Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), 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 first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Wellington
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 220,560 215,165 2,435 640 2,325 2,755 1.2
Single responses 214,310 209,180 2,315 495 2,325 2,560 1.2
Official languages 196,335 194,060 2,275 0 0 2,280 1.2
English 195,655 194,015 1,645 0 0 1,645 0.8
French 675 50 635 0 0 630 93.3
Non-official languages 17,970 15,120 35 495 2,320 285 1.6
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 17,975 15,120 35 495 2,325 280 1.6
Afro-Asiatic languages 875 720 5 30 125 15 1.7
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bilen 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 840 695 5 30 120 20 2.4
Amharic 130 120 0 5 10 0 0.0
Arabic 460 345 5 25 85 15 3.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 220 195 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,340 1,040 5 20 280 10 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 85 65 0 5 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,250 970 0 15 260 10 0.8
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 835 820 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 745 730 0 0 10 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0 5 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 365 330 0 15 25 10 2.7
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 100 85 0 5 10 5 5.0
Tamil 225 210 0 5 15 0 0.0
Telugu 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 10,720 9,080 25 360 1,255 205 1.9
Albanian 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 55 35 0 10 5 5 9.1
Balto-Slavic languages 1,550 1,360 0 65 120 40 2.6
Baltic languages 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 25 15 0 5 5 5 20.0
Slavic languages 1,520 1,335 5 65 115 35 2.3
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Croatian 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 675 605 0 20 55 10 1.5
Russian 200 165 5 20 10 15 7.5
Serbian 315 270 0 15 30 5 1.6
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 3,520 3,045 10 40 420 30 0.9
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 350 320 0 5 20 5 1.4
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 3,090 2,660 5 30 400 20 0.6
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,575 2,960 0 135 480 65 1.8
Indo-Aryan languages 2,770 2,290 5 100 375 55 2.0
Bengali 175 165 5 0 5 5 2.9
Gujarati 445 390 0 5 45 5 1.1
Hindi 225 210 0 0 10 5 2.2
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 225 140 5 40 45 20 8.9
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,235 935 0 45 250 20 1.6
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 355 335 0 5 15 0 0.0
Iranian languages 785 655 0 30 100 20 2.5
Kurdish 55 40 0 0 20 0 0.0
Pashto 65 50 0 5 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 665 565 0 25 75 10 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 1,875 1,550 10 110 205 65 3.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 695 575 0 10 110 5 0.7
Portuguese 205 160 0 15 35 10 4.9
Romanian 190 145 0 30 15 15 7.9
Spanish 785 665 5 60 45 35 4.5
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 75 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 200 170 0 5 20 0 0.0
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 50 35 5 5 10 5 10.0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,535 2,045 0 30 455 15 0.6
Chinese languages 2,535 2,045 0 35 460 20 0.8
Cantonese 805 575 0 10 220 5 0.6
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,580 1,350 0 25 210 15 0.9
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 55 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 140 100 0 5 40 0 0.0
Lao 95 75 0 5 20 0 0.0
Thai 45 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 255 200 0 10 45 5 2.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 205 165 0 5 35 5 2.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 475 425 0 15 30 10 2.1
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 455 410 0 15 30 10 2.2
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,255 5,990 120 150 0 195 3.1
English and French 285 115 85 85 0 125 43.9
English and non-official language 5,840 5,835 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 10 20 0 0 20 57.1
English, French and non-official language 95 25 10 60 0 40 42.1

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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