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 Richmond, 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 3 197,255 173,085 1,070 1,260 21,840 1,700 0.9
Single responses 177,030 153,125 950 1,110 21,840 1,505 0.9
Official languages 90,385 89,510 880 0 0 880 1.0
English 90,045 89,480 565 0 0 565 0.6
French 340 30 315 0 0 310 91.2
Non-official languages 86,640 63,620 75 1,110 21,840 625 0.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 0 0 0 0 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 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 86,635 63,615 70 1,110 21,835 625 0.7
Afro-Asiatic languages 930 720 15 65 125 55 5.9
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 5 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 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 885 675 15 70 120 50 5.6
Amharic 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 715 540 15 60 105 40 5.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Harari 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hebrew 120 105 5 10 5 10 8.3
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 415 310 0 15 95 10 2.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 400 290 0 15 85 10 2.5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 4,040 3,950 5 10 85 5 0.1
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 90 90 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 85 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 120 110 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,665 3,595 0 5 65 5 0.1
Waray-Waray 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 20 0 5 15 5 10 50.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 20 0 5 10 5 10 50.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 175 165 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 120 115 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 15 10 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 8,460 6,900 20 380 1,155 210 2.5
Albanian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Balto-Slavic languages 1,905 1,610 0 95 195 50 2.6
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,890 1,595 5 95 195 45 2.4
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 5 0 10 0 0 0.0
Croatian 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Russian 1,385 1,155 5 65 160 35 2.5
Serbian 115 95 0 5 15 5 4.3
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Slovak 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 105 85 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 220 190 5 25 10 15 6.8
Afrikaans 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 165 140 0 15 5 10 6.1
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 5 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 95 90 5 0 0 5 5.3
Indo-Iranian languages 4,840 3,930 0 75 835 40 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 4,205 3,390 5 50 765 25 0.6
Bengali 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 250 210 0 10 35 5 2.0
Hindi 380 340 0 0 40 5 1.3
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,900 2,220 0 25 655 15 0.5
Sindhi 70 65 0 5 5 5 7.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 460 430 0 5 25 5 1.1
Iranian languages 625 525 0 25 70 10 1.6
Kurdish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 595 505 0 25 65 15 2.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 1,335 1,020 10 185 120 100 7.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Portuguese 175 145 5 10 20 10 5.7
Romanian 105 75 0 20 5 10 9.5
Spanish 1,000 760 5 145 90 80 8.0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 1,095 895 0 10 195 5 0.5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 665 560 0 5 95 5 0.8
Mongolic languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages 50 25 0 0 25 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 30 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 70,450 49,820 25 595 20,010 320 0.5
Chinese languages 70,375 49,750 20 595 20,010 320 0.5
Cantonese 34,790 25,295 5 235 9,265 120 0.3
Hakka 115 75 0 0 35 0 0.0
Mandarin 32,660 22,430 15 340 9,870 190 0.6
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,130 860 0 5 255 5 0.4
Wu (Shanghainese) 695 400 0 5 290 5 0.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 970 670 0 5 290 5 0.5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Karenic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibetan 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 60 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 190 145 0 5 35 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 180 135 0 5 35 5 2.8
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 20,230 19,960 120 150 0 195 1.0
English and French 180 70 55 55 0 80 44.4
English and non-official language 19,820 19,795 25 0 0 25 0.1
French and non-official language 30 10 20 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 200 85 20 90 0 70 35.0

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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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