Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Essex

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	395,110	386,140	8,975
Official languages	308,155	299,185	8,970
English	297,045	288,485	8,560
French	13,275	10,700	2,570
Non-official languages	94,070	86,955	7,115
Aboriginal languages	70	55	5
Algonquian languages	35	30	10
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	15	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	15	10	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	5	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	20	20	0
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	20	15	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	5	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	10	5	5
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	5	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	5	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	15	15	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	94,005	86,900	7,105
Afro-Asiatic languages	20,530	18,530	2,005
Berber languages	15	10	0
Kabyle	10	5	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Cushitic languages	610	580	35
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	55	50	5
Somali	555	530	30
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	19,900	17,930	1,970
Amharic	100	100	0
Arabic	16,160	14,435	1,720
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	505	465	40
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	2,580	2,425	150
Harari	5	0	0
Hebrew	35	30	5
Maltese	240	215	30
Tigrigna	140	125	15
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	145	135	10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	2,575	2,395	180
Khmer (Cambodian)	470	425	40
Vietnamese	2,110	1,970	140
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,785	2,395	390
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	90	85	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	45	30	10
Ilocano	95	95	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	100	95	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	20	15	0
Pangasinan	10	10	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,380	2,015	360
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	40	40	5
Creole languages	270	215	55
Haitian Creole	20	15	5
Creole, n.o.s.	195	165	35
Creole languages, n.i.e.	55	40	20
Dravidian languages	770	690	85
Kannada	30	35	0
Malayalam	210	180	30
Tamil	340	300	35
Telugu	180	160	20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Hmong-Mien languages	5	10	0
Indo-European languages	55,020	51,340	3,680
Albanian	1,050	965	95
Armenian	235	205	20
Balto-Slavic languages	12,825	12,190	635
Baltic languages	85	75	5
Latvian	25	25	0
Lithuanian	60	60	5
Slavic languages	12,740	12,110	630
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	335	320	15
Bulgarian	110	105	5
Croatian	1,850	1,755	100
Czech	205	195	10
Macedonian	1,265	1,185	80
Polish	3,240	3,095	145
Russian	630	610	25
Serbian	2,985	2,850	130
Serbo-Croatian	230	215	10
Slovak	970	915	50
Slovene (Slovenian)	160	155	5
Ukrainian	670	615	50
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	85	85	0
Celtic languages	35	25	10
Scottish Gaelic	15	10	5
Welsh	10	10	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Germanic languages	9,595	9,125	470
Afrikaans	50	35	10
Danish	70	65	5
Dutch	735	695	35
Frisian	15	15	0
German	8,575	8,175	395
Icelandic	0	0	0
Norwegian	10	10	5
Swedish	15	20	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	95	85	10
Yiddish	20	20	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Greek	1,135	1,045	90
Indo-Iranian languages	9,385	8,415	970
Indo-Aryan languages	8,470	7,540	925
Bengali	720	645	75
Gujarati	875	790	85
Hindi	865	705	160
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	5	5	0
Marathi	80	70	10
Nepali	475	460	15
Oriya (Odia)	5	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	2,700	2,475	225
Sindhi	40	35	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	115	110	0
Urdu	2,580	2,245	335
Iranian languages	880	830	50
Kurdish	145	135	10
Pashto	50	50	0
Persian (Farsi)	675	645	35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	45	45	0
Italic (Romance) languages	20,765	19,370	1,395
Catalan	0	0	0
Italian	10,385	9,595	785
Portuguese	2,530	2,360	175
Romanian	2,350	2,235	115
Spanish	5,470	5,150	315
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	35	30	0
Japanese	90	85	10
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Korean	505	475	30
Mongolic languages	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	5	0
Niger-Congo languages	940	800	145
Akan (Twi)	95	80	15
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	20	15	5
Ewe	15	15	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	0
Ga	10	5	0
Ganda	20	20	0
Igbo	60	50	10
Lingala	30	25	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	35	30	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	65	65	0
Shona	15	10	0
Swahili	245	205	40
Wolof	10	10	5
Yoruba	170	135	35
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	140	115	25
Nilo-Saharan languages	205	190	15
Dinka	60	55	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	145	135	10
Sign languages	175	105	65
American Sign Language	90	45	45
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	80	55	25
Sino-Tibetan languages	7,485	7,220	265
Chinese languages	7,090	6,855	235
Cantonese	2,150	2,055	95
Hakka	30	25	0
Mandarin	4,160	4,045	115
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	105	100	10
Wu (Shanghainese)	70	70	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	570	555	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	400	365	30
Burmese	50	40	5
Karenic languages	330	300	25
Tibetan	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	25	20	0
Tai-Kadai languages	470	430	40
Lao	270	230	40
Thai	200	200	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	495	460	35
Azerbaijani	20	20	0
Turkish	410	380	30
Uyghur	40	40	0
Uzbek	10	5	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Uralic languages	1,615	1,510	100
Estonian	15	15	5
Finnish	125	120	10
Hungarian	1,475	1,375	95
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	50	45	5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Data quality note(s) – Essex

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.2%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016060.