Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 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 and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa, CV
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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 1 923,370 549,395 12,685 347,510 13,790
Single responses 889,715 536,590 11,805 327,635 13,690
Official languages 689,300 399,485 8,585 280,980 245
English 562,075 397,755 70 164,035 215
French 127,225 1,735 8,515 116,950 30
Non-official languages 200,415 137,100 3,220 46,650 13,450
Aboriginal languages 650 580 0 60 10
Algonquian languages 280 230 0 45 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 155 125 0 25 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 20 15 0 5 0
Plains Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 30 0 5 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 75 55 0 20 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 25 15 0 5 0
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 15 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 100 85 0 15 0
Algonquin 25 20 0 5 0
Ojibway 65 55 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 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 5 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 325 315 0 10 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 295 285 0 10 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 20 20 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 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 5 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. 5 5 0 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 199,765 136,520 3,220 46,590 13,440
Afro-Asiatic languages 44,345 27,300 890 12,385 3,775
Berber languages 375 30 40 285 15
Kabyle 245 20 35 185 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 130 10 10 100 5
Cushitic languages 6,660 4,110 300 1,725 520
Bilen 50 40 0 5 5
Oromo 215 190 0 25 5
Somali 6,300 3,850 295 1,655 500
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 95 30 15 45 10
Semitic languages 37,255 23,120 540 10,355 3,235
Amharic 1,455 1,225 5 165 60
Arabic 34,295 20,650 540 10,000 3,105
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 75 55 0 20 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 10 0 5 0
Harari 60 45 0 10 5
Hebrew 355 260 0 90 5
Maltese 30 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 905 790 0 60 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,045 5,030 35 1,265 705
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,105 840 10 135 115
Vietnamese 5,930 4,185 30 1,125 590
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 7,785 7,325 5 375 75
Bikol 30 30 0 0 0
Cebuano 365 345 0 15 5
Fijian 5 0 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 115 110 0 0 0
Ilocano 575 560 0 5 10
Malagasy 55 0 5 45 0
Malay 395 350 0 40 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 20 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,040 5,730 0 250 55
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 5 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 120 115 0 5 0
Creole languages 4,175 315 1,140 2,550 175
Haitian Creole 295 30 60 190 5
Creole, n.o.s. 3,705 180 1,070 2,295 165
Creole languages, n.i.e. 180 110 5 70 0
Dravidian languages 3,810 3,205 0 455 150
Kannada 220 185 0 35 5
Malayalam 660 575 0 65 15
Tamil 2,415 1,980 0 330 110
Telugu 490 450 0 30 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 87,110 61,125 350 22,085 3,540
Albanian 660 505 0 110 45
Armenian 465 225 5 220 20
Balto-Slavic languages 20,270 14,325 50 5,205 700
Baltic languages 455 285 5 170 5
Latvian 245 160 0 90 5
Lithuanian 210 125 0 80 0
Slavic languages 19,815 14,040 50 5,035 695
Belarusan 40 30 0 5 5
Bosnian 600 480 0 95 25
Bulgarian 850 565 5 250 30
Croatian 1,000 715 5 270 15
Czech 910 630 0 275 5
Macedonian 65 50 0 15 0
Polish 5,520 3,895 10 1,490 125
Russian 6,150 4,470 20 1,310 350
Serbian 1,705 1,205 0 430 70
Serbo-Croatian 515 375 5 130 10
Slovak 575 415 0 150 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 210 150 5 60 0
Ukrainian 1,630 1,030 0 545 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages 110 80 0 30 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 25 0 10 0
Welsh 50 40 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,680 6,015 10 2,640 20
Afrikaans 160 135 0 20 0
Danish 295 230 0 65 0
Dutch 2,215 1,595 0 615 0
Frisian 40 30 0 5 0
German 5,275 3,570 5 1,685 20
Icelandic 20 15 0 5 0
Norwegian 130 100 0 30 0
Swedish 280 190 0 85 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 75 30 0 45 0
Yiddish 175 105 0 75 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Greek 2,115 1,335 5 725 50
Indo-Iranian languages 26,965 22,105 20 3,375 1,460
Indo-Aryan languages 18,340 15,275 5 2,230 830
Bengali 3,260 2,705 0 440 115
Gujarati 1,470 1,235 0 175 55
Hindi 2,875 2,455 0 330 85
Kashmiri 25 15 0 5 0
Konkani 105 95 0 15 0
Marathi 285 250 0 35 5
Nepali 925 695 0 65 155
Oriya (Odia) 40 30 0 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,875 3,135 0 495 245
Sindhi 265 210 0 50 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 810 735 0 60 20
Urdu 4,410 3,710 0 555 135
Iranian languages 8,530 6,745 15 1,140 630
Kurdish 650 535 0 70 45
Pashto 1,025 825 0 65 130
Persian (Farsi) 6,850 5,385 10 1,000 450
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 27,840 16,535 260 9,795 1,250
Catalan 30 20 0 10 0
Italian 9,025 5,415 35 3,180 395
Portuguese 4,210 2,270 80 1,625 225
Romanian 2,565 1,140 25 1,285 110
Spanish 11,985 7,680 115 3,675 510
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 15 0
Japanese 985 775 5 175 35
Kartvelian languages 35 30 5 5 0
Georgian 30 30 5 0 0
Korean 2,065 1,705 0 245 115
Mongolic languages 30 20 0 5 0
Mongolian 30 20 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,380 2,000 730 2,550 95
Akan (Twi) 360 300 0 55 0
Bamanankan 75 0 20 55 0
Edo 35 30 0 5 0
Ewe 80 45 10 25 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 100 5 15 80 0
Ga 60 55 0 5 0
Ganda 120 110 0 5 5
Igbo 180 165 0 15 0
Lingala 320 20 110 190 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 840 20 160 635 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 650 80 95 455 25
Shona 110 100 0 10 0
Swahili 1,100 455 135 485 25
Wolof 80 5 20 55 0
Yoruba 240 210 0 25 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,035 395 175 445 20
Nilo-Saharan languages 305 255 5 35 10
Dinka 85 75 0 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 180 5 20 10
Sign languages 225 85 0 25 110
American Sign Language 80 40 0 10 25
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 0 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 140 45 5 15 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 31,945 24,035 35 3,400 4,475
Chinese languages 31,130 23,335 35 3,385 4,380
Cantonese 10,160 7,160 10 1,275 1,720
Hakka 155 115 5 20 15
Mandarin 18,575 14,380 10 1,855 2,330
Min Dong 50 40 0 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 725 515 10 115 80
Wu (Shanghainese) 440 295 0 40 110
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,010 825 0 70 110
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 815 700 5 15 100
Burmese 225 205 0 0 20
Karenic languages 320 275 0 0 45
Tibetan 90 75 5 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 170 145 0 0 25
Tai-Kadai languages 690 545 10 105 35
Lao 345 240 10 75 20
Thai 345 300 0 30 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,650 1,240 5 300 105
Azerbaijani 125 95 5 25 5
Turkish 1,385 1,045 0 250 90
Uyghur 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 65 40 0 20 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 5 0
Uralic languages 2,055 1,435 5 580 35
Estonian 155 85 0 65 0
Finnish 305 235 0 65 0
Hungarian 1,595 1,115 5 445 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 145 90 5 45 0
Multiple responses 33,660 12,810 875 19,875 95
English and French 12,295 870 80 11,345 5
English and non-official language 15,130 11,565 15 3,495 65
French and non-official language 3,815 165 755 2,870 25
English, French and non-official language 2,415 210 25 2,175 10

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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