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 Toronto
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 2,704,415 2,323,235 2,720 245,695 132,765
Single responses 2,598,230 2,234,590 2,495 228,935 132,210
Official languages 1,411,340 1,240,890 1,350 167,830 1,270
English 1,375,900 1,238,870 80 135,715 1,240
French 35,445 2,015 1,270 32,120 35
Non-official languages 1,186,885 993,700 1,140 61,105 130,935
Aboriginal languages 420 395 0 20 10
Algonquian languages 310 295 0 15 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 85 75 0 15 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 35 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 20 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 20 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 200 195 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 175 175 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 10 15 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 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 5 5 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 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 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 15 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 10 10 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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. 55 45 0 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,186,465 993,310 1,145 61,080 130,930
Afro-Asiatic languages 65,535 54,195 170 5,590 5,580
Berber languages 130 30 10 85 5
Kabyle 55 15 5 30 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 80 15 10 60 0
Cushitic languages 12,355 11,130 25 485 715
Bilen 75 70 0 0 10
Oromo 860 780 0 30 45
Somali 11,375 10,230 25 455 660
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 0
Semitic languages 52,845 42,850 140 5,010 4,845
Amharic 6,425 6,000 0 225 200
Arabic 29,825 22,575 130 4,170 2,950
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4,840 3,645 5 40 1,150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 700 540 0 15 150
Harari 755 685 0 25 40
Hebrew 4,350 3,900 0 405 50
Maltese 1,425 1,375 0 40 15
Tigrigna 4,145 3,810 0 90 245
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 380 325 0 5 45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 200 185 0 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 26,160 20,485 20 880 4,775
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,365 1,090 0 55 220
Vietnamese 24,775 19,385 15 820 4,550
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 15 5 5 0
Austronesian languages 99,755 97,845 20 1,000 890
Bikol 320 315 0 5 0
Cebuano 3,385 3,340 0 20 30
Fijian 25 25 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 1,695 1,665 0 15 20
Ilocano 7,135 6,995 0 40 105
Malagasy 20 0 0 15 0
Malay 1,930 1,805 0 80 45
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 720 700 0 10 10
Pangasinan 325 315 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 83,230 81,745 20 815 655
Waray-Waray 210 205 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 760 735 0 10 10
Creole languages 3,015 1,450 65 1,440 55
Haitian Creole 165 40 10 115 5
Creole, n.o.s. 1,830 560 55 1,165 45
Creole languages, n.i.e. 1,020 850 0 160 10
Dravidian languages 67,055 59,740 30 1,910 5,370
Kannada 735 695 0 15 25
Malayalam 4,560 4,310 0 85 160
Tamil 57,535 50,750 25 1,725 5,030
Telugu 4,125 3,885 0 80 155
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 95 95 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 15 20 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 589,415 501,505 555 38,945 48,405
Albanian 8,500 7,200 10 580 715
Armenian 7,845 5,930 30 1,155 730
Balto-Slavic languages 120,440 103,465 80 9,370 7,525
Baltic languages 3,490 3,030 0 415 50
Latvian 1,610 1,390 0 205 15
Lithuanian 1,880 1,640 0 205 35
Slavic languages 116,955 100,440 80 8,955 7,475
Belarusan 195 160 0 20 15
Bosnian 1,105 960 0 80 65
Bulgarian 4,345 3,665 5 510 165
Croatian 5,565 5,015 5 390 155
Czech 2,860 2,495 0 285 80
Macedonian 6,190 5,620 0 220 345
Polish 25,060 21,795 15 1,880 1,365
Russian 36,145 30,435 30 2,650 3,035
Serbian 13,385 11,455 15 1,300 610
Serbo-Croatian 1,470 1,260 0 155 60
Slovak 3,100 2,385 0 160 555
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,785 1,620 0 140 25
Ukrainian 15,465 13,325 5 1,155 985
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 280 255 0 15 15
Celtic languages 270 230 0 40 0
Scottish Gaelic 80 65 0 15 0
