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 St. Catharines - Niagara
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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}	396,865	73,680	88,875	234,310
Single responses	391,320	71,855	86,670	232,795
Official languages	335,830	28,125	75,590	232,120
English	323,905	27,620	74,980	221,300
French	11,925	500	605	10,815
Non-official languages	55,490	43,735	11,080	670
Aboriginal languages	35	0	0	35
Non-Aboriginal languages	55,450	43,730	11,080	635
Afro-Asiatic languages	2,905	2,480	425	0
Berber languages	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	200	165	35	0
Bilen	0	10	0	0
Oromo	10	0	0	0
Somali	175	145	25	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	0
Semitic languages	2,695	2,310	390	0
Amharic	35	40	0	0
Arabic	2,350	1,975	370	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	10	10	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	75	75	10	0
Maltese	135	125	15	0
Tigrigna	10	15	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	75	75	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	905	730	160	20
Khmer (Cambodian)	190	170	25	0
Vietnamese	715	555	140	15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	10	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,185	2,160	25	0
Bikol	10	10	0	0
Cebuano	95	90	10	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	35	35	0	0
Ilocano	95	95	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0
Malay	35	30	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	15	15	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,875	1,855	20	0
Waray-Waray	15	15	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0
Creole languages	155	150	0	0
Haitian Creole	25	25	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	115	110	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0	0
Dravidian languages	475	455	20	0
Kannada	25	20	0	0
Malayalam	305	285	20	0
Tamil	90	90	0	0
Telugu	55	50	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	39,375	29,725	9,175	475
Albanian	150	125	30	0
Armenian	185	145	30	10
Balto-Slavic languages	9,860	7,120	2,580	165
Baltic languages	260	165	100	0
Latvian	155	110	40	0
Lithuanian	105	50	55	0
Slavic languages	9,595	6,955	2,480	160
Belarusan	20	15	0	0
Bosnian	225	165	60	0
Bulgarian	300	280	20	0
Croatian	840	610	210	15
Czech	305	275	30	0
Macedonian	115	85	25	0
Polish	3,340	2,465	850	15
Russian	970	845	115	15
Serbian	1,375	1,095	275	0
Serbo-Croatian	110	95	10	0
Slovak	310	205	105	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	280	195	85	0
Ukrainian	1,375	585	690	100
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	25	0	0
Celtic languages	50	35	0	15
Scottish Gaelic	25	15	0	10
Welsh	20	15	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	10
Germanic languages	9,225	6,740	2,320	170
Afrikaans	105	95	15	0
Danish	165	150	15	0
Dutch	3,170	2,640	505	20
Frisian	45	30	10	0
German	5,570	3,670	1,750	150
Icelandic	10	0	0	0
Norwegian	40	25	15	0
Swedish	80	75	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	35	40	0	0
Yiddish	10	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Greek	655	420	215	15
Indo-Iranian languages	3,475	3,030	435	10
Indo-Aryan languages	2,785	2,450	325	10
Bengali	205	195	10	0
Gujarati	520	470	55	0
Hindi	505	455	50	10
Kashmiri	10	10	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0
Marathi	40	40	0	0
Nepali	60	60	0	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	635	540	95	0
Sindhi	30	25	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	85	85	0	0
Urdu	695	580	115	0
Iranian languages	640	540	95	0
Kurdish	235	200	35	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	405	345	60	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	55	40	15	0
Italic (Romance) languages	15,770	12,120	3,565	85
Catalan	0	0	0	0
Italian	9,935	7,050	2,830	50
Portuguese	880	670	215	0
Romanian	460	420	45	0
Spanish	4,465	3,965	470	30
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	20	10	15	0
Japanese	275	235	45	0
Kartvelian languages	15	20	0	0
Georgian	20	15	0	0
Korean	1,235	1,200	35	0
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	585	540	50	0
Akan (Twi)	115	105	10	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0
Ga	10	10	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0
Igbo	10	10	0	0
Lingala	20	20	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	45	35	10	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0
Shona	125	115	10	0
Swahili	120	105	15	0
Wolof	10	0	0	0
Yoruba	85	75	10	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	55	55	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	120	15	10	90
American Sign Language	55	10	0	40
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	65	10	10	50
Sino-Tibetan languages	4,795	4,285	475	30
Chinese languages	4,770	4,260	475	30
Cantonese	1,245	965	245	30
Hakka	25	20	0	0
Mandarin	3,045	2,865	175	0
Min Dong	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	180	135	45	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	25	25	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	255	250	10	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	25	25	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	20	20	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	335	285	55	0
Lao	245	200	45	0
Thai	90	80	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	325	290	30	0
Azerbaijani	35	25	10	0
Turkish	210	205	10	0
Uyghur	50	30	20	0
Uzbek	20	20	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0	0
Uralic languages	1,765	1,175	570	25
Estonian	95	55	40	0
Finnish	140	100	40	0
Hungarian	1,530	1,020	490	20
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0
Multiple responses	5,545	1,825	2,205	1,520
English and French	1,565	55	180	1,335
English and non-official language	3,695	1,630	1,910	150
French and non-official language	175	115	60	0
English, French and non-official language	110	30	50	30

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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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