Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Mississauga, CY
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 717,850 639,595 645 51,935 25,680
Single responses 679,815 607,190 570 46,535 25,525
Official languages 337,005 307,200 295 29,250 255
English 329,990 306,770 20 22,960 240
French 7,015 430 280 6,290 10
Non-official languages 342,810 299,990 270 17,280 25,265
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 20 15 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 15 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 342,770 299,950 270 17,280 25,270
Afro-Asiatic languages 33,875 28,100 75 2,960 2,735
Berber languages 45 15 0 30 0
Kabyle 35 15 5 15 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 15 0
Cushitic languages 850 805 0 20 25
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 0 0
Somali 815 770 0 25 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 32,920 27,235 80 2,895 2,710
Amharic 355 325 5 20 5
Arabic 29,900 24,485 75 2,830 2,510
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,180 1,005 0 20 155
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 150 125 0 5 20
Harari 30 30 0 0 0
Hebrew 65 60 0 5 0
Maltese 865 855 0 10 5
Tigrigna 220 215 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 155 135 0 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10,060 8,265 10 380 1,400
Khmer (Cambodian) 95 75 0 15 0
Vietnamese 9,955 8,185 10 365 1,395
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 10 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 23,365 22,805 0 315 240
Bikol 50 50 0 0 0
Cebuano 580 555 0 15 10
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 250 245 0 0 5
Ilocano 655 630 0 5 15
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 1,105 1,030 0 50 25
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 215 210 0 0 5
Pangasinan 45 45 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20,325 19,900 5 240 180
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 85 85 0 0 0
Creole languages 865 245 15 590 15
Haitian Creole 20 5 5 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 555 80 10 450 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 285 160 5 125 0
Dravidian languages 15,700 14,430 5 495 775
Kannada 595 560 0 25 10
Malayalam 2,925 2,775 0 60 100
Tamil 9,930 8,980 5 350 600
Telugu 2,155 2,025 0 60 70
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 203,915 180,925 115 10,610 12,270
Albanian 2,375 2,020 0 135 220
Armenian 515 395 5 100 20
Balto-Slavic languages 54,050 48,025 20 3,060 2,940
Baltic languages 720 640 0 75 15
Latvian 135 120 0 10 0
Lithuanian 590 515 0 60 15
Slavic languages 53,330 47,390 20 2,990 2,925
Belarusan 25 25 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,105 960 0 60 85
Bulgarian 1,165 980 5 135 50
Croatian 4,935 4,585 0 205 145
Czech 645 580 0 50 15
Macedonian 1,250 1,125 0 65 60
Polish 26,610 23,665 5 1,325 1,610
Russian 4,930 4,190 5 380 360
Serbian 3,895 3,415 5 285 195
Serbo-Croatian 510 450 0 40 20
Slovak 805 735 0 55 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 845 805 0 40 5
Ukrainian 6,510 5,790 0 360 360
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5
Celtic languages 30 25 0 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 15 15 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Germanic languages 4,300 3,880 0 420 10
Afrikaans 85 90 0 0 0
Danish 165 160 0 5 0
Dutch 715 640 0 75 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 3,140 2,820 0 310 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0 0
Swedish 110 105 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 0 10 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Greek 2,460 2,220 0 135 100
Indo-Iranian languages 92,655 83,805 35 3,255 5,555
Indo-Aryan languages 85,525 77,605 30 2,915 4,975
Bengali 3,820 3,535 0 180 105
Gujarati 7,770 6,885 0 290 590
Hindi 9,830 9,160 5 370 290
Kashmiri 60 60 0 0 0
Konkani 785 760 0 15 0
Marathi 1,335 1,245 0 55 35
Nepali 795 735 0 25 35
Oriya (Odia) 140 130 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20,240 17,175 5 600 2,450
Sindhi 985 920 0 35 30
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,195 1,150 0 30 15
Urdu 38,575 35,840 15 1,305 1,415
Iranian languages 6,760 5,865 5 330 560
Kurdish 185 165 0 0 15
Pashto 1,160 1,045 0 30 85
Persian (Farsi) 5,415 4,655 5 300 450
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 370 335 0 10 20
Italic (Romance) languages 47,520 40,550 55 3,500 3,415
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Italian 12,685 11,200 10 770 710
Portuguese 15,980 13,750 20 685 1,525
Romanian 2,830 2,080 10 595 150
Spanish 15,995 13,505 20 1,440 1,025
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Japanese 895 800 0 25 65
Kartvelian languages 40 30 0 5 5
Georgian 40 25 0 5 5
Korean 4,740 4,045 5 175 515
Mongolic languages 25 25 0 0 5
Mongolian 25 30 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,345 2,065 30 230 20
Akan (Twi) 705 680 0 20 10
Bamanankan 10 0 0 5 0
Edo 65 65 0 5 0
Ewe 75 70 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 0 0 15 0
Ga 65 65 0 0 0
Ganda 35 35 0 0 0
Igbo 200 190 0 10 5
Lingala 20 0 10 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 0 10 30 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 5 0 25 5
Shona 95 90 0 10 0
Swahili 255 235 0 20 0
Wolof 25 5 0 15 0
Yoruba 410 385 0 15 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 285 240 5 40 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Sign languages 165 75 0 0 90
American Sign Language 60 40 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 105 30 0 0 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 43,050 34,780 15 1,280 6,970
Chinese languages 42,745 34,510 10 1,275 6,945
Cantonese 16,450 13,490 0 430 2,525
Hakka 310 245 0 30 35
Mandarin 23,270 18,590 5 760 3,915
Min Dong 30 5 0 0 25
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,150 940 0 25 180
Wu (Shanghainese) 560 405 0 10 135
Chinese, n.o.s. 955 815 0 20 115
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 305 270 0 5 25
Burmese 110 105 0 0 5
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 170 150 5 0 20
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 305 280 0 10 15
Lao 145 130 0 5 10
Thai 160 145 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,365 1,200 0 75 85
Azerbaijani 60 50 0 5 5
Turkish 1,150 1,025 0 60 65
Uyghur 80 65 0 5 10
Uzbek 40 35 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Uralic languages 1,905 1,730 0 120 55
Estonian 140 135 0 5 0
Finnish 150 140 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,615 1,460 0 100 55
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 0
Multiple responses 38,035 32,400 75 5,405 160
English and French 1,935 340 10 1,580 0
English and non-official language 34,040 31,675 15 2,220 135
French and non-official language 880 180 45 640 10
English, French and non-official language 1,185 210 10 970 5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Mississauga, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.5%.
  • 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-X2016054.

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