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. 6
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 1,486,600 1,349,130 1,295 105,815 30,370
Single responses 1,445,385 1,313,985 1,230 100,060 30,120
Official languages 1,053,865 969,340 770 83,345 410
English 1,031,835 967,715 40 63,670 405
French 22,035 1,625 730 19,675 5
Non-official languages 391,515 344,640 455 16,710 29,705
Aboriginal languages 1,160 1,140 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 555 540 0 15 0
Blackfoot 245 240 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 235 220 0 10 5
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 55 55 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Woods Cree 10 15 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 155 150 0 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 15 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 65 65 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 60 55 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 105 105 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 105 105 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 20 20 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 5 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 70 65 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 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 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 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 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 5
Michif 15 10 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 5 5 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 435 430 0 0 0
Dakota 25 30 0 0 0
Stoney 405 405 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 5 5 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 25 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 390,355 343,505 455 16,690 29,705
Afro-Asiatic languages 29,825 25,010 80 2,285 2,455
Berber languages 145 25 0 110 10
Kabyle 65 10 5 55 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 75 20 0 55 5
Cushitic languages 2,480 2,270 5 55 160
Bilen 45 40 0 0 5
Oromo 955 890 0 5 65
Somali 1,465 1,330 0 45 90
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 27,160 22,675 75 2,125 2,285
Amharic 4,080 3,865 5 55 150
Arabic 19,100 15,245 65 1,990 1,805
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 290 220 0 5 75
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 85 55 0 5 25
Harari 75 70 0 0 5
Hebrew 515 475 0 25 5
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 2,770 2,525 10 30 205
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 210 185 0 10 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 14,520 11,970 10 345 2,190
Khmer (Cambodian) 905 775 0 30 100
Vietnamese 13,605 11,185 15 315 2,095
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 50,005 49,125 15 445 425
Bikol 235 235 0 5 0
Cebuano 2,115 2,090 0 10 15
Fijian 45 45 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 720 715 0 5 10
Ilocano 2,645 2,595 0 15 30
Malagasy 25 5 0 20 0
Malay 805 780 0 20 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 280 275 0 0 5
Pangasinan 135 135 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 42,355 41,620 15 370 345
Waray-Waray 150 155 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 495 485 0 5 5
Creole languages 640 290 10 325 15
Haitian Creole 25 10 0 20 0
Creole, n.o.s. 430 120 10 295 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 185 170 0 15 0
Dravidian languages 5,300 5,035 0 90 170
Kannada 285 275 0 5 5
Malayalam 2,150 2,065 0 25 65
Tamil 1,880 1,750 0 55 70
Telugu 960 915 0 10 30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 90 85 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 192,900 170,285 260 10,400 11,955
Albanian 1,370 1,225 0 60 90
Armenian 255 200 0 50 10
Balto-Slavic languages 32,220 29,110 20 1,925 1,170
Baltic languages 545 495 0 30 15
Latvian 195 175 0 10 10
Lithuanian 345 320 0 20 10
Slavic languages 31,680 28,610 20 1,895 1,155
Belarusan 20 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 870 815 0 25 30
Bulgarian 960 845 0 85 30
Croatian 2,145 2,035 0 75 35
Czech 1,580 1,465 0 105 15
Macedonian 160 150 0 5 5
Polish 8,375 7,595 5 535 245
Russian 9,745 8,485 15 615 635
Serbian 1,905 1,730 5 125 50
Serbo-Croatian 530 495 0 30 10
