Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Number of languages known (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
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Mother tongue (187) Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigrationFootnote 2 Non-immigrantsFootnote 3 ImmigrantsFootnote 4 Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016Footnote 5 Non-permanent residentsFootnote 6
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 7 512,255 496,410 12,075 3,430 900 1,210 2,860 995 1,865 3,675 3,765
Single responses 510,770 495,530 11,680 3,415 890 1,185 2,700 955 1,750 3,490 3,565
Official languages 498,525 491,830 5,535 2,650 495 535 935 340 590 920 1,165
English 496,230 489,820 5,290 2,590 480 520 855 300 555 840 1,120
French 2,295 2,010 240 65 10 15 75 40 35 80 45
Non-official languages 12,240 3,705 6,150 760 400 650 1,770 610 1,155 2,565 2,395
Aboriginal languages 2,610 2,610 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 9,630 1,090 6,145 765 395 650 1,770 610 1,160 2,565 2,395
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,300 80 970 30 15 45 230 50 180 645 255
Berber languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cushitic languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,280 75 960 30 15 50 220 45 175 645 245
Amharic 50 10 40 0 0 0 10 0 10 30 0
Arabic 1,185 65 875 15 15 45 200 50 155 595 250
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 0 30 0 0 0 15 0 15 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 35 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 35 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,060 15 695 65 15 35 110 30 80 480 345
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 70 0 50 0 0 0 10 0 0 40 20
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Ilocano 35 0 30 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 870 20 590 60 15 20 80 20 60 420 260
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Creole languages 35 0 40 0 0 10 20 0 15 10 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 0 30 10 0 0 15 0 10 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dravidian languages 355 10 265 10 10 35 120 45 70 100 85
Kannada 30 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0
Malayalam 150 10 105 0 0 10 45 10 35 50 30
Tamil 135 0 100 0 0 10 40 15 25 45 35
Telugu 45 0 30 0 0 0 30 20 10 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 4,170 560 2,780 530 255 295 860 250 615 840 830
Albanian 80 10 70 0 0 0 60 0 55 0 0
Armenian 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 600 115 455 20 45 125 125 65 65 135 40
Baltic languages 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Latvian 15 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 585 105 440 20 40 125 125 60 60 130 35
Belarusan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 45 0 40 0 15 20 0 0 0 10 0
Croatian 25 10 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 25 0 20 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Polish 105 20 75 10 20 15 10 0 10 25 0
Russian 265 40 210 0 0 55 80 50 30 75 15
Serbian 20 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 60 30 25 0 0 0 15 0 10 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 0 30 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 15 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Germanic languages 760 120 515 225 70 65 85 20 65 70 130
Afrikaans 30 0 30 0 10 15 0 0 0 15 0
Danish 60 10 45 10 20 10 10 0 10 0 10
Dutch 105 15 90 65 0 10 10 0 10 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 470 85 295 150 35 35 50 15 35 25 95
Icelandic 35 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10
Norwegian 40 0 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 20
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 65 15 40 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,555 150 965 75 65 65 325 45 280 435 440
Indo-Aryan languages 1,250 115 750 75 50 35 260 45 215 330 390
Bengali 275 25 130 0 15 10 65 10 50 45 120
Gujarati 40 0 20 10 10 0 10 0 10 0 20
Hindi 155 15 115 35 10 0 45 0 40 30 25
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Nepali 135 15 110 0 0 0 15 0 15 95 10
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 295 30 150 30 15 10 60 25 40 45 110
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 10 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Urdu 285 30 180 10 10 20 60 10 55 90 75
Iranian languages 240 25 175 0 10 30 60 0 65 75 35
Kurdish 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Pashto 45 0 35 0 0 0 40 0 35 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 160 25 110 0 0 30 25 0 30 45 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 10 40 0 0 0 10 0 0 35 20
Italic (Romance) languages 1,075 140 710 160 55 40 265 115 150 195 215
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Italian 90 20 65 40 10 0 0 0 10 15 0
Portuguese 245 20 155 105 25 10 10 0 0 25 70
Romanian 30 10 20 0 0 0 25 20 0 0 0
Spanish 690 90 465 15 25 30 235 100 135 155 145
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 25 15 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 75 0 35 0 0 0 10 0 0 20 40
Mongolic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 430 10 260 0 15 20 35 20 15 190 155
Akan (Twi) 30 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 20
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Igbo 30 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 10
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Shona 35 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30
Swahili 80 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 35
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 0 50 0 10 0 10 10 0 25 35
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 95 0 70 10 0 0 10 10 0 55 20
Nilo-Saharan languages 25 0 25 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 0
Sign languages 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,735 230 920 80 85 160 345 195 155 255 585
Chinese languages 1,680 230 870 80 85 150 300 195 110 250 585
Cantonese 385 110 255 45 60 60 70 50 20 20 15
Hakka 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mandarin 1,010 100 415 0 0 60 195 125 65 165 490
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 30 10 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 10 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 225 10 145 20 10 10 40 15 25 50 75
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 55 0 55 0 0 10 45 0 45 0 0
Burmese 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 35 0 35 0 0 0 35 0 35 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 50 0 25 15 0 0 10 10 0 0 15
Lao 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 40 0 20 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 55 0 15 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 40
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 35 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 25
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 105 20 60 20 0 30 0 0 10 0 25
Estonian 20 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Hungarian 85 10 50 15 0 35 10 0 0 0 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 25 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 0
Multiple responses 1,480 875 395 15 15 30 155 40 120 190 205
English and French 540 520 20 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
English and non-official language 885 340 355 10 15 25 130 30 95 175 185
French and non-official language 50 15 20 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 10
English, French and non-official language 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 3

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 4

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 6

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 7

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

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Data quality note(s) – Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.8%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016193.

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