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

• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Toronto, C

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 tongue^Footnote 1	2,704,415	2,323,235	2,720	245,690	132,765
Single responses	2,598,225	2,234,590	2,495	228,935	132,210
Official languages	1,411,345	1,240,890	1,350	167,830	1,270
English	1,375,905	1,238,870	85	135,715	1,240
French	35,440	2,020	1,270	32,120	35
Non-official languages	1,186,885	993,700	1,145	61,100	130,940
Aboriginal languages	425	390	0	20	5
Algonquian languages	310	295	0	15	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	85	75	0	10	5
Atikamekw	5	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	5	5	0	0	0
Moose Cree	10	5	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	5	5	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	20	20	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	45	40	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	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	175	175	0	5	0
Oji-Cree	10	10	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	10	10	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	15	15	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	10	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	5	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	5	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.	5	5	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	20	20	0	5	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	20	15	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	10	10	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	10	10	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	5	5	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	5	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	5
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	5	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.	55	50	0	0	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	1,186,465	993,310	1,145	61,085	130,930
Afro-Asiatic languages	65,535	54,195	170	5,590	5,580
Berber languages	130	30	10	85	5
Kabyle	55	20	5	30	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	80	15	10	55	0
Cushitic languages	12,355	11,125	25	490	720
Bilen	70	65	0	0	10
Oromo	855	785	0	30	50
Somali	11,375	10,235	25	455	660
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0	0
Semitic languages	52,845	42,855	140	5,010	4,850
Amharic	6,430	6,000	5	225	205
Arabic	29,825	22,575	130	4,170	2,950
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	4,840	3,645	5	40	1,150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	695	540	0	10	150
Harari	750	685	0	30	45
Hebrew	4,350	3,900	0	400	45
Maltese	1,425	1,375	0	35	15
Tigrigna	4,145	3,810	0	85	245
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	380	325	0	5	45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	200	185	0	10	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	26,160	20,485	20	880	4,775
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,365	1,085	5	55	220
Vietnamese	24,775	19,385	15	820	4,550
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	20	15	5	0	0
Austronesian languages	99,755	97,845	20	1,000	885
Bikol	320	315	0	0	5
Cebuano	3,390	3,340	0	20	25
Fijian	25	20	0	0	5
Hiligaynon	1,695	1,665	0	15	20
Ilocano	7,135	6,995	0	45	105
Malagasy	15	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	650
Waray-Waray	215	205	0	0	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	755	735	0	5	15
Creole languages	3,015	1,455	70	1,435	60
Haitian Creole	165	40	5	110	5
Creole, n.o.s.	1,825	560	60	1,165	45
Creole languages, n.i.e.	1,025	850	0	160	10
Dravidian languages	67,055	59,740	25	1,915	5,370
Kannada	735	695	0	15	25
Malayalam	4,560	4,310	0	90	160
Tamil	57,535	50,750	30	1,720	5,030
Telugu	4,130	3,885	0	85	160
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	100	95	0	5	5
Hmong-Mien languages	15	15	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	589,410	501,505	555	38,945	48,405
Albanian	8,495	7,200	10	575	715
Armenian	7,845	5,930	30	1,155	735
Balto-Slavic languages	120,445	103,470	80	9,370	7,525
Baltic languages	3,485	3,025	0	410	50
Latvian	1,605	1,385	0	205	15
Lithuanian	1,880	1,645	5	210	30
Slavic languages	116,955	100,440	85	8,955	7,480
Belarusan	195	160	0	15	15
Bosnian	1,105	960	0	80	65
Bulgarian	4,350	3,665	10	510	165
Croatian	5,570	5,020	5	390	155
Czech	2,860	2,495	0	285	80
Macedonian	6,190	5,625	5	220	345
Polish	25,060	21,790	15	1,885	1,365
Russian	36,145	30,430	30	2,650	3,035
Serbian	13,385	11,455	15	1,300	610
Serbo-Croatian	1,470	1,260	0	150	60
