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
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 1 530,630 489,915 375 30,530 9,815
Single responses 519,075 480,230 335 28,745 9,765
Official languages 396,540 372,600 215 23,595 130
English 389,870 371,970 15 17,760 130
French 6,670 635 200 5,835 0
Non-official languages 122,535 107,630 120 5,150 9,635
Aboriginal languages 75 70 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 35 30 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 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 0 0 5 0
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 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 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 25 0 5 0
Cayuga 10 10 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 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 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 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 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 122,460 107,560 125 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 10 195
Bilen 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 40 35 0 0 10
Somali 995 805 0 5 180
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 11,735 9,275 25 595 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 25 350
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 210 175 0 10 35
Harari 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 150 135 0 10 5
Maltese 125 120 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 115 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 95 0 0 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,980 3,280 0 80 620
Khmer (Cambodian) 815 675 0 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 25 25 0 0 0
Cebuano 190 185 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 300 290 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 100 0 0 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 30 30 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,245 4,175 0 30 45
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 0
Creole languages 290 135 10 135 10
Haitian Creole 25 10 0 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 170 35 10 120 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 95 100 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 1,275 1,185 0 50 40
Kannada 50 45 0 5 0
Malayalam 660 630 0 10 20
Tamil 470 420 0 30 20
Telugu 100 90 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 83,865 74,910 55 3,580 5,320
Albanian 1,275 1,140 0 25 115
Armenian 270 235 0 25 15
Balto-Slavic languages 25,230 23,140 10 855 1,225
Baltic languages 695 640 0 40 10
Latvian 290 265 0 20 5
Lithuanian 405 380 0 20 5
Slavic languages 24,540 22,500 10 820 1,210
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 935 820 0 35 80
Bulgarian 135 120 0 5 10
Croatian 4,685 4,365 5 115 210
Czech 940 800 5 30 105
Macedonian 485 460 0 15 15
Polish 7,275 6,750 0 240 285
Russian 1,465 1,305 0 75 85
Serbian 5,465 4,925 5 185 355
Serbo-Croatian 380 335 0 10 25
Slovak 450 430 0 15 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 560 540 0 15 5
Ukrainian 1,650 1,550 0 70 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 5
Celtic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 15 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,025 6,625 0 380 20
Afrikaans 135 125 0 10 5
Danish 160 150 0 10 0
Dutch 2,660 2,555 0 110 5
Frisian 70 70 0 5 0
German 3,830 3,590 0 230 10
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 55 45 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 45 0 10 0
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,600 1,465 0 70 65
Indo-Iranian languages 16,280 14,440 10 535 1,295
Indo-Aryan languages 12,440 11,105 5 365 970
Bengali 1,170 1,090 0 50 30
Gujarati 1,415 1,275 0 25 115
Hindi 965 910 0 25 20
Kashmiri 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 55 50 0 0 0
Marathi 60 60 0 0 0
Nepali 180 85 0 40 55
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,580 3,920 0 110 555
Sindhi 95 90 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 235 215 0 15 5
Urdu 3,675 3,400 5 95 180
Iranian languages 3,780 3,280 5 170 330
Kurdish 1,035 870 0 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 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 32,145 27,835 30 1,685 2,590
Catalan 15 10 0 0 0
Italian 15,385 13,665 0 685 1,025
Portuguese 7,270 6,095 5 245 920
Romanian 1,735 1,405 0 240 80
Spanish 7,720 6,630 25 510 560
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 5 0
Japanese 265 245 0 10 10
Kartvelian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 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 1,080 30 210 45
Akan (Twi) 195 180 0 10 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 15 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 5 0
Ga 25 25 0 0 0
Ganda 35 35 0 0 0
Igbo 65 60 0 0 0
Lingala 25 0 0 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 5 5 35 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 70 30 0 45 0
Shona 175 170 0 5 0
Swahili 310 235 0 40 25
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 90 85 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 265 205 10 40 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 130 90 5 35 5
Dinka 15 15 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 115 75 0 30 5
Sign languages 115 55 0 0 60
American Sign Language 40 25 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 30 0 0 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,090 6,770 5 190 1,125
Chinese languages 7,755 6,500 0 190 1,065
Cantonese 2,770 2,200 0 80 500
Hakka 35 30 0 0 5
Mandarin 4,350 3,800 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 330 270 0 0 60
Burmese 70 60 0 0 10
Karenic languages 250 200 0 0 45
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 490 410 0 15 60
Lao 300 270 0 15 20
Thai 185 140 0 5 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 680 605 0 20 55
Azerbaijani 35 35 0 0 0
Turkish 605 540 0 15 50
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 10
Uralic languages 2,605 2,425 0 120 60
Estonian 135 130 0 10 0
Finnish 80 70 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,385 2,225 0 105 55
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 10 10
Multiple responses 11,560 9,685 40 1,785 55
English and French 1,195 285 5 905 0
English and non-official language 9,750 9,255 5 435 50
French and non-official language 400 85 30 275 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

  • 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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