First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Sex (3): Total - Sex
• Age (15A): Total - Age

This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Brantford--Brant

Language spoken most often at home (269)	First official language spoken (7)
	Total - First official language spoken	English	French	English and French	Neither English nor French	Official language minority (number)^Footnote 1	Official language minority (percentage)^Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at home^Footnote 3	128,845	126,755	1,175	145	770	1,250	1.0
Single responses	126,300	124,325	1,110	95	775	1,160	0.9
Official languages	121,100	119,995	1,100	0	0	1,100	0.9
English	120,815	119,960	855	0	0	855	0.7
French	285	40	245	0	0	245	86.0
Non-official languages	5,200	4,325	10	100	770	55	1.1
Aboriginal languages	15	15	0	0	0	0	0.0
Algonquian languages	15	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ojibway	15	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Inuit languages	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Michif	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages	5,185	4,305	10	100	770	60	1.2
Afro-Asiatic languages	150	125	0	5	25	5	3.3
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Cushitic languages	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Somali	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Semitic languages	145	115	0	5	20	0	0.0
Amharic	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Arabic	140	115	0	5	20	5	3.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Maltese	0	0	0	0	5	0	not applicable ...
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages	485	395	5	0	90	5	1.0
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Vietnamese	475	380	5	0	90	0	0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Austronesian languages	160	160	0	0	5	0	0.0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Cebuano	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	160	155	0	0	0	0	0.0
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Creole languages	10	5	0	5	0	5	50.0
Haitian Creole	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Creole, n.o.s.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dravidian languages	70	60	0	5	0	5	7.1
Kannada	0	0	0	0	5	0	not applicable ...
Malayalam	10	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tamil	20	20	0	5	0	5	25.0
Telugu	35	30	0	0	0	0	0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Indo-European languages	3,450	2,870	5	75	490	50	1.4
Albanian	25	20	0	0	0	0	0.0
Armenian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Balto-Slavic languages	850	750	5	25	75	15	1.8
Baltic languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Latvian	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Slavic languages	850	745	0	25	75	10	1.2
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Bulgarian	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Croatian	15	15	0	0	5	0	0.0
Czech	15	15	0	0	0	0	0.0
Macedonian	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Polish	655	580	0	15	60	10	1.5
Russian	50	35	0	0	10	0	0.0
Serbian	35	30	0	5	0	5	14.3
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	5	0	0	not applicable ...
Slovak	25	25	0	0	0	0	0.0
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ukrainian	40	35	0	0	5	0	0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Germanic languages	130	125	0	0	5	0	0.0
Afrikaans	15	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Danish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dutch	45	40	0	0	5	0	0.0
Frisian	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
German	65	65	0	0	0	0	0.0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Greek	50	50	0	0	0	0	0.0
Indo-Iranian languages	1,490	1,220	0	15	250	10	0.7
Indo-Aryan languages	1,440	1,185	0	10	245	10	0.7
Bengali	25	25	0	0	0	0	0.0
Gujarati	185	160	0	0	25	0	0.0
Hindi	75	65	0	0	10	0	0.0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Marathi	10	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Nepali	10	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi)	980	770	0	10	200	10	1.0
Sindhi	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Urdu	150	135	0	0	10	0	0.0
Iranian languages	50	35	0	5	5	5	10.0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi)	45	35	0	0	5	5	11.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Italic (Romance) languages	900	710	5	35	150	20	2.2
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Italian	335	275	0	5	55	0	0.0
Portuguese	225	170	0	5	50	5	2.2
Romanian	55	45	0	10	5	0	0.0
Spanish	285	220	0	25	45	10	3.5
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Japanese	40	25	0	0	15	0	0.0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Korean	155	125	0	5	30	5	3.2
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages	30	25	0	0	0	0	0.0
Akan (Twi)	15	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Shona	10	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Yoruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Sign languages	65	40	0	0	25	0	0.0
American Sign Language	20	10	0	0	10	0	0.0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e	40	30	0	0	15	0	0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages	395	320	0	0	80	0	0.0
Chinese languages	390	310	0	5	75	5	1.3
Cantonese	125	95	0	0	30	0	0.0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Mandarin	240	200	0	0	40	5	2.1
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Chinese, n.o.s.	15	15	0	0	0	0	0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Burmese	0	5	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages	35	25	0	0	10	0	0.0
Lao	25	20	0	0	10	0	0.0
Thai	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Turkic languages	10	10	0	0	5	0	0.0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Turkish	5	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Uzbek	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Uralic languages	135	130	0	0	5	0	0.0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Hungarian	130	125	0	5	0	0	0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Multiple responses	2,540	2,430	65	45	0	90	3.5
English and French	110	35	50	30	0	60	54.5
English and non-official language	2,380	2,370	5	0	0	10	0.4
French and non-official language	5	0	5	0	0	5	100.0
English, French and non-official language	50	20	10	15	0	20	40.0

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 3

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

Data quality note(s) – Brantford--Brant

• 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: 4.2%.
• 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-X2016073.