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 Montréal
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 1,914,760 220,425 517,450 1,131,675 45,205
Single responses 1,823,085 211,135 496,275 1,070,915 44,765
Official languages 1,195,590 97,945 346,340 750,455 855
English 307,080 96,985 900 208,875 320
French 888,510 960 345,440 541,580 535
Non-official languages 627,495 113,190 149,935 320,455 43,910
Aboriginal languages 585 295 60 210 15
Algonquian languages 310 135 50 120 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 275 120 45 100 5
Atikamekw 25 0 20 5 0
Montagnais (Innu) 45 0 25 20 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 15 10 0 5 0
Northern East Cree 50 25 0 20 5
Plains Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 135 80 0 50 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 15 10 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 5 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 5 5 5 0
Algonquin 15 5 5 10 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 5 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 5 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 0 5 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 205 120 5 75 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 170 95 5 65 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 10 0
Iroquoian languages 30 20 0 10 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 25 20 0 5 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 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 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 5 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. 25 15 5 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 626,910 112,900 149,875 320,240 43,890
Afro-Asiatic languages 122,040 10,175 46,120 59,925 5,825
Berber languages 13,915 45 8,545 4,885 435
Kabyle 8,560 30 5,395 2,835 300
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5,355 15 3,145 2,050 140
Cushitic languages 695 70 195 375 50
Bilen 15 5 0 5 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 660 65 185 360 50
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 5
Semitic languages 107,255 10,025 37,335 54,560 5,335
Amharic 585 205 20 350 15
Arabic 102,805 8,560 37,205 51,840 5,195
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 55 15 5 30 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 0
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 3,435 1,120 80 2,140 90
Maltese 10 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 305 105 15 165 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 15 10 25 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 180 30 40 105 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,425 2,990 5,990 11,975 3,475
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,980 410 1,615 2,190 760
Vietnamese 19,435 2,575 4,370 9,780 2,715
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 5 5 5 0
Austronesian languages 17,455 12,540 235 4,505 180
Bikol 100 70 0 30 0
Cebuano 650 495 5 145 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 375 270 0 100 0
Ilocano 1,905 1,575 0 305 30
Malagasy 445 0 175 260 15
Malay 455 210 5 230 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 185 145 0 35 0
Pangasinan 75 70 0 10 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,980 9,535 15 3,320 110
Waray-Waray 45 25 0 15 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 235 140 30 60 0
Creole languages 36,845 195 23,775 11,830 1,045
Haitian Creole 1,315 0 820 465 30
Creole, n.o.s. 35,020 140 22,910 10,950 1,010
Creole languages, n.i.e. 515 45 50 415 0
Dravidian languages 11,900 6,130 325 4,385 1,065
Kannada 200 160 0 35 10
Malayalam 335 240 5 80 10
Tamil 10,865 5,360 315 4,150 1,035
Telugu 495 370 0 110 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 20 5 5 10 0
Indo-European languages 328,960 54,580 58,995 193,810 21,575
Albanian 1,730 205 430 970 130
Armenian 7,455 985 520 5,420 535
Balto-Slavic languages 41,965 9,000 6,000 24,735 2,235
Baltic languages 570 200 5 345 10
Latvian 205 70 0 120 5
Lithuanian 365 130 10 225 5
Slavic languages 41,395 8,800 5,990 24,390 2,225
Belarusan 50 10 10 30 0
Bosnian 285 40 55 180 15
Bulgarian 4,300 370 820 2,955 155
Croatian 1,190 360 85 715 30
Czech 830 240 45 530 10
Macedonian 105 20 5 70 5
Polish 8,875 2,345 715 5,520 290
Russian 18,990 3,760 3,495 10,265 1,465
Serbian 1,495 315 145 970 60
Serbo-Croatian 480 60 70 335 10
Slovak 645 200 30 400 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 405 185 5 210 0
