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 Division No. 11
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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 3 299,455 291,530 3,560 860 3,505 3,990 1.3
Single responses 286,835 279,405 3,350 580 3,500 3,640 1.3
Official languages 260,935 257,655 3,285 0 0 3,285 1.3
English 259,840 257,595 2,245 0 0 2,245 0.9
French 1,095 55 1,040 0 0 1,040 95.0
Non-official languages 25,900 21,755 70 580 3,500 355 1.4
Aboriginal languages 365 350 0 5 15 5 1.4
Algonquian languages 265 250 0 5 10 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 240 225 0 0 15 0 0.0
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 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 150 140 0 5 5 5 3.3
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 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 30 30 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 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 75 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 75 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 25,535 21,405 65 575 3,490 355 1.4
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,315 1,540 20 80 680 60 2.6
Berber languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 250 215 0 0 35 0 0.0
Bilen 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 110 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Somali 115 100 0 0 15 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,060 1,325 15 75 645 55 2.7
Amharic 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,415 815 20 60 520 45 3.2
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 210 150 0 10 50 5 2.4
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 120 85 5 5 30 5 4.2
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 175 150 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 770 565 0 10 190 10 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 745 545 5 10 190 10 1.3
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 4,430 4,335 0 25 65 15 0.3
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 205 200 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,030 3,950 0 25 55 10 0.2
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 30 5 5 20 0 15 50.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 20 0 0 20 0 15 75.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Dravidian languages 270 240 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 160 145 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 40 35 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 11,600 10,090 35 310 1,165 190 1.6
Albanian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,085 1,845 10 55 175 35 1.7
Baltic languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 2,050 1,810 10 55 175 35 1.7
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 15 5 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 220 205 5 5 10 0 0.0
Russian 660 555 0 25 80 15 2.3
Serbian 140 130 5 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 765 685 5 10 65 10 1.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Celtic languages 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
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 1,100 975 0 35 85 15 1.4
Afrikaans 120 110 0 10 0 5 4.2
Danish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 45 35 0 10 0 5 11.1
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 920 820 0 20 90 10 1.1
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 105 90 5 0 15 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,870 5,995 5 135 735 75 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 6,060 5,285 5 120 650 65 1.1
Bengali 1,180 1,060 0 50 75 25 2.1
Gujarati 535 475 0 5 55 5 0.9
Hindi 300 280 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 225 135 0 0 90 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,445 1,230 0 10 200 5 0.3
Sindhi 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,200 1,940 0 55 200 25 1.1
Iranian languages 730 640 0 15 75 10 1.4
Kurdish 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 185 160 0 0 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 510 445 5 15 50 10 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 75 65 5 0 15 5 6.7
Italic (Romance) languages 1,360 1,115 15 85 140 60 4.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 45 40 5 0 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 120 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romanian 200 160 0 20 20 15 7.5
Spanish 1,000 810 10 65 110 40 4.0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 305 265 0 10 30 5 1.6
Mongolic languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Niger-Congo languages 230 185 5 35 5 25 10.9
Akan (Twi) 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 10 0 5 50.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 60 40 0 10 0 10 16.7
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 50 45 0 5 0 5 10.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dinka 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 110 65 0 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 35 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 75 45 0 0 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,025 3,725 5 60 1,240 35 0.7
Chinese languages 4,770 3,530 5 55 1,185 35 0.7
Cantonese 1,220 825 0 15 385 5 0.4
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 3,260 2,485 5 35 735 20 0.6
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 235 180 0 5 50 5 2.1
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 255 195 0 0 60 0 0.0
Burmese 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Karenic languages 185 135 0 0 55 0 0.0
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 85 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lao 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 75 60 0 5 5 5 6.7
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 130 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Multiple responses 12,615 12,125 210 280 0 350 2.8
English and French 440 160 125 150 0 205 46.6
English and non-official language 11,905 11,895 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 45 5 40 0 0 40 88.9
English, French and non-official language 230 65 30 125 0 90 39.1

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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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