Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Number of languages known (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Saguenay
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Mother tongue (187) Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigrationFootnote 2 Non-immigrantsFootnote 3 ImmigrantsFootnote 4 Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016Footnote 5 Non-permanent residentsFootnote 6
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 7 157,165 154,480 2,035 305 230 395 705 255 445 405 650
Single responses 156,620 153,990 1,990 305 220 385 685 250 435 400 640
Official languages 155,370 153,705 1,190 150 145 245 410 165 245 240 470
English 1,355 1,240 110 30 40 10 30 10 20 10 0
French 154,015 152,465 1,080 125 105 240 380 155 225 230 475
Non-official languages 1,255 285 795 150 75 140 275 80 190 160 170
Aboriginal languages 125 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,130 165 800 155 75 140 270 85 190 160 165
Afro-Asiatic languages 220 10 185 10 20 25 90 30 65 45 30
Berber languages 30 0 20 0 0 0 15 0 15 10 0
Kabyle 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 195 10 160 10 20 25 75 30 50 40 25
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 195 0 165 10 20 25 75 30 45 35 25
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 30 10 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 25 0 25 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 45 0 35 10 0 0 15 10 0 0 10
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 0 25 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 25 0 25 10 0 0 10 0 10 10 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 25 0 25 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 530 90 380 90 30 90 110 25 85 60 55
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 140 20 105 20 10 55 20 0 20 0 15
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 140 15 105 25 0 55 20 0 20 10 15
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 20 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
Czech 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 55 10 40 15 0 0 10 0 15 10 0
Russian 25 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
Serbian 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 40 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 20
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 25 10 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 45 10 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Indo-Aryan languages 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bengali 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 30 0 30 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 35 0 30 10 10 0 0 0 0 20 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 290 45 220 55 10 35 90 25 65 30 20
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 45 0 35 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 45 0 35 15 0 0 15 0 10 10 10
Romanian 15 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Spanish 190 35 135 10 10 25 65 15 50 30 15
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 50 0 35 10 0 0 0 0 10 20 15
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 110 30 55 10 10 10 25 10 15 10 25
Chinese languages 110 30 55 10 0 10 25 10 15 0 30
Cantonese 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 90 20 50 0 0 10 25 10 15 10 25
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 30 0 20 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 25 0 20 0 15 0 10 0 0 10 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 30 0 25 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Multiple responses 545 485 50 0 10 10 25 10 10 10 10
English and French 420 390 30 0 0 10 15 10 10 0 0
English and non-official language 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
French and non-official language 105 85 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 3

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 4

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 6

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 7

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

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Data quality note(s) – Saguenay

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016193.

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