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 Durham
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 1 640,985 588,525 435 46,860 5,175
Single responses 627,700 578,050 405 44,120 5,125
Official languages 529,445 490,155 320 38,855 125
English 519,815 489,495 15 30,190 115
French 9,635 660 305 8,670 5
Non-official languages 98,250 87,895 90 5,260 5,000
Aboriginal languages 50 40 0 10 5
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 10 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 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 15 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 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 0 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 5 5 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 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 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 98,200 87,855 90 5,255 5,000
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,335 4,540 20 585 195
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 185 160 0 20 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 0 0
Somali 155 125 5 20 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 5,145 4,370 15 570 190
Amharic 215 205 0 10 5
Arabic 4,345 3,615 15 535 175
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 45 40 0 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 10 0 0 0
Harari 70 65 0 5 0
Hebrew 60 60 0 0 0
Maltese 295 290 0 5 0
Tigrigna 70 65 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 970 820 5 45 105
Khmer (Cambodian) 55 50 0 0 10
Vietnamese 910 765 0 40 100
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 7,390 7,215 0 110 60
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 215 210 0 5 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 190 180 0 5 5
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 175 170 0 5 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 75 70 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,605 6,465 0 90 50
Waray-Waray 15 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Creole languages 395 190 15 180 10
Haitian Creole 25 5 5 25 0
Creole, n.o.s. 185 40 0 140 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 175 145 5 20 5
Dravidian languages 8,985 8,085 5 305 590
Kannada 70 70 0 0 0
Malayalam 725 690 0 20 15
Tamil 7,860 7,005 10 280 565
Telugu 320 305 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 62,740 56,540 25 3,495 2,675
Albanian 220 190 0 10 15
Armenian 415 340 5 60 10
Balto-Slavic languages 11,115 10,200 5 590 320
Baltic languages 235 210 0 25 0
Latvian 150 135 0 20 0
Lithuanian 80 75 0 10 0
Slavic languages 10,880 9,990 5 570 315
Belarusan 10 10 0 0 5
Bosnian 45 45 0 0 0
Bulgarian 155 135 0 15 5
Croatian 545 515 0 25 5
Czech 285 265 0 20 5
Macedonian 1,665 1,570 0 40 55
Polish 4,370 3,995 5 250 125
Russian 1,195 1,045 0 90 55
Serbian 575 515 0 35 25
Serbo-Croatian 70 65 0 0 5
Slovak 285 275 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 290 275 0 15 0
Ukrainian 1,340 1,245 0 60 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 5
Celtic languages 70 65 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 35 35 0 0 0
Welsh 30 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,935 6,520 0 410 5
Afrikaans 120 120 0 5 0
Danish 190 180 0 10 0
Dutch 2,390 2,265 0 125 0
Frisian 75 75 0 5 0
German 3,935 3,680 0 250 5
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 60 50 0 5 0
Swedish 100 90 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 45 35 0 10 0
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Greek 2,515 2,345 0 105 65
Indo-Iranian languages 24,730 22,405 5 900 1,420
Indo-Aryan languages 18,945 17,385 0 625 930
Bengali 1,615 1,510 0 70 40
Gujarati 2,725 2,445 0 80 205
Hindi 1,740 1,625 0 65 50
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 85 75 0 5 0
Marathi 135 125 0 10 5
Nepali 60 55 0 0 5
Oriya (Odia) 15 15 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,500 2,210 0 65 230
Sindhi 325 290 0 20 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 635 610 0 15 10
Urdu 9,095 8,415 0 295 380
Iranian languages 5,740 4,980 5 275 485
Kurdish 70 60 0 10 5
Pashto 595 530 0 15 50
Persian (Farsi) 5,080 4,385 5 255 430
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 16,740 14,475 10 1,415 840
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Italian 6,140 5,460 0 415 270
Portuguese 3,500 3,120 0 225 155
Romanian 1,460 1,080 0 305 75
Spanish 5,625 4,805 5 470 345
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Japanese 225 205 0 5 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Korean 755 685 0 20 50
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,200 1,005 20 165 15
Akan (Twi) 230 220 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0
Edo 45 45 0 0 0
Ewe 20 15 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 20 5 0 15 0
Ga 25 25 0 5 0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 95 95 0 0 0
Lingala 40 5 10 25 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 0 20 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 5 0 25 0
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 175 160 0 15 0
Wolof 5 0 5 0 0
Yoruba 200 195 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 135 5 45 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 20 0 5 5
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 0
Sign languages 145 85 0 5 60
American Sign Language 55 50 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 85 30 0 0 50
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,585 6,240 5 220 1,125
Chinese languages 7,525 6,185 5 215 1,125
Cantonese 3,145 2,605 0 95 450
Hakka 145 125 0 5 10
Mandarin 3,740 3,025 0 105 615
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 180 165 0 5 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 85 70 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 215 185 0 10 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 60 50 0 5 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 30 0 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 205 140 0 5 60
Lao 55 50 0 0 5
Thai 145 85 0 5 50
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 280 260 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 230 220 0 5 5
Uyghur 20 20 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,930 1,800 0 95 30
Estonian 195 185 0 10 0
Finnish 295 280 0 10 5
Hungarian 1,440 1,335 0 75 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Multiple responses 13,290 10,475 25 2,740 50
English and French 1,865 345 0 1,515 0
English and non-official language 10,675 9,990 5 630 45
French and non-official language 395 45 20 320 5
English, French and non-official language 365 90 0 275 0

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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) – Durham

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.0%.
  • 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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