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 Abbotsford - Mission
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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 7 176,330 130,310 43,780 11,355 4,975 9,605 11,955 5,695 6,270 5,880 2,240
Single responses 172,725 128,005 42,560 11,130 4,895 9,390 11,455 5,455 6,000 5,695 2,160
Official languages 122,120 113,420 8,280 4,480 995 950 1,330 545 780 525 415
English 120,685 112,135 8,135 4,420 960 940 1,295 525 770 520 415
French 1,435 1,285 145 65 35 10 35 20 10 10 0
Non-official languages 50,605 14,580 34,280 6,645 3,905 8,435 10,125 4,910 5,215 5,170 1,740
Aboriginal languages 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 50,550 14,530 34,280 6,650 3,905 8,440 10,125 4,905 5,210 5,170 1,745
Afro-Asiatic languages 495 35 420 30 20 75 190 85 110 110 40
Berber languages 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kabyle 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 485 35 415 30 15 75 195 85 110 100 40
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 415 30 355 10 10 50 180 70 105 100 35
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 0 15 0 0 15 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 15 0 15 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 910 265 630 50 215 170 165 110 55 30 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 0 45 10 25 0 10 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 860 265 590 45 190 175 150 100 45 30 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,225 40 1,150 85 100 185 405 75 325 380 35
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 55 0 50 0 0 0 30 10 25 20 10
Fijian 20 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
Ilocano 20 0 25 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 25 10 15 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10
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) 1,070 30 1,015 70 85 165 345 60 280 350 30
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 20 0 20 0 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
Creole languages 60 0 55 10 0 20 10 0 10 25 0
Haitian Creole 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 45 0 40 0 0 15 0 0 0 25 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Dravidian languages 155 15 135 30 10 45 20 25 0 30 10
Kannada 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 70 0 65 15 0 10 10 10 0 30 0
Tamil 60 10 45 15 0 35 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 20 0 20 10 0 0 15 20 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 43,180 13,440 28,905 5,860 3,145 7,365 8,440 4,215 4,220 4,105 830
Albanian 120 0 120 0 0 25 85 75 0 20 0
Armenian 60 0 50 0 0 10 0 10 0 30 10
Balto-Slavic languages 1,755 460 1,240 250 240 370 265 130 130 120 55
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,750 460 1,240 245 240 370 265 135 130 120 55
Belarusan 15 0 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 0 85 0 10 45 20 15 10 0 0
Bulgarian 40 0 35 0 0 15 20 0 20 0 0
Croatian 60 30 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 130 0 130 60 20 20 20 15 0 10 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 450 65 390 80 185 105 10 10 0 10 0
Russian 460 100 335 20 10 105 155 85 70 45 30
Serbian 55 10 30 15 0 10 10 10 0 0 15
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 125 40 90 10 10 50 0 10 0 25 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 300 195 100 40 0 0 25 0 20 30 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 0 10 0 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 7,005 2,840 4,110 3,245 190 315 290 130 155 70 60
Afrikaans 170 20 145 10 10 75 55 25 35 0 0
Danish 215 15 205 180 10 15 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 1,480 250 1,220 990 50 80 70 35 35 30 10
Frisian 25 10 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 4,965 2,515 2,400 1,970 120 135 140 60 90 35 45
Icelandic 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 20 20 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Swedish 85 10 70 55 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 0 15 0 0 0 15 15 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 10 0 0
Greek 110 40 70 55 0 10 10 10 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 31,760 9,565 21,600 1,980 2,425 6,215 7,320 3,610 3,705 3,665 585
Indo-Aryan languages 31,515 9,545 21,385 1,980 2,405 6,135 7,250 3,570 3,685 3,610 590
Bengali 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Gujarati 110 15 80 35 15 10 25 0 25 0 15
Hindi 555 50 480 65 80 95 160 75 85 75 25
Kashmiri 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 30,615 9,460 20,630 1,850 2,305 5,995 7,005 3,460 3,545 3,480 525
Sindhi 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 10 65 0 0 10 25 10 20 25 0
Urdu 125 15 95 15 10 25 30 25 0 20 15
Iranian languages 200 25 170 0 20 75 40 25 20 35 0
Kurdish 50 0 45 0 10 10 0 0 0 30 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 145 25 125 0 15 70 35 20 15 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 0 45 0 0 10 25 20 0 15 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,340 520 1,700 310 285 435 465 245 220 200 120
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 305 150 150 130 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 225 70 135 55 15 35 30 30 0 0 15
Romanian 355 35 310 20 50 110 85 25 60 45 10
Spanish 1,470 265 1,105 105 225 275 350 190 155 150 100
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 270 50 180 75 0 30 40 25 15 40 30
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,290 70 780 35 55 145 310 120 185 230 440
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 140 0 135 10 10 25 50 20 25 50 0
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 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Igbo 10 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 20 0 25 0 0 0 15 0 15 10 0
Swahili 20 0 15 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 10
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 0 45 0 0 15 25 15 10 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 45 10 35 0 0 10 25 10 20 10 0
Dinka 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 10 25 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0
Sign languages 100 90 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 35 35 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 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,845 310 1,210 165 200 310 395 200 195 140 330
Chinese languages 1,845 310 1,210 165 200 310 390 195 195 140 325
Cantonese 600 170 405 85 85 115 105 75 25 10 25
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,140 140 705 65 95 175 250 100 155 120 295
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 35 0 40 10 0 10 15 10 10 10 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 60 0 50 10 15 10 25 15 10 0 10
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 0 0 0 0 0 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 300 45 245 65 115 40 20 15 10 0 15
Lao 250 45 200 55 110 35 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 55 0 45 10 10 10 20 15 10 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 75 10 65 0 15 10 45 10 35 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 65 10 60 0 10 10 35 10 25 0 0
Uyghur 0 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 10 0 10 0 0
Uralic languages 455 145 305 240 35 10 0 0 0 20 0
Estonian 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 175 55 125 105 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Hungarian 265 85 180 130 35 0 10 0 10 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,605 2,305 1,215 225 80 215 505 235 270 185 80
English and French 280 245 35 20 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
English and non-official language 3,235 2,045 1,115 180 75 200 495 220 275 170 70
French and non-official language 80 10 65 30 0 10 0 10 0 20 10
English, French and non-official language 15 20 0 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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Data quality note(s) – Abbotsford - Mission

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.3%.
  • 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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