Welsh 80 75 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 15 0
Germanic languages 22,310 18,835 5 3,330 135
Afrikaans 405 380 0 15 0
Danish 670 600 0 60 0
Dutch 3,185 2,540 0 630 10
Frisian 40 30 0 5 0
German 14,515 12,365 10 2,080 65
Icelandic 60 55 0 5 0
Norwegian 230 195 0 35 0
Swedish 700 575 0 120 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 130 60 0 70 0
Yiddish 2,355 2,015 0 290 50
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 15 5
Greek 27,835 24,475 5 1,305 2,050
Indo-Iranian languages 194,760 174,150 95 7,310 13,200
Indo-Aryan languages 138,630 125,530 50 4,345 8,700
Bengali 28,460 26,220 10 1,205 1,030
Gujarati 26,400 23,100 15 680 2,605
Hindi 15,235 14,200 0 470 560
Kashmiri 80 75 0 0 0
Konkani 745 705 0 20 10
Marathi 1,760 1,645 0 70 45
Nepali 2,540 2,295 0 100 140
Oriya (Odia) 300 285 0 5 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 19,965 17,190 10 515 2,250
Sindhi 2,440 2,200 0 130 110
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,280 3,130 0 85 65
Urdu 37,420 34,480 15 1,060 1,875
Iranian languages 55,190 47,800 50 2,935 4,410
Kurdish 1,650 1,370 5 50 225
Pashto 4,355 3,735 0 90 530
Persian (Farsi) 49,190 42,690 45 2,795 3,660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 945 825 0 35 85
Italic (Romance) languages 207,445 167,215 325 15,855 24,050
Catalan 125 85 0 40 0
Italian 62,635 50,415 45 4,100 8,080
Portuguese 59,360 46,445 135 3,005 9,770
Romanian 12,335 8,675 45 3,025 585
Spanish 72,855 61,495 95 5,650 5,605
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 35 5
Japanese 7,015 6,315 0 275 420
Kartvelian languages 870 705 0 25 145
Georgian 870 705 0 25 145
Korean 33,665 28,545 10 965 4,150
Mongolic languages 290 260 0 10 15
Mongolian 290 260 0 10 15
Niger-Congo languages 13,780 11,785 185 1,545 260
Akan (Twi) 4,345 4,155 0 110 75
Bamanankan 45 5 5 30 5
Edo 675 655 0 10 5
Ewe 175 135 0 35 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 165 45 15 90 10
Ga 205 185 0 10 5
Ganda 380 360 0 15 5
Igbo 740 705 0 30 5
Lingala 285 15 55 210 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 265 25 25 205 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 290 95 10 180 10
Shona 395 375 0 10 0
Swahili 2,230 1,950 15 180 80
Wolof 115 40 5 65 5
Yoruba 1,580 1,535 0 40 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,905 1,500 45 320 40
Nilo-Saharan languages 235 220 0 10 5
Dinka 35 40 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 200 185 0 10 5
Sign languages 570 245 5 10 305
American Sign Language 210 130 0 5 70
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 350 115 0 0 235
Sino-Tibetan languages 250,960 186,440 75 6,310 58,135
Chinese languages 245,290 181,490 75 6,210 57,510
Cantonese 114,670 81,685 25 2,970 29,995
Hakka 2,855 2,310 5 100 440
Mandarin 111,410 85,335 30 2,770 23,275
Min Dong 450 175 0 10 270
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 6,120 4,330 5 130 1,655
Wu (Shanghainese) 2,670 1,875 0 55 735
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,015 5,710 5 190 1,115
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 105 75 0 0 25
Tibeto-Burman languages 5,670 4,945 0 95 630
Burmese 605 565 0 10 30
Karenic languages 260 210 0 5 50
Tibetan 4,595 3,995 0 85 520
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 215 185 0 5 30
Tai-Kadai languages 1,720 1,515 0 75 130
Lao 705 590 0 40 75
Thai 1,005 915 0 35 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 5
Turkic languages 10,675 8,995 5 675 995
Azerbaijani 910 775 0 50 90
Turkish 8,835 7,420 5 575 830
Uyghur 240 215 0 10 15
Uzbek 435 370 0 25 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 255 220 0 15 15
Uralic languages 15,145 12,525 10 1,355 1,260
Estonian 1,945 1,635 0 280 25
Finnish 1,315 1,190 0 110 15
Hungarian 11,890 9,700 10 965 1,215
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 585 505 5 55 25
Multiple responses 106,190 88,645 230 16,760 555
English and French 7,550 1,165 15 6,350 15
English and non-official language 92,620 86,325 20 5,770 505
French and non-official language 3,305 610 175 2,490 25
English, French and non-official language 2,715 545 15 2,145 5

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Footnote(s)

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Data quality note(s) – Toronto

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
  • 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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