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 Middlesex
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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 3 450,290 436,700 5,290 2,060 6,240 6,315 1.4
Single responses 432,845 420,095 4,875 1,635 6,240 5,695 1.3
Official languages 392,365 387,600 4,760 0 0 4,765 1.2
English 390,705 387,490 3,210 0 0 3,215 0.8
French 1,660 110 1,550 0 0 1,550 93.4
Non-official languages 40,480 32,490 115 1,640 6,240 935 2.3
Aboriginal languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oneida 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 40,450 32,465 110 1,635 6,240 930 2.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,350 5,320 35 260 1,740 165 2.2
Berber languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kabyle 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 120 100 0 15 10 10 8.3
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 120 100 0 10 10 5 4.2
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 7,220 5,210 30 245 1,730 155 2.1
Amharic 120 115 0 5 5 0 0.0
Arabic 6,125 4,370 30 225 1,500 145 2.4
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 660 470 0 10 175 5 0.8
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 120 85 0 0 30 0 0.0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,540 1,135 5 35 365 25 1.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 450 325 5 25 100 15 3.3
Vietnamese 1,090 810 5 10 265 5 0.5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 735 710 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 610 595 0 10 10 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 705 645 0 15 45 5 0.7
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 480 440 0 10 30 5 1.0
Tamil 140 130 0 0 10 5 3.6
Telugu 60 60 0 0 0 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 20,870 16,845 55 1,165 2,805 640 3.1
Albanian 470 370 0 5 95 5 1.1
Armenian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 5,020 4,330 5 250 435 130 2.6
Baltic languages 40 45 0 0 0 5 12.5
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 4,980 4,290 10 250 440 130 2.6
Belarusan 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 305 270 0 0 30 0 0.0
Bulgarian 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Croatian 315 280 0 10 25 5 1.6
Czech 105 90 0 10 5 5 4.8
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Polish 2,490 2,205 0 75 205 40 1.6
Russian 730 560 5 85 75 50 6.8
Serbian 400 340 0 25 35 15 3.8
Serbo-Croatian 140 115 0 5 15 5 3.6
Slovak 85 80 0 5 0 5 5.9
Slovene (Slovenian) 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 280 235 0 10 35 5 1.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 830 685 0 50 100 25 3.0
Afrikaans 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dutch 195 180 0 15 0 5 2.6
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 555 435 5 25 90 15 2.7
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 725 630 0 20 70 10 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages 5,130 4,225 10 155 740 85 1.7
Indo-Aryan languages 3,215 2,595 10 90 520 60 1.9
Bengali 250 225 0 5 20 5 2.0
Gujarati 360 300 5 10 45 10 2.8
Hindi 415 385 0 10 20 0 0.0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Marathi 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 660 290 5 40 325 25 3.8
Oriya (Odia) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 540 485 0 15 40 5 0.9
Sindhi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 60 5 5 0 5 7.1
Urdu 845 780 0 10 50 10 1.2
Iranian languages 1,905 1,615 5 55 220 30 1.6
Kurdish 600 500 0 15 90 5 0.8
Pashto 110 90 0 10 15 5 4.5
Persian (Farsi) 1,185 1,025 5 35 120 20 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 8,655 6,570 35 690 1,360 380 4.4
Catalan 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Italian 770 645 0 25 100 15 1.9
Portuguese 2,295 1,610 5 65 620 35 1.5
Romanian 335 220 0 85 30 45 13.4
Spanish 5,245 4,100 25 510 605 280 5.3
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 90 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 2,075 1,800 0 45 235 20 1.0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 175 120 10 35 10 30 17.1
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 15 0 5 50.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 55 30 10 10 10 10 18.2
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dinka 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 215 135 0 0 80 0 0.0
American Sign Language 105 70 0 0 40 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 110 70 0 0 40 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,965 5,050 0 55 850 30 0.5
Chinese languages 5,805 4,935 0 55 805 30 0.5
Cantonese 1,150 880 0 10 260 5 0.4
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 4,250 3,715 0 45 490 20 0.5
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 50 40 0 5 10 5 10.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 285 250 0 0 35 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 160 120 0 0 45 0 0.0
Burmese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Karenic languages 135 100 0 0 40 0 0.0
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 70 50 5 5 10 5 7.1
Lao 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 225 195 0 0 25 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 165 145 0 0 20 0 0.0
Uyghur 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages 355 315 0 5 25 5 1.4
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 340 310 0 10 25 5 1.5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 17,440 16,610 410 420 0 620 3.6
English and French 740 265 260 215 0 365 49.3
English and non-official language 16,210 16,185 25 0 0 30 0.2
French and non-official language 85 15 70 0 0 75 88.2
English, French and non-official language 405 145 55 210 0 155 38.3

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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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