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 British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique
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 4,598,410 4,127,770 1,810 314,925 153,910
Single responses 4,494,995 4,040,640 1,675 299,390 153,295
Official languages 3,227,530 2,972,700 1,090 252,205 1,535
English 3,170,110 2,966,835 110 201,640 1,520
French 57,420 5,865 980 50,565 15
Non-official languages 1,267,460 1,067,935 585 47,180 151,760
Aboriginal languages 8,435 8,270 0 130 35
Algonquian languages 1,045 990 0 45 10
Blackfoot 35 35 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 835 800 0 40 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 10 10 0 5 0
Plains Cree 150 140 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 25 25 0 5 0
Woods Cree 60 50 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 585 560 0 25 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 155 145 0 5 5
Algonquin 5 5 0 5 0
Ojibway 140 130 0 5 5
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 2,305 2,270 0 15 15
Northern Athabaskan languages 2,295 2,260 0 20 15
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 110 110 0 0 0
Beaver 160 160 0 0 0
Carrier 1,010 995 0 10 0
Chilcotin 650 635 0 5 10
Dene 85 85 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 5 0 0 0
Gwich'in 15 10 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 5 0 0 0
Sekani 85 85 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 75 75 0 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 5 5 0 0 0
South Slavey 20 20 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 50 50 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 105 100 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 15 10 0 0 0
Tahltan 90 90 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 5 5 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Haida 70 70 0 0 0
Inuit languages 80 80 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 10 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 50 45 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 105 100 0 0 0
Michif 30 25 0 10 0
Salish languages 2,270 2,240 0 20 0
Comox 85 80 0 0 0
Halkomelem 475 465 0 5 0
Lillooet 315 310 0 5 0
Okanagan 265 260 0 5 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 435 430 0 5 0
Squamish 35 35 0 5 0
Straits 80 80 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 330 325 0 5 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 250 250 0 0 0
Siouan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Dakota 30 30 0 0 0
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 30 30 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 1,455 1,445 0 10 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 880 870 0 10 0
Nisga'a 385 380 0 5 0
Tsimshian 195 195 0 5 0
Wakashan languages 795 785 0 15 0
Haisla 90 90 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 95 95 0 5 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 320 315 0 5 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 275 270 0 5 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 190 180 0 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,259,025 1,059,665 585 47,050 151,725
Afro-Asiatic languages 24,875 19,000 55 2,395 3,430
Berber languages 115 20 5 80 15
Kabyle 45 10 5 25 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 75 15 5 55 5
Cushitic languages 1,505 1,310 5 35 160
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 205 195 0 0 5
Somali 1,275 1,100 5 30 140
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Semitic languages 23,190 17,615 45 2,275 3,255
Amharic 1,365 1,270 5 40 55
Arabic 17,480 12,680 40 2,010 2,755
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 645 485 0 10 150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 440 280 0 5 155
Harari 20 20 0 5 0
Hebrew 2,065 1,855 0 180 35
Maltese 215 205 0 10 0
Tigrigna 805 705 0 25 75
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 150 120 0 5 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 28,745 23,545 30 815 4,350
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,560 1,275 5 70 205
Vietnamese 27,150 22,240 30 745 4,140
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 96,540 94,675 20 935 900
Bikol 375 365 0 0 5
Cebuano 4,065 3,995 0 45 30
Fijian 470 455 0 0 10
Hiligaynon 1,465 1,440 0 15 5
Ilocano 5,240 5,120 5 30 85
Malagasy 25 5 0 20 0
Malay 3,900 3,715 0 95 85
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 700 690 0 5 10
Pangasinan 295 290 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 78,770 77,430 15 715 615
Waray-Waray 215 210 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 1,015 955 0 10 55
Creole languages 840 355 10 465 15
Haitian Creole 35 20 0 20 0
Creole, n.o.s. 500 105 10 375 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 305 230 0 70 0
Dravidian languages 7,500 7,040 0 175 280
Kannada 280 265 0 15 0
Malayalam 2,390 2,280 0 35 70
Tamil 3,615 3,325 0 105 180
Telugu 1,170 1,125 0 20 30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 140 120 0 0 20
Indo-European languages 588,170 508,650 305 31,015 48,200