Ukrainian 3,675 850 495 2,160 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 25 10 45 0
Celtic languages 60 20 15 25 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 15 5 5 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 35 10 15 10 5
Germanic languages 15,165 5,505 160 8,270 1,220
Afrikaans 70 40 5 25 0
Danish 205 90 5 110 0
Dutch 1,175 285 20 865 5
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 6,075 1,855 105 4,065 50
Icelandic 55 25 0 30 0
Norwegian 115 45 0 70 0
Swedish 335 130 0 200 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 145 5 5 130 0
Yiddish 6,925 3,035 20 2,710 1,160
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 0 5 65 0
Greek 20,080 6,630 210 11,215 2,020
Indo-Iranian languages 52,615 23,125 2,475 22,315 4,695
Indo-Aryan languages 34,705 17,475 875 12,970 3,385
Bengali 9,620 4,570 275 4,030 740
Gujarati 5,120 2,565 95 1,845 615
Hindi 2,325 1,525 25 675 95
Kashmiri 15 15 0 5 0
Konkani 85 45 15 20 0
Marathi 200 140 0 50 5
Nepali 160 65 0 80 10
Oriya (Odia) 25 20 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 8,935 4,640 175 2,840 1,280
Sindhi 260 95 15 145 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 445 270 0 170 10
Urdu 7,520 3,520 275 3,100 625
Iranian languages 17,675 5,560 1,575 9,250 1,290
Kurdish 585 115 155 225 90
Pashto 905 315 90 360 140
Persian (Farsi) 16,185 5,135 1,335 8,655 1,060
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 235 80 30 100 20
Italic (Romance) languages 189,890 9,120 49,185 120,855 10,730
Catalan 220 25 30 155 5
Italian 74,490 3,320 12,065 54,355 4,755
Portuguese 18,525 1,255 5,075 11,155 1,035
Romanian 18,370 585 4,390 12,655 740
Spanish 78,215 3,935 27,610 42,485 4,190
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 70 5 15 45 0
Japanese 1,705 770 90 775 70
Kartvelian languages 140 45 20 75 5
Georgian 140 45 15 75 5
Korean 4,155 2,020 130 1,605 405
Mongolic languages 155 40 30 70 15
Mongolian 155 40 30 70 15
Niger-Congo languages 13,995 955 6,835 5,965 235
Akan (Twi) 790 405 15 365 10
Bamanankan 695 5 430 255 10
Edo 60 30 5 20 0
Ewe 325 20 145 165 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 1,180 0 675 485 25
Ga 55 25 0 25 0
Ganda 10 5 0 5 0
Igbo 80 55 0 25 0
Lingala 1,520 0 1,070 445 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,190 10 505 645 30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,030 30 350 625 25
Shona 55 30 0 25 0
Swahili 895 75 405 400 15
Wolof 1,720 10 880 790 40
Yoruba 165 75 25 60 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 4,225 180 2,335 1,635 70
Nilo-Saharan languages 120 10 40 70 5
Dinka 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 125 10 45 65 10
Sign languages 415 30 120 65 200
American Sign Language 30 15 0 10 15
Quebec Sign Language 190 5 85 40 65
Sign languages, n.i.e 195 15 35 20 125
Sino-Tibetan languages 52,755 19,620 4,710 19,490 8,935
Chinese languages 52,610 19,545 4,710 19,435 8,925
Cantonese 15,850 4,435 1,245 6,315 3,855
Hakka 305 70 30 120 80
Mandarin 30,720 13,185 2,660 10,910 3,960
Min Dong 20 5 0 5 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 2,400 415 420 1,045 510
Wu (Shanghainese) 755 300 50 255 150
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,510 1,095 300 760 350
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 65 30 5 20 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 140 75 5 55 5
Burmese 45 25 0 15 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 20 0 20 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 55 30 5 20 5
Tai-Kadai languages 1,845 190 550 955 155
Lao 1,495 55 525 785 135
Thai 350 140 30 165 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 5 5
Turkic languages 5,555 1,085 1,530 2,370 560
Azerbaijani 205 60 15 115 10
Turkish 4,935 950 1,435 2,025 520
Uyghur 145 35 25 75 10
Uzbek 120 15 20 75 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 150 30 35 80 10
Uralic languages 4,020 1,480 205 2,205 135
Estonian 145 70 0 80 0
Finnish 225 90 5 120 5
Hungarian 3,650 1,320 195 2,005 130
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 390 40 165 175 10
Multiple responses 91,675 9,290 21,175 60,765 445
English and French 25,180 585 810 23,735 45
English and non-official language 18,755 8,280 160 10,205 115
French and non-official language 37,330 170 19,780 17,170 215
English, French and non-official language 10,410 255 425 9,655 70

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Montréal

  • 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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