Mother Tongue (10), First Official Language Spoken (7), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (27) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Knowledge of official languages (5): Total - Knowledge of official languages
• Age (27): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , first official language spoken , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Alberta

Mother tongue (10)	First official language spoken (7)
	Total - First official language spoken	English	French	English and French	Neither English nor French	Official language minority (number)^Footnote 1	Official language minority (percentage)^Footnote 2
Total - Mother tongue	4,026,650	3,880,680	71,535	16,605	57,830	79,835	2.0
English	2,991,480	2,991,380	105	0	0	100	0.0
French	72,155	6,400	65,755	0	0	65,750	91.1
Non-official language	870,945	795,985	2,945	14,180	57,830	10,040	1.2
Aboriginal	23,840	23,550	25	40	230	45	0.2
Non-Aboriginal	847,105	772,440	2,920	14,140	57,600	9,995	1.2
English and French	10,225	7,935	500	1,795	0	1,395	13.6
English and non-official language	77,520	77,495	20	0	0	20	0.0
French and non-official language	2,680	525	2,155	0	0	2,155	80.4
English, French and non-official language	1,640	955	55	630	0	370	22.6

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Data quality note(s) – Alberta

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
• 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-X2016066.