Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), 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 The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Toronto, C
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Mother Tongue (263) Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 1 Single mother tongue responsesFootnote 2 Multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 3
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 4 2,704,420 2,598,230 106,190
Official languages 1,517,535 1,411,340 106,190
English 1,478,785 1,375,900 102,885
French 49,005 35,445 13,565
Non-official languages 1,285,525 1,186,885 98,640
Aboriginal languages 540 425 120
Algonquian languages 400 310 85
Blackfoot 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 120 85 30
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0
Moose Cree 10 10 0
Naskapi 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 25 10
Woods Cree 5 5 5
Cree, n.o.s. 55 45 15
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 20 5
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 20 5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 245 200 55
Algonquin 0 5 0
Ojibway 225 180 50
Oji-Cree 10 5 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 10 15 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Athabaskan languages 10 10 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 5 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 10 15
Cayuga 5 0 0
Mohawk 20 5 10
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 5
Salish languages 0 5 5
Comox 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 5 0
Lillooet 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 65 55 15
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,284,990 1,186,465 98,520
Afro-Asiatic languages 73,250 65,540 7,715
Berber languages 160 130 25
Kabyle 70 55 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 90 80 10
Cushitic languages 13,895 12,355 1,535
Bilen 75 75 5
Oromo 930 860 75
Somali 12,825 11,370 1,450
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 5
Semitic languages 58,975 52,845 6,125
Amharic 6,910 6,430 480
Arabic 34,030 29,825 4,210
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5,235 4,840 395
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 750 695 50
Harari 835 755 80
Hebrew 4,760 4,350 410
Maltese 1,625 1,425 200
Tigrigna 4,430 4,150 285
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 390 380 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 230 205 25
Austro-Asiatic languages 27,900 26,160 1,735
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,490 1,365 125
Vietnamese 26,380 24,775 1,605
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 20 10
Austronesian languages 116,880 99,750 17,125
Bikol 345 320 30
Cebuano 3,855 3,390 465
Fijian 30 30 5
Hiligaynon 1,845 1,700 145
Ilocano 7,735 7,140 595
Malagasy 25 20 5
Malay 2,105 1,930 175
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 815 715 95
Pangasinan 345 320 25
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 98,745 83,230 15,515
Waray-Waray 225 210 15
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 815 760 60
Creole languages 4,370 3,015 1,355
Haitian Creole 230 165 65
Creole, n.o.s. 2,650 1,830 825
Creole languages, n.i.e. 1,495 1,020 470
Dravidian languages 74,865 67,055 7,810
Kannada 900 730 170
Malayalam 5,210 4,560 655
Tamil 63,685 57,535 6,150
Telugu 4,945 4,125 820
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 120 100 25
Hmong-Mien languages 25 20 5
Indo-European languages 635,285 589,415 45,875
Albanian 8,905 8,495 410
Armenian 8,380 7,845 535
Balto-Slavic languages 125,575 120,445 5,130
Baltic languages 3,625 3,490 135
Latvian 1,670 1,605 60
Lithuanian 1,960 1,885 80
Slavic languages 121,950 116,955 4,995
Belarusan 195 195 5
Bosnian 1,145 1,110 40
Bulgarian 4,510 4,345 165
Croatian 5,855 5,570 290
Czech 3,025 2,860 170
Macedonian 6,600 6,190 410
Polish 26,265 25,055 1,210
Russian 37,305 36,150 1,155
Serbian 13,945 13,380 565
Serbo-Croatian 1,530 1,470 55
Slovak 3,205 3,100 105
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,875 1,785 90
Ukrainian 16,190 15,465 725
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 300 280 20
Celtic languages 385 275 115
Scottish Gaelic 120 80 45
Welsh 100 85 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 165 110 55
Germanic languages 23,990 22,310 1,680
Afrikaans 525 400 120
Danish 725 665 60
Dutch 3,385 3,180 205
Frisian 40 40 5
German 15,405 14,515 890
Icelandic 70 65 5
Norwegian 255 230 20
Swedish 760 695 60
Vlaams (Flemish) 150 135 15
Yiddish 2,635 2,355 290
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0
Greek 30,420 27,835 2,580
Indo-Iranian languages 215,620 194,760 20,855
Indo-Aryan languages 156,685 138,625 18,060
Bengali 31,450 28,460 2,985
Gujarati 29,410 26,400 3,015
Hindi 18,610 15,235 3,375
Kashmiri 80 80 0
Konkani 945 745 205
Marathi 2,040 1,760 275
Nepali 2,730 2,535 190
Oriya (Odia) 345 300 45
Punjabi (Panjabi) 21,710 19,965 1,740
Sindhi 2,860 2,440 420
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,655 3,275 375
Urdu 42,850 37,420 5,425
Iranian languages 57,910 55,195 2,715
Kurdish 1,740 1,650 95
Pashto 4,660 4,360 305
Persian (Farsi) 51,505 49,185 2,320
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,020 945 80
Italic (Romance) languages 222,015 207,445 14,575
Catalan 140 125 15
Italian 67,365 62,635 4,725
Portuguese 63,035 59,360 3,680
Romanian 12,810 12,335 475
Spanish 78,515 72,850 5,665
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 145 135 15
Japanese 7,530 7,015 515
Kartvelian languages 905 870 40
Georgian 910 870 35
Korean 35,115 33,670 1,445
Mongolic languages 300 290 5
Mongolian 300 290 10
Niger-Congo languages 16,890 13,780 3,110
Akan (Twi) 5,120 4,340 775
Bamanankan 65 45 25
Edo 825 670 155
Ewe 200 175 30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 200 165 35
Ga 235 200 30
Ganda 435 375 55
Igbo 995 745 250
Lingala 440 285 155
Rundi (Kirundi) 325 265 60
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 330 290 45
Shona 485 395 95
Swahili 2,675 2,230 450
Wolof 170 115 50
Yoruba 2,080 1,580 495
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,315 1,900 410
Nilo-Saharan languages 265 235 30
Dinka 45 40 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 195 25
Sign languages 830 565 260
American Sign Language 365 210 155
Quebec Sign Language 5 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 455 350 105
Sino-Tibetan languages 261,010 250,960 10,050
Chinese languages 254,850 245,290 9,560
Cantonese 120,195 114,670 5,525
Hakka 3,075 2,855 220
Mandarin 114,435 111,405 3,030
Min Dong 450 450 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 6,420 6,120 300
Wu (Shanghainese) 2,715 2,665 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,455 7,015 440
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 105 105 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 6,165 5,675 490
Burmese 665 605 60
Karenic languages 275 260 15
Tibetan 4,995 4,590 405
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 220 215 10
Tai-Kadai languages 1,885 1,720 165
Lao 775 705 70
Thai 1,100 1,005 95
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 0
Turkic languages 11,270 10,680 590
Azerbaijani 930 915 20
Turkish 9,360 8,830 525
Uyghur 250 240 10
Uzbek 460 435 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 265 250 15
Uralic languages 15,725 15,145 580
Estonian 2,035 1,945 90
Finnish 1,425 1,320 105
Hungarian 12,270 11,885 385
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 690 585 105

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

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Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

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Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

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Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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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-X2016060.

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