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 Durham

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	640,990	627,695	13,290
Official languages	542,740	529,445	13,290
English	532,715	519,815	12,900
French	12,250	9,635	2,615
Non-official languages	109,675	98,245	11,430
Aboriginal languages	65	50	10
Algonquian languages	35	25	10
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	20	10	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	5	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	5	0
Plains Cree	5	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	0	5
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	20	15	5
Algonquin	0	5	0
Ojibway	15	10	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	5	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	5	5	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	5	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	5	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	5	5	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	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.	10	10	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	109,615	98,200	11,415
Afro-Asiatic languages	6,170	5,340	830
Berber languages	5	0	5
Kabyle	5	0	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Cushitic languages	200	185	15
Bilen	5	0	0
Oromo	30	30	0
Somali	165	155	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	5,950	5,145	805
Amharic	245	215	25
Arabic	5,040	4,340	695
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	55	45	10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	20	15	0
Harari	80	75	10
Hebrew	70	60	5
Maltese	345	295	45
Tigrigna	80	75	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,050	970	85
Khmer (Cambodian)	70	50	15
Vietnamese	980	910	70
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	5	5	0
Austronesian languages	8,845	7,390	1,455
Bikol	15	10	0
Cebuano	250	215	35
Fijian	5	5	0
Hiligaynon	70	65	5
Ilocano	210	190	20
Malagasy	5	5	0
Malay	190	175	15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	85	70	10
Pangasinan	10	15	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	7,975	6,610	1,370
Waray-Waray	10	10	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	25	20	0
Creole languages	615	390	220
Haitian Creole	40	30	10
Creole, n.o.s.	300	185	115
Creole languages, n.i.e.	270	175	100
Dravidian languages	10,220	8,990	1,235
Kannada	90	70	25
Malayalam	840	725	115
Tamil	8,870	7,860	1,010
Telugu	405	320	85
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	15	20	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	69,245	62,745	6,505
Albanian	250	215	30
Armenian	450	415	35
Balto-Slavic languages	11,770	11,110	660
Baltic languages	240	230	10
Latvian	160	150	5
Lithuanian	90	85	5
Slavic languages	11,525	10,880	650
Belarusan	10	5	0
Bosnian	45	45	0
Bulgarian	170	155	10
Croatian	570	545	25
Czech	300	285	15
Macedonian	1,800	1,670	130
Polish	4,600	4,370	235
Russian	1,260	1,195	65
Serbian	615	575	40
Serbo-Croatian	75	70	5
Slovak	295	285	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	305	290	15
Ukrainian	1,440	1,340	100
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	55	50	5
Celtic languages	90	70	15
Scottish Gaelic	50	35	10
Welsh	30	30	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	15	5	10
Germanic languages	7,370	6,935	435
Afrikaans	140	125	20
Danish	200	190	10
Dutch	2,525	2,390	135
Frisian	85	80	0
German	4,175	3,930	240
Icelandic	10	10	0
Norwegian	65	55	10
Swedish	100	95	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	55	45	5
Yiddish	15	10	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Greek	2,810	2,515	295
Indo-Iranian languages	28,340	24,730	3,610
Indo-Aryan languages	22,085	18,940	3,145
Bengali	1,795	1,620	175
Gujarati	3,140	2,725	415
Hindi	2,240	1,735	505
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	120	85	30
Marathi	160	135	25
Nepali	65	60	0
Oriya (Odia)	20	15	5
Punjabi (Panjabi)	2,760	2,505	260
Sindhi	435	325	110
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	750	635	115
Urdu	10,595	9,095	1,505
Iranian languages	6,195	5,740	455
Kurdish	75	70	10
Pashto	675	595	75
Persian (Farsi)	5,445	5,075	370
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	60	50	10
Italic (Romance) languages	18,165	16,740	1,425
Catalan	5	5	0
Italian	6,780	6,145	640
Portuguese	3,750	3,495	255
Romanian	1,535	1,460	75
Spanish	6,085	5,625	460
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Japanese	250	225	25
Kartvelian languages	5	5	0
Georgian	5	0	0
Korean	800	755	45
Mongolic languages	5	5	0
Mongolian	5	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,565	1,200	360
Akan (Twi)	285	230	55
Bamanankan	0	0	5
Edo	60	45	10
Ewe	20	20	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	30	20	5
Ga	35	25	10
Ganda	20	15	5
Igbo	120	95	25
Lingala	60	40	30
Rundi (Kirundi)	30	25	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	30	30	0
Shona	110	85	25
Swahili	240	175	70
Wolof	5	10	0
Yoruba	285	205	80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	225	185	40
Nilo-Saharan languages	25	25	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0
Sign languages	235	145	90
American Sign Language	105	60	45
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	130	85	45
Sino-Tibetan languages	7,975	7,585	385
Chinese languages	7,910	7,525	385
Cantonese	3,335	3,150	185
Hakka	165	150	15
Mandarin	3,895	3,745	155
Min Dong	5	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	195	180	10
Wu (Shanghainese)	85	80	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	230	215	15
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	65	60	5
Burmese	20	15	5
Karenic languages	0	0	0
Tibetan	40	35	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	220	205	15
Lao	70	55	15
Thai	145	140	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	315	275	45
Azerbaijani	20	15	10
Turkish	265	235	35
Uyghur	20	25	0
Uzbek	5	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0
Uralic languages	2,030	1,930	100
Estonian	205	195	10
Finnish	315	295	20
Hungarian	1,510	1,435	70
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	45	30	15

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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) – Durham

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.0%.
• 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.