Data tables, 2016 Census

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 The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Oakville
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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 homeFootnote 3 120,455 115,310 2,145 1,110 1,895 2,700 2.2
Single responses 113,895 109,090 1,980 930 1,895 2,445 2.1
Official languages 98,360 96,415 1,950 0 0 1,945 2.0
English 97,570 96,385 1,185 0 0 1,185 1.2
French 790 25 765 0 0 765 96.8
Non-official languages 15,535 12,675 35 930 1,895 500 3.2
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 15,535 12,675 35 930 1,900 500 3.2
Afro-Asiatic languages 955 760 5 115 70 70 7.3
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 930 740 10 110 70 65 7.0
Amharic 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Arabic 845 670 10 105 60 60 7.1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 35 35 0 5 5 5 14.3
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 130 100 0 10 15 10 7.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 130 100 5 15 10 10 7.7
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 650 635 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 25 25 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 570 0 5 5 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Dravidian languages 135 125 0 5 5 5 3.7
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 80 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 8,215 6,710 20 635 855 335 4.1
Albanian 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Armenian 45 30 0 10 0 5 11.1
Balto-Slavic languages 2,820 2,380 0 215 225 110 3.9
Baltic languages 55 45 0 5 0 5 9.1
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 2,770 2,335 0 210 225 105 3.8
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 75 55 0 15 0 10 13.3
Croatian 310 280 0 10 25 5 1.6
Czech 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 100 90 0 10 0 5 5.0
Polish 845 750 0 40 55 20 2.4
Russian 635 510 0 60 65 30 4.7
Serbian 440 350 0 45 50 25 5.7
Serbo-Croatian 35 25 0 5 5 5 14.3
Slovak 105 95 0 15 5 5 4.8
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 105 90 0 10 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 335 265 0 60 10 35 10.4
Afrikaans 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 75 45 0 20 5 10 13.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 180 135 0 35 10 20 11.1
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 5 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 85 60 0 10 15 5 5.9
Indo-Iranian languages 2,110 1,800 5 90 210 50 2.4
Indo-Aryan languages 1,555 1,360 0 50 140 25 1.6
Bengali 70 60 0 5 5 5 7.1
Gujarati 115 90 0 5 20 0 0.0
Hindi 200 190 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 505 410 5 15 75 10 2.0
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 560 515 0 25 25 15 2.7
Iranian languages 550 440 5 45 70 20 3.6
Kurdish 20 5 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 90 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 440 355 5 40 45 20 4.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,755 2,135 10 240 370 130 4.7
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 480 375 5 20 85 10 2.1
Portuguese 920 685 5 30 205 20 2.2
Romanian 260 180 5 45 35 25 9.6
Spanish 1,095 895 0 145 50 75 6.8
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 745 660 0 10 70 5 0.7
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 45 40 5 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 35 20 0 0 20 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 15 5 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,240 3,295 0 110 830 55 1.3
Chinese languages 4,225 3,285 0 110 830 55 1.3
Cantonese 530 445 0 5 80 0 0.0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 3,530 2,715 0 100 715 50 1.4
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 40 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 70 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 180 155 0 15 10 5 2.8
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 170 145 0 20 10 10 5.9
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 140 115 0 15 10 10 7.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 130 105 0 10 10 5 3.8
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 6,565 6,215 165 180 0 255 3.9
English and French 275 80 105 95 0 150 54.5
English and non-official language 6,085 6,075 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 25 5 20 0 0 20 80.0
English, French and non-official language 175 50 35 90 0 75 42.9

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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.

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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.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016073.

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