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 Kelowna
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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 7 190,560 162,055 26,450 12,315 2,900 3,445 4,805 2,100 2,705 2,995 2,055
Single responses 188,730 160,795 25,905 12,150 2,840 3,360 4,695 2,075 2,625 2,865 2,020
Official languages 167,160 155,450 11,015 5,960 1,035 1,030 1,950 775 1,180 1,035 695
English 164,000 152,605 10,750 5,835 1,025 990 1,895 740 1,155 1,000 650
French 3,160 2,840 265 125 10 40 55 35 20 30 50
Non-official languages 21,565 5,355 14,885 6,190 1,805 2,325 2,745 1,295 1,445 1,830 1,325
Aboriginal languages 120 115 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 21,445 5,240 14,885 6,190 1,800 2,325 2,735 1,295 1,445 1,825 1,325
Afro-Asiatic languages 375 35 285 85 25 25 65 25 40 90 50
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 365 35 280 85 15 25 65 25 40 90 50
Amharic 25 0 30 0 0 0 15 0 10 0 0
Arabic 290 35 220 75 15 15 30 10 20 85 35
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 40 10 25 10 0 0 20 10 15 0 15
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 345 80 255 55 95 60 20 10 10 25 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 340 80 250 60 90 55 15 0 15 30 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,215 40 1,030 50 55 210 270 60 210 450 150
Bikol 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 60 0 50 10 10 0 15 0 0 10 15
Fijian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 50 0 50 0 0 0 35 10 30 0 0
Ilocano 60 0 40 0 10 25 10 0 10 0 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 75 10 50 0 10 15 15 0 10 10 25
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) 930 35 810 30 20 160 185 40 145 410 90
Waray-Waray 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 70 0 55 20 0 10 15 0 0 10 10
Kannada 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 45 0 35 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 10
Tamil 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
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 16,170 4,460 11,060 5,400 1,405 1,630 1,795 925 875 825 650
Albanian 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
Armenian 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,505 1,185 2,240 890 490 385 315 205 110 170 80
Baltic languages 40 10 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 35 10 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,470 1,170 2,215 860 485 385 315 200 115 165 80
Belarusan 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 0 50 15 0 40 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 40 10 35 0 0 30 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 310 65 245 205 0 30 0 0 0 10 0
Czech 335 30 300 170 90 30 20 10 10 0 10
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 655 115 520 125 310 50 25 15 15 10 20
Russian 770 250 485 70 0 130 180 115 65 95 35
Serbian 210 65 150 40 20 35 55 35 20 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 50 0 50 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 105 25 80 35 30 10 0 0 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 115 10 95 95 0 10 0 0 0 0 15
Ukrainian 805 600 185 70 20 25 20 15 10 50 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,965 1,970 4,875 3,420 385 350 600 280 325 120 120
Afrikaans 135 0 100 10 0 10 75 30 50 10 30
Danish 125 10 120 105 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 980 130 850 630 55 45 65 35 30 40 0
Frisian 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 5,515 1,805 3,635 2,550 310 275 450 205 245 50 80
Icelandic 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 50 15 40 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 115 25 90 55 10 10 10 10 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 0 35 25 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 175 90 85 45 25 15 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,850 635 1,965 230 265 625 555 265 290 285 250
Indo-Aryan languages 2,470 620 1,640 215 195 515 460 215 250 250 215
Bengali 110 10 40 0 0 10 25 0 25 10 65
Gujarati 30 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Hindi 160 10 115 10 20 15 35 25 15 35 35
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 60 10 45 0 0 10 20 15 10 20 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,925 555 1,275 195 170 425 335 155 180 150 90
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 0 35 0 0 15 10 0 0 15 0
Urdu 150 30 95 0 0 30 45 20 25 15 25
Iranian languages 370 15 325 15 70 110 95 55 45 35 25
Kurdish 65 10 50 0 0 30 0 0 0 15 10
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 305 0 270 15 65 75 100 55 40 20 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,630 580 1,865 800 235 255 320 170 145 250 195
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 990 355 590 520 20 25 0 10 0 25 45
Portuguese 345 85 235 150 35 25 10 10 0 15 30
Romanian 220 15 205 10 50 50 80 45 35 15 0
Spanish 1,075 130 830 135 135 160 225 115 100 185 120
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Japanese 410 155 205 45 0 45 75 45 30 35 50
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 480 25 380 15 0 60 135 50 90 165 75
Mongolic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 30 0 20 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 10 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,280 200 805 105 115 160 275 160 110 155 280
Chinese languages 1,280 195 805 105 115 160 275 160 115 155 275
Cantonese 400 130 240 70 55 75 35 15 15 0 30
Hakka 15 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 670 55 395 0 20 65 185 110 75 110 220
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 55 10 50 15 10 0 15 10 10 0 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 140 10 110 20 15 15 35 30 10 30 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 80 0 65 0 10 10 35 10 25 10 15
Lao 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 70 0 60 0 0 10 35 10 30 10 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 65 0 40 0 0 10 10 0 10 15 20
Azerbaijani 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Turkish 35 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 15
Uyghur 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Uralic languages 880 220 660 405 80 95 40 10 30 35 0
Estonian 20 10 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 175 55 125 110 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 680 160 520 280 80 95 40 0 30 35 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,840 1,260 545 165 60 80 105 25 80 135 30
English and French 360 340 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
English and non-official language 1,400 890 485 130 45 85 105 25 80 120 30
French and non-official language 55 20 35 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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