Slovak 1,220 1,135 0 65 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 285 265 0 15 5
Ukrainian 3,820 3,515 0 215 90
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 5 0
Celtic languages 145 130 0 20 0
Scottish Gaelic 55 45 0 5 0
Welsh 65 60 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages 21,425 19,840 5 1,515 65
Afrikaans 1,115 1,080 0 30 5
Danish 975 940 0 35 5
Dutch 4,740 4,305 0 430 10
Frisian 60 55 0 10 0
German 13,655 12,715 0 900 40
Icelandic 70 60 0 5 0
Norwegian 275 255 0 15 0
Swedish 320 280 0 35 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 120 70 0 50 0
Yiddish 85 65 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0
Greek 1,620 1,435 0 150 35
Indo-Iranian languages 92,230 81,630 30 1,925 8,650
Indo-Aryan languages 79,125 70,090 20 1,350 7,665
Bengali 4,160 3,880 0 175 105
Gujarati 5,625 5,245 0 120 265
Hindi 7,440 7,055 0 140 235
Kashmiri 85 80 0 0 5
Konkani 170 170 0 0 0
Marathi 850 800 0 20 25
Nepali 1,955 1,790 0 30 140
Oriya (Odia) 100 95 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 39,010 32,535 15 390 6,070
Sindhi 1,750 1,625 0 75 45
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 980 955 0 20 10
Urdu 16,995 15,855 5 375 760
Iranian languages 12,150 10,690 10 560 885
Kurdish 755 655 0 15 80
Pashto 1,645 1,480 0 25 145
Persian (Farsi) 9,750 8,555 5 525 660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 960 855 0 10 95
Italic (Romance) languages 43,630 36,725 205 4,755 1,945
Catalan 45 40 0 5 0
Italian 5,550 4,825 5 600 120
Portuguese 3,760 3,215 10 365 175
Romanian 4,850 3,670 20 990 175
Spanish 29,410 24,975 175 2,785 1,475
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Japanese 2,460 2,275 0 80 110
Kartvelian languages 130 110 0 5 15
Georgian 130 110 0 5 15
Korean 9,345 8,445 0 150 745
Mongolic languages 450 410 0 15 20
Mongolian 450 405 5 20 20
Niger-Congo languages 5,960 4,895 45 940 80
Akan (Twi) 705 650 0 50 5
Bamanankan 15 0 5 10 0
Edo 105 105 0 5 0
Ewe 60 50 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 80 5 10 55 5
Ga 70 65 0 0 0
Ganda 45 40 0 0 0
Igbo 710 680 0 30 5
Lingala 85 0 10 75 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 155 30 0 105 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 125 65 0 65 5
Shona 325 305 0 15 0
Swahili 805 585 10 195 25
Wolof 120 20 5 85 10
Yoruba 1,440 1,405 0 30 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,130 900 15 205 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,520 1,435 0 15 65
Dinka 730 680 0 5 45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 790 755 0 10 20
Sign languages 270 145 0 5 125
American Sign Language 105 80 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 170 65 0 5 100
Sino-Tibetan languages 69,435 57,230 20 1,155 11,025
Chinese languages 68,185 56,145 20 1,150 10,870
Cantonese 34,315 27,220 0 545 6,545
Hakka 345 275 0 10 60
Mandarin 28,840 24,800 20 525 3,500
Min Dong 45 35 0 0 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,725 1,415 0 35 270
Wu (Shanghainese) 375 300 0 0 80
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,525 2,090 0 30 400
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,245 1,085 0 5 155
Burmese 270 260 0 0 15
Karenic languages 285 210 0 0 70
Tibetan 550 485 0 5 55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 145 130 0 0 20
Tai-Kadai languages 1,150 1,040 0 35 75
Lao 485 430 0 20 35
Thai 650 605 0 15 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,785 1,530 5 125 125
Azerbaijani 240 220 0 5 20
Turkish 1,270 1,065 10 110 95
Uyghur 60 55 0 0 5
Uzbek 70 70 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 140 125 0 5 10
Uralic languages 4,225 3,880 0 245 100
Estonian 95 75 0 20 0
Finnish 350 320 0 20 5
Hungarian 3,785 3,480 0 205 95
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 335 310 0 15 5
Multiple responses 41,215 35,145 65 5,755 245
English and French 3,800 785 5 3,010 0
English and non-official language 35,520 34,000 15 1,285 230
French and non-official language 1,075 210 45 815 15
English, French and non-official language 815 155 5 655 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) – Division No. 6

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
  • 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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