Albanian 1,465 1,330 0 50 85
Armenian 1,200 900 5 230 65
Balto-Slavic languages 83,110 75,205 35 5,220 2,660
Baltic languages 1,065 945 0 120 5
Latvian 565 500 0 65 0
Lithuanian 505 445 0 55 0
Slavic languages 82,040 74,260 30 5,100 2,650
Belarusan 95 75 0 10 5
Bosnian 1,360 1,255 5 65 45
Bulgarian 2,020 1,665 5 285 65
Croatian 7,475 7,060 0 300 120
Czech 5,920 5,485 0 375 55
Macedonian 325 290 0 25 10
Polish 16,910 15,400 5 1,170 330
Russian 25,955 22,840 10 1,595 1,510
Serbian 7,045 6,260 0 520 265
Serbo-Croatian 1,395 1,255 0 105 35
Slovak 3,395 3,170 0 190 40
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,160 1,090 0 65 5
Ukrainian 8,635 8,090 0 380 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 340 325 0 15 0
Celtic languages 615 540 0 75 5
Scottish Gaelic 240 205 0 30 5
Welsh 280 250 0 30 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 15 0
Germanic languages 101,730 93,405 20 7,745 560
Afrikaans 3,260 3,095 5 140 25
Danish 4,665 4,445 0 210 5
Dutch 21,025 19,145 0 1,835 40
Frisian 290 275 0 15 0
German 66,885 61,460 10 4,955 460
Icelandic 280 265 0 10 5
Norwegian 2,005 1,910 0 95 5
Swedish 2,520 2,320 0 185 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 445 240 5 200 0
Yiddish 285 210 0 70 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 0 30 0
Greek 6,115 5,495 5 455 160
Indo-Iranian languages 297,800 249,510 110 7,195 40,985
Indo-Aryan languages 251,000 208,505 80 4,620 37,790
Bengali 3,180 2,935 0 125 120
Gujarati 6,895 6,360 0 220 310
Hindi 26,720 25,065 5 520 1,130
Kashmiri 65 60 0 0 0
Konkani 255 240 0 10 0
Marathi 620 595 0 20 5
Nepali 1,155 1,060 0 30 70
Oriya (Odia) 70 65 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 198,810 159,820 70 3,305 35,610
Sindhi 1,680 1,545 0 95 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,675 1,590 0 50 35
Urdu 9,880 9,180 0 235 465
Iranian languages 46,390 40,635 30 2,565 3,160
Kurdish 1,770 1,545 0 30 185
Pashto 1,150 1,015 0 20 110
Persian (Farsi) 43,470 38,075 25 2,510 2,860
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 410 365 0 10 35
Italic (Romance) languages 96,135 82,270 140 10,040 3,690
Catalan 160 110 0 50 5
Italian 22,675 20,015 15 2,110 540
Portuguese 17,450 15,490 15 1,250 695
Romanian 8,730 6,530 25 1,840 335
Spanish 47,015 40,035 90 4,770 2,110
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 105 85 0 20 0
Japanese 21,350 19,505 5 590 1,250
Kartvelian languages 85 80 0 5 5
Georgian 85 80 0 5 5
Korean 52,155 44,700 15 1,255 6,195
Mongolic languages 360 315 0 10 35
Mongolian 360 315 0 10 35
Niger-Congo languages 3,725 2,985 30 615 95
Akan (Twi) 495 465 0 30 0
Bamanankan 15 5 0 5 0
Edo 85 80 0 5 0
Ewe 85 55 0 30 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 45 15 0 30 0
Ga 45 35 0 0 0
Ganda 90 80 0 5 0
Igbo 245 240 0 5 5
Lingala 75 20 0 45 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 115 20 5 70 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 150 75 5 70 10
Shona 215 200 0 10 5
Swahili 805 640 10 140 15
Wolof 50 15 0 40 5
Yoruba 330 315 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 890 740 5 115 25
Nilo-Saharan languages 345 325 0 10 15
Dinka 105 95 0 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 240 225 0 10 10
Sign languages 1,155 625 0 35 500
American Sign Language 470 325 0 15 130
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 685 295 0 10 380
Sino-Tibetan languages 410,915 317,550 90 7,460 85,815
Chinese languages 408,415 315,470 90 7,435 85,425
Cantonese 193,530 146,645 30 3,085 43,775
Hakka 2,320 1,865 5 75 375
Mandarin 186,325 146,250 50 3,845 36,180
Min Dong 230 175 0 5 50
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 11,210 9,030 5 160 2,015
Wu (Shanghainese) 4,540 3,185 0 90 1,265
Chinese, n.o.s. 10,050 8,160 5 165 1,715
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 205 160 0 5 45
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,500 2,080 0 30 390
Burmese 1,120 1,015 0 20 90
Karenic languages 820 585 0 5 230
Tibetan 330 295 0 5 35
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 230 195 0 5 35
Tai-Kadai languages 3,985 3,715 0 110 160
Lao 1,100 970 0 55 75
Thai 2,865 2,730 0 60 80
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 25 15 0 0 5
Turkic languages 4,140 3,590 0 285 260
Azerbaijani 530 450 0 30 50
Turkish 3,145 2,735 0 235 180
Uyghur 165 140 0 5 20
Uzbek 105 95 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 190 170 0 15 10
Uralic languages 13,490 12,470 5 845 170
Estonian 705 615 0 80 5
Finnish 3,760 3,565 0 170 20
Hungarian 9,025 8,280 5 590 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 500 430 0 35 35
Multiple responses 103,420 87,135 135 15,540 615
English and French 10,065 2,380 25 7,650 0
English and non-official language 89,135 83,790 35 4,730 580
French and non-official language 2,105 505 70 1,505 25
English, French and non-official language 2,115 450 5 1,645 10

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
  • 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.

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