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 Nanaimo

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	153,160	151,630	1,525
Official languages	139,220	137,695	1,530
English	137,065	135,575	1,495
French	2,560	2,120	440
Non-official languages	15,085	13,940	1,150
Aboriginal languages	200	135	60
Algonquian languages	30	20	10
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	20	15	5
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	5	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	15	10	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	0	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	5	5	5
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	5	5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	5	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	5	0	5
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	5	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	5	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	5
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	5	0	5
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	5	5	0
Salish languages	55	35	20
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	45	30	15
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.	10	5	5
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	10	5	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	5	5	0
Tsimshian	5	5	0
Wakashan languages	60	35	20
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	25	20	5
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	30	20	10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	20	20	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	14,885	13,805	1,080
Afro-Asiatic languages	400	365	35
Berber languages	0	5	0
Kabyle	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	10	10	0
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Semitic languages	390	355	40
Amharic	10	5	0
Arabic	340	305	35
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	30	30	0
Maltese	15	15	5
Tigrigna	0	5	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	560	520	40
Khmer (Cambodian)	100	85	10
Vietnamese	460	430	35
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	5
Austronesian languages	1,010	820	190
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	45	40	5
Fijian	5	5	5
Hiligaynon	15	10	0
Ilocano	50	35	10
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	30	30	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	5	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	815	650	170
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	30	35	0
Creole languages	20	15	5
Haitian Creole	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	15	10	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5
Dravidian languages	55	50	5
Kannada	0	0	0
Malayalam	35	30	5
Tamil	15	10	0
Telugu	5	5	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	9,185	8,570	610
Albanian	10	5	0
Armenian	10	10	0
Balto-Slavic languages	1,630	1,540	85
Baltic languages	45	45	0
Latvian	30	25	0
Lithuanian	15	15	0
Slavic languages	1,580	1,500	85
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	10	0
Bulgarian	30	25	0
Croatian	190	180	5
Czech	160	155	5
Macedonian	20	20	0
Polish	340	320	15
Russian	290	275	15
Serbian	55	55	0
Serbo-Croatian	20	15	0
Slovak	80	75	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	35	35	0
Ukrainian	330	300	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	25	20	0
Celtic languages	55	35	15
Scottish Gaelic	15	10	5
Welsh	25	25	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5
Germanic languages	4,480	4,265	215
Afrikaans	130	110	15
Danish	380	365	15
Dutch	1,135	1,085	50
Frisian	5	10	0
German	2,450	2,350	95
Icelandic	15	15	5
Norwegian	150	135	15
Swedish	155	140	15
Vlaams (Flemish)	40	35	0
Yiddish	10	10	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Greek	105	90	15
Indo-Iranian languages	1,550	1,385	165
Indo-Aryan languages	1,370	1,220	155
Bengali	30	30	0
Gujarati	60	45	10
Hindi	170	140	30
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0
Marathi	0	5	0
Nepali	10	10	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	1,035	935	90
Sindhi	5	10	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	10	10	5
Urdu	50	45	10
Iranian languages	175	160	10
Kurdish	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	170	160	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages	1,355	1,230	120
Catalan	0	0	0
Italian	380	350	35
Portuguese	215	200	15
Romanian	65	60	5
Spanish	685	625	65
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Japanese	400	370	30
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Korean	490	470	20
Mongolic languages	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	105	90	15
Akan (Twi)	10	10	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	5	0	0
Ewe	0	5	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	0
Ga	0	5	0
Ganda	5	0	0
Igbo	10	5	5
Lingala	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	5	0
Shona	5	0	0
Swahili	5	10	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	20	15	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	35	30	5
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Sign languages	35	20	10
American Sign Language	10	10	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	25	10	10
Sino-Tibetan languages	2,000	1,925	70
Chinese languages	1,990	1,920	70
Cantonese	530	500	25
Hakka	5	5	0
Mandarin	1,275	1,235	40
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	35	35	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	15	15	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	130	125	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	5	0
Burmese	0	0	5
Karenic languages	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	105	95	10
Lao	5	5	0
Thai	100	95	10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	40	35	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Turkish	30	35	0
Uyghur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Uralic languages	470	440	30
Estonian	30	30	0
Finnish	145	135	15
Hungarian	295	280	15
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	20	15	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) – Nanaimo

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 5.0%.
• 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.