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 Ottawa, CV
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 1 923,375 549,395 12,680 347,510 13,790
Single responses 889,715 536,590 11,805 327,635 13,695
Official languages 689,295 399,485 8,585 280,985 245
English 562,075 397,755 75 164,035 215
French 127,225 1,730 8,510 116,950 30
Non-official languages 200,415 137,105 3,220 46,650 13,450
Aboriginal languages 650 580 0 60 10
Algonquian languages 280 225 0 50 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 155 125 0 25 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 10 10 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 20 15 0 5 0
Plains Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 25 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 80 55 0 20 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 15 0 10 0
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 10 0 10 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 100 90 0 15 0
Algonquin 25 20 0 5 5
Ojibway 70 60 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 10 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 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 10 5 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 5 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 330 310 0 5 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 295 280 0 5 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 25 25 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 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 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 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 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 199,770 136,520 3,220 46,585 13,435
Afro-Asiatic languages 44,345 27,295 890 12,385 3,775
Berber languages 375 35 40 285 15
Kabyle 250 20 30 185 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 125 10 10 100 5
Cushitic languages 6,660 4,115 305 1,725 525
Bilen 50 40 0 5 0
Oromo 215 190 0 20 5
Somali 6,305 3,850 295 1,655 500
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 90 30 15 45 10
Semitic languages 37,255 23,120 540 10,355 3,240
Amharic 1,455 1,225 5 165 60
Arabic 34,290 20,650 540 10,005 3,105
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 80 55 0 20 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 0 5 0
Harari 60 40 0 10 5
Hebrew 355 260 0 90 5
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 905 790 0 60 50
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 35 5 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,045 5,030 35 1,265 710
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 840 5 135 115
Vietnamese 5,930 4,190 30 1,130 595
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 7,785 7,325 5 380 75
Bikol 30 25 0 0 0
Cebuano 365 345 0 20 5
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 110 105 0 5 0
Ilocano 575 555 0 5 15
Malagasy 55 0 10 50 0
Malay 395 355 0 40 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 20 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,040 5,725 0 255 55
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 5 0
Creole languages 4,175 315 1,135 2,550 170
Haitian Creole 295 30 65 195 5
Creole, n.o.s. 3,705 180 1,065 2,295 165
Creole languages, n.i.e. 180 110 0 70 5
Dravidian languages 3,810 3,200 0 455 145
Kannada 225 185 0 30 5
Malayalam 660 575 0 70 20
Tamil 2,415 1,980 0 325 110
Telugu 490 445 0 30 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 87,110 61,125 350 22,090 3,540
Albanian 655 505 5 105 40
Armenian 465 225 10 220 20
Balto-Slavic languages 20,275 14,325 50 5,200 700
Baltic languages 455 285 0 170 0
Latvian 250 155 0 90 0
Lithuanian 210 125 5 80 0
Slavic languages 19,815 14,040 50 5,030 695
Belarusan 40 30 0 5 5
Bosnian 600 480 0 95 25
Bulgarian 850 565 0 255 30
Croatian 1,000 720 5 265 15
Czech 910 630 5 270 5
Macedonian 60 50 0 15 0
Polish 5,520 3,895 10 1,490 120
Russian 6,150 4,470 20 1,310 350
Serbian 1,705 1,205 5 430 70
Serbo-Croatian 515 370 0 130 15
Slovak 575 415 0 150 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 210 145 0 60 0
Ukrainian 1,630 1,035 0 545 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 10 0
Celtic languages 115 80 0 30 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 30 0 10 0
Welsh 55 40 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,680 6,015 5 2,640 25
Afrikaans 160 135 0 25 0
Danish 300 235 0 60 0
Dutch 2,215 1,600 0 615 0
Frisian 40 30 0 5 0
German 5,275 3,570 5 1,685 20
Icelandic 15 15 0 5 0
Norwegian 135 105 0 30 0
Swedish 275 190 0 85 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 75 30 0 45 0
Yiddish 180 100 0 75 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Greek 2,115 1,335 0 725 55
Indo-Iranian languages 26,965 22,105 20 3,375 1,465
Indo-Aryan languages 18,345 15,275 10 2,225 835
Bengali 3,255 2,700 0 440 115
Gujarati 1,465 1,235 5 180 55
Hindi 2,875 2,460 5 330 85
Kashmiri 20 20 0 5 0
Konkani 105 90 0 10 0
Marathi 290 250 0 35 0
Nepali 925 700 5 70 155
Oriya (Odia) 40 30 0 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,880 3,135 0 495 250
Sindhi 265 210 0 45 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 810 735 0 60 15
Urdu 4,405 3,715 0 555 140
Iranian languages 8,525 6,750 10 1,140 630
Kurdish 655 535 5 70 45
Pashto 1,025 825 0 70 130
Persian (Farsi) 6,850 5,385 10 1,000 455
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 27,840 16,540 260 9,795 1,245
Catalan 30 20 0 10 0
Italian 9,030 5,415 35 3,185 400
Portuguese 4,205 2,270 85 1,630 225
Romanian 2,565 1,140 25 1,285 110
Spanish 11,990 7,680 115 3,675 515
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 10 0
Japanese 985 775 5 175 30
Kartvelian languages 35 30 0 5 0
Georgian 35 25 5 5 0
Korean 2,070 1,705 0 245 115
Mongolic languages 30 20 0 5 5
Mongolian 35 20 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,380 2,000 730 2,555 95
Akan (Twi) 360 295 0 60 0
Bamanankan 75 0 20 50 0
Edo 35 30 0 5 0
Ewe 75 40 5 25 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 100 10 15 75 0
Ga 60 55 0 5 0
Ganda 125 110 0 10 5
Igbo 180 165 0 15 0
Lingala 320 20 105 195 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 840 25 160 635 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 650 75 95 450 25
Shona 110 100 0 10 0
Swahili 1,100 455 135 485 30
Wolof 80 5 15 55 5
Yoruba 240 210 0 30 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,035 395 175 445 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 305 260 5 35 10
Dinka 85 80 0 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 180 10 20 10
Sign languages 220 85 0 25 110
American Sign Language 75 40 0 5 25
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 140 45 0 15 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 31,945 24,035 35 3,400 4,480
Chinese languages 31,135 23,335 35 3,385 4,375
Cantonese 10,160 7,160 10 1,275 1,720
Hakka 150 115 5 20 15
Mandarin 18,575 14,380 15 1,855 2,330
Min Dong 50 40 0 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 725 515 5 115 80
Wu (Shanghainese) 445 295 0 40 110
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,010 825 0 75 110
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 810 700 0 15 100
Burmese 225 205 0 0 15
Karenic languages 325 275 0 0 50
Tibetan 95 75 0 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 170 145 0 0 25
Tai-Kadai languages 690 545 5 105 30
Lao 345 245 5 75 20
Thai 345 300 0 25 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,650 1,235 5 300 105
Azerbaijani 120 95 0 25 5
Turkish 1,385 1,045 0 255 90
Uyghur 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 65 40 0 20 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 5 5
Uralic languages 2,055 1,435 5 575 30
Estonian 150 85 0 70 0
Finnish 305 240 0 65 0
Hungarian 1,595 1,115 10 445 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 140 90 5 40 5
Multiple responses 33,660 12,805 875 19,875 95
English and French 12,295 870 85 11,345 0
English and non-official language 15,130 11,565 15 3,490 65
French and non-official language 3,820 170 755 2,870 25
English, French and non-official language 2,410 210 20 2,175 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) – Ottawa, CV

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
  • 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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