 77,520 74,335 20 2,690 470
French and non-official language 2,680 525 135 1,995 30
English, French and non-official language 1,640 375 15 1,255 5

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Footnote(s)

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Data quality note(s) – Alberta

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
  • 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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