Slovak	3,100	2,380	5	160	560
Slovene (Slovenian)	1,785	1,615	0	140	25
Ukrainian	15,465	13,325	0	1,155	985
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	280	255	0	15	10
Celtic languages	275	230	0	40	0
Scottish Gaelic	75	65	0	15	0
Welsh	85	75	0	10	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	110	95	0	15	0
Germanic languages	22,310	18,835	5	3,335	135
Afrikaans	405	380	0	15	0
Danish	665	600	0	65	0
Dutch	3,180	2,540	0	635	10
Frisian	40	30	0	10	0
German	14,520	12,365	5	2,080	65
Icelandic	60	50	0	10	0
Norwegian	230	195	0	30	0
Swedish	695	575	0	120	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	130	60	0	70	0
Yiddish	2,350	2,010	0	290	50
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	35	20	0	15	0
Greek	27,840	24,480	10	1,305	2,050
Indo-Iranian languages	194,760	174,155	100	7,310	13,195
Indo-Aryan languages	138,625	125,535	50	4,345	8,700
Bengali	28,460	26,220	5	1,205	1,025
Gujarati	26,405	23,100	15	680	2,605
Hindi	15,230	14,200	0	470	560
Kashmiri	80	75	0	0	5
Konkani	745	710	0	25	10
Marathi	1,760	1,645	0	70	50
Nepali	2,540	2,295	0	105	145
Oriya (Odia)	300	285	0	5	10
Punjabi (Panjabi)	19,965	17,190	10	515	2,250
Sindhi	2,445	2,195	0	130	110
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	3,280	3,135	5	80	60
Urdu	37,425	34,480	10	1,060	1,875
Iranian languages	55,195	47,800	45	2,930	4,410
Kurdish	1,645	1,375	5	50	225
Pashto	4,355	3,740	0	85	530
Persian (Farsi)	49,190	42,690	45	2,795	3,655
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	940	820	0	35	85
Italic (Romance) languages	207,445	167,215	325	15,855	24,050
Catalan	130	85	0	40	0
Italian	62,635	50,415	40	4,095	8,080
Portuguese	59,360	46,445	135	3,010	9,770
Romanian	12,335	8,675	50	3,030	585
Spanish	72,855	61,495	95	5,650	5,610
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	135	100	0	30	5
Japanese	7,015	6,315	0	275	425
Kartvelian languages	870	705	0	20	140
Georgian	870	705	0	20	145
Korean	33,665	28,545	5	970	4,150
Mongolic languages	295	260	0	15	20
Mongolian	295	265	0	10	20
Niger-Congo languages	13,780	11,785	185	1,545	265
Akan (Twi)	4,345	4,155	5	110	75
Bamanankan	45	5	5	35	0
Edo	675	655	0	10	5
Ewe	175	135	0	35	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	165	40	15	90	10
Ga	200	185	0	15	5
Ganda	375	360	0	15	0
Igbo	740	705	0	30	5
Lingala	285	15	55	210	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	270	30	30	205	15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	285	95	10	180	10
Shona	390	380	0	10	5
Swahili	2,230	1,950	15	180	80
Wolof	120	45	5	65	0
Yoruba	1,585	1,535	0	40	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,900	1,495	45	320	40
Nilo-Saharan languages	235	220	0	10	0
Dinka	40	35	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	195	185	0	15	5
Sign languages	565	250	0	10	305
American Sign Language	210	135	0	5	75
Quebec Sign Language	5	0	0	5	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	355	115	0	5	235
Sino-Tibetan languages	250,960	186,440	75	6,310	58,135
Chinese languages	245,290	181,495	70	6,210	57,510
Cantonese	114,670	81,685	25	2,970	29,995
Hakka	2,860	2,310	5	100	445
Mandarin	111,405	85,330	30	2,765	23,275
Min Dong	450	170	0	10	270
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	6,120	4,330	5	125	1,655
Wu (Shanghainese)	2,670	1,875	0	50	740
Chinese, n.o.s.	7,015	5,710	5	185	1,115
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	100	75	0	0	25
Tibeto-Burman languages	5,670	4,950	0	95	625
Burmese	605	565	0	5	35
Karenic languages	260	205	0	5	50
Tibetan	4,595	3,995	0	85	515
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	215	180	0	5	30
Tai-Kadai languages	1,720	1,515	0	75	130
Lao	705	590	0	45	70
Thai	1,005	920	0	35	55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	10	5	0	0	5
Turkic languages	10,675	8,995	10	675	1,000
Azerbaijani	915	770	0	50	90
Turkish	8,830	7,420	5	575	835
Uyghur	240	215	0	5	15
Uzbek	435	370	0	25	40
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	255	225	0	15	15
Uralic languages	15,145	12,530	5	1,360	1,255
Estonian	1,940	1,640	0	280	25
Finnish	1,320	1,190	0	110	20
Hungarian	11,890	9,700	5	965	1,215
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	585	505	0	55	20
Multiple responses	106,185	88,645	225	16,760	555
English and French	7,550	1,165	20	6,355	10
English and non-official language	92,620	86,325	20	5,770	510
French and non-official language	3,300	610	175	2,490	30
English, French and non-official language	2,715	545	20	2,150	10

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

Data quality note(s) – Toronto, C

• 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-X2016055.