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 Calgary, CY
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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 1,227,995 1,172,990 18,970 7,405 28,635 22,670 1.8
Single responses 1,145,000 1,092,915 17,440 6,015 28,630 20,450 1.8
Official languages 932,600 915,820 16,785 0 0 16,780 1.8
English 924,945 915,455 9,490 0 0 9,490 1.0
French 7,650 360 7,295 0 0 7,295 95.4
Non-official languages 212,400 177,095 660 6,020 28,630 3,670 1.7
Aboriginal languages 185 175 0 5 5 5 2.7
Algonquian languages 125 115 5 5 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 55 55 0 0 0 5 9.1
Cree-Montagnais languages 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 5 0 5 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. 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 10 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 20 15 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 212,220 176,925 655 6,010 28,630 3,665 1.7
Afro-Asiatic languages 17,950 14,480 165 900 2,405 615 3.4
Berber languages 60 10 0 35 10 20 33.3
Kabyle 25 5 0 20 5 10 40.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 35 10 0 20 5 10 28.6
Cushitic languages 1,640 1,460 0 25 155 10 0.6
Bilen 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 700 640 0 0 60 0 0.0
Somali 885 775 0 20 85 15 1.7
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 16,240 12,990 165 840 2,240 585 3.6
Amharic 2,705 2,530 5 25 150 15 0.6
Arabic 10,795 8,050 150 800 1,790 550 5.1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 195 135 0 0 60 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 70 45 0 0 20 0 0.0
Harari 45 45 0 0 5 5 11.1
Hebrew 240 225 0 5 10 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 2,045 1,830 10 10 195 15 0.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 150 130 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,780 6,570 35 160 2,020 115 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 430 335 0 10 85 5 1.2
Vietnamese 8,350 6,235 30 145 1,935 105 1.3
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 24,835 24,315 20 105 395 70 0.3
Bikol 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
Cebuano 820 810 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fijian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 200 195 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 1,020 990 0 0 30 0 0.0
Malagasy 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Malay 230 215 0 5 15 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 22,230 21,790 20 85 335 60 0.3
Waray-Waray 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 145 140 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 280 105 35 125 15 95 33.9
Haitian Creole 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Creole, n.o.s. 215 50 35 120 10 90 41.9
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 3,120 2,920 5 35 165 20 0.6
Kannada 110 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 1,280 1,205 0 10 60 10 0.8
Tamil 1,160 1,070 0 15 75 10 0.9
Telugu 550 520 0 0 30 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-European languages 97,375 81,945 295 3,855 11,285 2,220 2.3
Albanian 610 505 0 20 90 15 2.5
Armenian 110 85 0 10 10 5 4.5
Balto-Slavic languages 13,305 11,485 30 670 1,120 365 2.7
Baltic languages 230 210 0 5 15 5 2.2
Latvian 80 70 0 0 5 5 6.3
Lithuanian 150 135 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages 13,075 11,280 30 665 1,105 365 2.8
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 350 315 0 5 25 5 1.4
Bulgarian 470 395 0 45 30 25 5.3
Croatian 680 625 0 20 30 15 2.2
Czech 395 365 0 15 10 5 1.3
Macedonian 75 65 0 5 0 5 6.7
Polish 3,125 2,770 10 125 230 70 2.2
Russian 5,640 4,695 15 300 625 165 2.9
Serbian 930 825 0 55 50 25 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 180 165 0 10 10 10 5.6
Slovak 420 375 0 25 15 10 2.4
Slovene (Slovenian) 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 755 635 0 45 70 25 3.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 2,055 1,805 5 200 45 110 5.4
Afrikaans 410 390 0 10 5 5 1.2
Danish 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 395 310 0 80 5 40 10.1
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 1,075 960 5 95 25 55 5.1
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Norwegian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 480 425 0 20 35 10 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages 58,855 49,785 40 815 8,215 445 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 50,505 42,675 30 535 7,270 295 0.6
Bengali 2,710 2,525 0 80 105 40 1.5
Gujarati 3,055 2,765 5 35 250 15 0.5
Hindi 3,980 3,700 0 45 235 25 0.6
Kashmiri 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 440 410 0 10 20 5 1.1
Nepali 1,330 1,170 0 20 140 10 0.8
Oriya (Odia) 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 26,980 21,125 15 160 5,680 95 0.4
Sindhi 720 665 0 15 45 5 0.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 470 460 0 0 10 0 0.0
Urdu 10,680 9,730 0 170 780 90 0.8
Iranian languages 7,855 6,700 10 280 865 145 1.8
Kurdish 450 375 0 5 80 5 1.1
Pashto 1,030 885 0 5 140 5 0.5
Persian (Farsi) 6,375 5,445 10 270 650 140 2.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 490 410 0 0 80 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 21,950 17,840 215 2,115 1,780 1,275 5.8
Catalan 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italian 1,215 1,040 0 60 115 35 2.9
Portuguese 1,645 1,345 15 130 155 80 4.9
Romanian 2,330 1,665 20 470 175 255 10.9
Spanish 16,745 13,765 180 1,460 1,330 910 5.4
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 1,070 950 0 20 100 10 0.9
Kartvelian languages 80 60 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 80 60 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 6,335 5,580 0 45 710 20 0.3
Mongolic languages 280 245 0 10 20 5 1.8
Mongolian 280 245 5 10 20 5 1.8
Niger-Congo languages 1,745 1,365 60 240 75 180 10.3
Akan (Twi) 300 280 0 15 5 10 3.3
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 15 5 0 0 5 5 33.3
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 40 5 10 20 10 25 62.5
Ga 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 130 130 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lingala 25 5 10 15 5 15 60.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 15 10 30 10 20 30.8
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 25 10 5 5 5 5 20.0
Shona 95 90 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 340 230 15 65 25 50 14.7
Wolof 65 10 5 35 10 25 38.5
Yoruba 330 320 0 5 5 5 1.5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 265 215 10 35 10 20 7.5
Nilo-Saharan languages 900 835 0 0 60 0 0.0
Dinka 435 395 0 0 45 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 460 440 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sign languages 315 180 0 0 135 5 1.6
American Sign Language 75 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 235 125 0 0 105 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 46,320 34,960 30 375 10,955 220 0.5
Chinese languages 45,440 34,235 35 370 10,800 220 0.5
Cantonese 22,030 15,155 5 115 6,750 65 0.3
Hakka 95 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 20,880 17,225 25 230 3,400 140 0.7
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 670 445 0 10 215 5 0.7
Wu (Shanghainese) 210 150 0 0 55 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,545 1,185 0 10 350 10 0.6
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 875 725 0 0 155 0 0.0
Burmese 175 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Karenic languages 235 165 0 0 70 0 0.0
Tibetan 400 340 0 5 60 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 380 310 0 5 60 5 1.3
Lao 180 135 0 5 35 5 2.8
Thai 200 170 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 980 790 5 65 115 35 3.6
Azerbaijani 105 90 0 0 15 5 4.8
Turkish 735 575 5 60 90 35 4.8
Uyghur 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uzbek 50 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 1,300 1,145 5 70 85 40 3.1
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Finnish 40 30 0 5 0 5 12.5
Hungarian 1,245 1,100 5 55 85 35 2.8
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 110 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 82,990 80,075 1,530 1,385 0 2,225 2.7
English and French 2,160 595 860 705 0 1,210 56.0
English and non-official language 79,250 79,100 150 0 0 155 0.2
French and non-official language 370 60 310 0 0 305 82.4
English, French and non-official language 1,215 320 210 690 0 550 45.3

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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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