Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Wellington

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	220,565	217,550	3,010
Official languages	184,210	181,200	3,010
English	181,690	178,735	2,955
French	3,095	2,465	625
Non-official languages	38,865	36,355	2,510
Aboriginal languages	20	15	10
Algonquian languages	15	10	5
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	10	0
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	15	10	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	38,845	36,340	2,505
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,675	1,510	170
Berber languages	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	90	80	10
Bilen	15	15	0
Oromo	5	5	0
Somali	70	60	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Semitic languages	1,575	1,420	160
Amharic	215	200	15
Arabic	945	835	115
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	40	30	5
Maltese	85	70	10
Tigrigna	285	275	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,940	1,860	80
Khmer (Cambodian)	150	140	10
Vietnamese	1,785	1,720	65
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,325	1,995	330
Bikol	5	0	0
Cebuano	95	85	10
Fijian	5	5	0
Hiligaynon	40	35	5
Ilocano	75	65	10
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	80	70	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	20	25	0
Pangasinan	5	5	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,980	1,690	290
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Creole languages	35	25	10
Haitian Creole	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	5	5	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	25	20	5
Dravidian languages	670	600	70
Kannada	45	40	5
Malayalam	190	175	10
Tamil	400	355	40
Telugu	45	30	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	5	5	0
Indo-European languages	25,620	24,110	1,510
Albanian	65	55	5
Armenian	90	85	0
Balto-Slavic languages	4,085	3,860	230
Baltic languages	105	100	10
Latvian	45	40	5
Lithuanian	60	60	0
Slavic languages	3,975	3,760	215
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	80	80	5
Bulgarian	25	25	5
Croatian	325	315	10
Czech	195	175	15
Macedonian	50	50	0
Polish	1,790	1,680	100
Russian	370	345	25
Serbian	560	540	20
Serbo-Croatian	65	65	0
Slovak	110	95	15
Slovene (Slovenian)	80	75	5
Ukrainian	320	290	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Celtic languages	35	25	10
Scottish Gaelic	15	15	5
Welsh	15	15	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Germanic languages	8,995	8,685	310
Afrikaans	50	40	10
Danish	145	135	5
Dutch	2,345	2,245	100
Frisian	70	70	0
German	6,265	6,085	185
Icelandic	15	10	0
Norwegian	10	10	0
Swedish	45	40	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	40	35	0
Yiddish	5	5	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Greek	315	285	35
Indo-Iranian languages	6,040	5,545	495
Indo-Aryan languages	4,675	4,275	405
Bengali	325	295	30
Gujarati	705	675	35
Hindi	450	390	55
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	15	10	0
Marathi	45	45	0
Nepali	295	285	10
Oriya (Odia)	20	20	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	1,915	1,770	145
Sindhi	35	35	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	160	140	20
Urdu	710	600	110
Iranian languages	1,330	1,250	80
Kurdish	85	80	5
Pashto	165	155	5
Persian (Farsi)	1,085	1,020	70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	30	20	10
Italic (Romance) languages	5,995	5,565	435
Catalan	0	5	0
Italian	2,960	2,740	220
Portuguese	840	785	60
Romanian	420	400	20
Spanish	1,770	1,635	135
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Japanese	160	150	5
Kartvelian languages	10	10	0
Georgian	10	10	0
Korean	330	320	10
Mongolic languages	5	5	5
Mongolian	5	5	0
Niger-Congo languages	245	180	60
Akan (Twi)	40	25	20
Bamanankan	5	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	5	5	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0
Ganda	5	5	0
Igbo	10	5	0
Lingala	10	10	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	15	10	0
Shona	15	10	5
Swahili	60	40	20
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	40	35	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	35	35	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	40	40	5
Dinka	10	5	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	35	30	5
Sign languages	90	55	35
American Sign Language	45	25	20
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	45	30	15
Sino-Tibetan languages	3,830	3,690	135
Chinese languages	3,820	3,685	135
Cantonese	1,280	1,230	50
Hakka	25	25	0
Mandarin	2,200	2,125	70
Min Dong	5	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	145	135	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	30	30	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	140	135	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	5	0
Burmese	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0
Tibetan	5	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages	250	235	10
Lao	170	155	10
Thai	80	80	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	455	430	25
Azerbaijani	5	5	0
Turkish	75	70	5
Uyghur	5	0	0
Uzbek	355	335	20
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5
Uralic languages	1,155	1,115	40
Estonian	40	40	0
Finnish	80	80	5
Hungarian	1,030	1,000	35
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Data quality note(s) – Wellington

• 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-X2016060.