Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Generation Status (4), 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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Number of languages known (11)^{Footnote 1}

Age (12)

Sex (3)

This table details mother tongue , generation status , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Québec
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Mother tongue (187)	Generation status (4)
Mother tongue (187)	Total - Generation status^Footnote 2	First generation^Footnote 3	Second generation^Footnote 4	Third generation or more^Footnote 5
Total - Mother tongue^{Footnote 6}	779,090	52,710	31,425	694,945
Single responses	771,955	50,475	29,610	691,865
Official languages	741,485	24,025	26,235	691,225
English	10,260	1,630	1,720	6,910
French	731,225	22,395	24,505	684,315
Non-official languages	30,470	26,450	3,380	640
Aboriginal languages	530	0	15	515
Non-Aboriginal languages	29,940	26,450	3,370	125
Afro-Asiatic languages	6,245	5,595	640	10
Berber languages	720	635	85	0
Kabyle	375	325	50	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	345	310	35	0
Cushitic languages	55	45	15	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0
Somali	55	45	15	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	5,430	4,880	550	10
Amharic	0	0	0	0
Arabic	5,420	4,865	550	10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	10	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	40	45	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,405	1,080	330	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	520	410	110	0
Vietnamese	885	665	220	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	280	275	10	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	15	10	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	10	0	0	0
Malagasy	135	135	0	0
Malay	20	20	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	70	75	0	0
Waray-Waray	0	10	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	30	25	10	0
Creole languages	580	570	10	0
Haitian Creole	60	60	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	520	510	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0	0
Telugu	10	10	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	16,280	14,310	1,930	35
Albanian	270	195	80	0
Armenian	20	25	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	2,515	2,190	325	0
Baltic languages	15	10	0	0
Latvian	15	10	10	0
Lithuanian	0	10	0	0
Slavic languages	2,500	2,175	325	0
Belarusan	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	540	460	75	0
Bulgarian	140	120	20	0
Croatian	120	100	25	0
Czech	50	50	0	0
Macedonian	10	10	0	0
Polish	340	280	60	0
Russian	660	580	80	0
Serbian	160	135	25	0
Serbo-Croatian	365	330	35	0
Slovak	35	35	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	10	0	0
Ukrainian	75	70	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	10	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	10	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	10	0	0
Germanic languages	795	740	55	0
Afrikaans	10	10	0	0
Danish	15	15	0	0
Dutch	90	85	10	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0
German	625	575	40	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	10	0	0
Swedish	40	40	10	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	10	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0
Greek	120	70	50	0
Indo-Iranian languages	1,660	1,495	165	0
Indo-Aryan languages	940	845	90	0
Bengali	85	75	15	0
Gujarati	10	0	10	0
Hindi	35	40	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0
Marathi	10	0	0	0
Nepali	755	700	55	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	10	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0
Urdu	40	25	15	0
Iranian languages	560	505	55	0
Kurdish	45	40	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	515	460	55	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	160	145	15	0
Italic (Romance) languages	10,885	9,600	1,260	30
Catalan	40	40	0	0
Italian	605	495	105	0
Portuguese	1,770	1,605	165	0
Romanian	850	765	85	0
Spanish	7,615	6,685	905	25
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Japanese	150	150	0	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0
Korean	20	20	0	0
Mongolic languages	10	0	0	0
Mongolian	10	0	10	0
Niger-Congo languages	2,820	2,750	75	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	55	60	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0
Ewe	35	30	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	160	145	15	0
Ga	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0
Igbo	10	0	0	0
Lingala	140	130	10	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	510	505	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	285	285	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0
Swahili	400	375	25	0
Wolof	365	355	15	0
Yoruba	10	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	860	855	10	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	45	45	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0
Sign languages	95	10	10	80
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	60	10	0	50
Sign languages, n.i.e	35	0	10	25
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,525	1,240	285	0
Chinese languages	1,380	1,105	275	0
Cantonese	300	210	90	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	915	785	140	0
Min Dong	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	35	15	25	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	10	10	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	105	85	25	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	145	135	15	0
Burmese	20	25	0	0
Karenic languages	105	95	10	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	200	170	25	0
Lao	115	105	10	0
Thai	80	65	20	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	65	60	0	0
Azerbaijani	25	25	0	0
Turkish	30	30	10	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	160	115	40	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0
Finnish	30	10	15	0
Hungarian	135	105	30	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	45	45	0	0
Multiple responses	7,135	2,240	1,815	3,075
English and French	3,555	280	505	2,775
English and non-official language	190	140	20	35
French and non-official language	3,110	1,720	1,185	210
English, French and non-official language	270	105	110	55

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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

For more information on generation status 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

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or once were, immigrants to Canada.

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Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

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