Mother Tongue (8), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8), Other Language(s) Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Language spoken most often at home (8): Total - Language spoken most often at home
• Other language(s) spoken regularly at home (9): Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home
• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique

Mother tongue (8)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongue	4,598,415	4,127,775	1,805	314,925	153,910
English	3,170,110	2,966,835	110	201,645	1,520
French	57,420	5,865	975	50,565	15
Non-official language	1,267,460	1,067,940	585	47,180	151,760
English and French	10,065	2,380	25	7,655	5
English and non-official language	89,140	83,790	35	4,730	580
French and non-official language	2,105	510	70	1,505	25
English, French and non-official language	2,110	450	5	1,650	5

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Data quality note(s) – British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016052.