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}

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Sex (3)

This table details mother tongue , generation status , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Hamilton
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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}	734,885	187,495	187,440	359,955
Single responses	720,320	181,240	180,750	358,330
Official languages	563,695	56,305	150,150	357,240
English	553,670	54,765	148,940	349,965
French	10,030	1,540	1,210	7,280
Non-official languages	156,620	124,935	30,595	1,085
Aboriginal languages	30	0	0	35
Non-Aboriginal languages	156,590	124,935	30,600	1,050
Afro-Asiatic languages	15,115	13,175	1,940	10
Berber languages	25	25	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0	0
Cushitic languages	1,035	855	180	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0
Oromo	40	35	0	0
Somali	1,000	825	175	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	14,020	12,270	1,745	0
Amharic	205	185	20	0
Arabic	10,510	9,375	1,135	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	2,455	1,955	500	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	295	235	50	0
Harari	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	175	160	0	10
Maltese	210	190	20	0
Tigrigna	95	90	10	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	80	80	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	35	20	15	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	4,175	3,195	975	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	785	650	140	0
Vietnamese	3,385	2,545	845	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	6,730	6,520	215	0
Bikol	10	10	0	0
Cebuano	225	225	0	0
Fijian	20	20	0	0
Hiligaynon	60	60	0	0
Ilocano	390	380	10	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0
Malay	185	185	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	55	55	0	0
Pangasinan	0	10	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5,725	5,525	200	0
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	50	50	0	0
Creole languages	305	300	0	0
Haitian Creole	35	35	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	155	150	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	115	115	0	0
Dravidian languages	1,620	1,440	180	0
Kannada	50	50	0	0
Malayalam	730	680	50	0
Tamil	680	560	120	0
Telugu	165	150	10	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	107,845	82,945	23,995	910
Albanian	1,490	1,235	255	0
Armenian	380	275	100	0
Balto-Slavic languages	33,170	24,580	8,100	490
Baltic languages	950	620	305	25
Latvian	405	285	95	20
Lithuanian	550	330	210	10
Slavic languages	32,220	23,960	7,795	465
Belarusan	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	1,040	910	130	0
Bulgarian	165	160	0	0
Croatian	6,155	4,365	1,650	140
Czech	1,295	1,000	295	0
Macedonian	680	480	195	10
Polish	9,920	7,615	2,250	55
Russian	2,495	2,165	315	15
Serbian	6,240	4,815	1,375	45
Serbo-Croatian	395	345	50	0
Slovak	660	490	155	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	710	505	200	15
Ukrainian	2,325	990	1,150	180
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	140	120	20	0
Celtic languages	45	45	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	10	10	0	0
Welsh	30	30	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0
Germanic languages	10,325	8,280	1,930	115
Afrikaans	175	165	0	0
Danish	275	235	30	10
Dutch	4,030	3,420	600	15
Frisian	95	65	30	0
German	5,465	4,150	1,215	95
Icelandic	15	15	0	0
Norwegian	45	40	10	0
Swedish	145	125	15	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	60	45	15	0
Yiddish	35	20	15	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Greek	2,025	1,340	640	50
Indo-Iranian languages	21,575	17,825	3,720	25
Indo-Aryan languages	16,870	13,855	2,990	30
Bengali	1,435	1,210	225	0
Gujarati	1,845	1,660	185	0
Hindi	1,480	1,320	155	0
Kashmiri	15	15	0	0
Konkani	75	70	0	0
Marathi	105	105	0	0
Nepali	170	155	15	0
Oriya (Odia)	15	15	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	6,320	4,825	1,475	30
Sindhi	155	140	15	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	355	320	35	0
Urdu	4,910	4,020	890	0
Iranian languages	4,640	3,905	730	0
Kurdish	1,400	1,035	370	0
Pashto	280	245	35	0
Persian (Farsi)	2,960	2,635	325	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	65	65	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	38,835	29,355	9,250	225
Catalan	15	10	0	0
Italian	17,180	11,420	5,635	125
Portuguese	8,900	6,885	1,960	55
Romanian	2,320	2,100	220	10
Spanish	10,400	8,925	1,435	35
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0	0
Japanese	420	305	115	10
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0
Korean	2,375	2,120	255	0
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,705	1,640	65	0
Akan (Twi)	290	250	35	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0
Edo	15	15	0	0
Ewe	50	50	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	20	15	10	0
Ga	40	35	0	0
Ganda	35	35	0	0
Igbo	95	95	0	0
Lingala	35	35	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	45	50	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	110	110	0	0
Shona	185	185	0	0
Swahili	355	340	10	0
Wolof	10	0	0	0
Yoruba	80	70	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	355	340	15	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	240	185	55	0
Dinka	35	30	10	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	205	160	45	0
Sign languages	125	15	50	65
American Sign Language	60	10	30	20
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	65	10	20	40
Sino-Tibetan languages	10,620	9,050	1,530	40
Chinese languages	10,240	8,680	1,520	40
Cantonese	3,560	2,625	905	25
Hakka	65	55	10	0
Mandarin	5,880	5,340	530	10
Min Dong	15	20	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	260	225	45	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	70	60	10	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	380	355	25	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	385	370	10	0
Burmese	55	55	0	0
Karenic languages	315	305	10	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	690	610	90	0
Lao	440	360	80	0
Thai	250	240	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	10	0	0
Turkic languages	990	825	160	0
Azerbaijani	85	80	10	0
Turkish	860	710	150	0
Uyghur	15	10	10	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	30	25	0	0
Uralic languages	3,530	2,545	950	35
Estonian	280	155	120	15
Finnish	175	130	40	0
Hungarian	3,070	2,260	790	20
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	95	70	25	0
Multiple responses	14,560	6,250	6,690	1,620
English and French	1,650	125	395	1,130
English and non-official language	12,155	5,610	6,080	465
French and non-official language	475	385	80	10
English, French and non-official language	285	130	135	20

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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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