Data tables, 2016 Census

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 The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa, CV
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Mother Tongue (263) Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 1 Single mother tongue responsesFootnote 2 Multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 3
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 4 923,375 889,715 33,655
Official languages 722,955 689,300 33,655
English 591,915 562,075 29,840
French 145,750 127,225 18,525
Non-official languages 221,775 200,415 21,360
Aboriginal languages 800 650 145
Algonquian languages 335 280 55
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 180 155 30
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0
Naskapi 10 5 0
Northern East Cree 30 25 5
Plains Cree 10 10 5
Southern East Cree 5 5 0
Swampy Cree 35 25 5
Woods Cree 5 5 5
Cree, n.o.s. 85 75 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 25 20 5
Malecite 5 5 0
Mi'kmaq 20 20 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 125 105 25
Algonquin 30 25 5
Ojibway 85 65 20
Oji-Cree 10 10 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 5 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 5 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 410 330 85
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0
Inuktitut 360 295 65
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 40 25 15
Iroquoian languages 35 30 5
Cayuga 0 0 0
Mohawk 25 25 5
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 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 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 10 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 220,980 199,770 21,215
Afro-Asiatic languages 50,660 44,345 6,320
Berber languages 405 375 30
Kabyle 265 245 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 140 125 15
Cushitic languages 7,535 6,665 875
Bilen 55 50 5
Oromo 235 215 15
Somali 7,130 6,305 830
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 115 90 25
Semitic languages 42,650 37,255 5,395
Amharic 1,580 1,455 120
Arabic 39,435 34,295 5,140
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 85 75 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 10 0
Harari 65 55 10
Hebrew 390 355 35
Maltese 45 30 10
Tigrigna 965 900 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 85 75 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,575 7,045 540
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,215 1,100 115
Vietnamese 6,350 5,935 420
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 10 5
Austronesian languages 9,075 7,780 1,285
Bikol 35 30 0
Cebuano 425 370 60
Fijian 5 5 0
Hiligaynon 125 115 15
Ilocano 610 575 35
Malagasy 70 55 15
Malay 435 395 40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 20 5
Pangasinan 30 30 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,145 6,040 1,110
Waray-Waray 45 45 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 125 10
Creole languages 5,625 4,180 1,450
Haitian Creole 420 295 125
Creole, n.o.s. 4,960 3,705 1,255
Creole languages, n.i.e. 250 180 70
Dravidian languages 4,365 3,805 560
Kannada 260 220 35
Malayalam 740 660 80
Tamil 2,750 2,415 340
Telugu 590 490 100
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 5 0
Indo-European languages 94,760 87,105 7,655
Albanian 715 660 50
Armenian 495 465 35
Balto-Slavic languages 21,265 20,270 995
Baltic languages 480 455 25
Latvian 265 250 15
Lithuanian 220 210 10
Slavic languages 20,780 19,815 965
Belarusan 45 40 0
Bosnian 630 600 25
Bulgarian 885 845 35
Croatian 1,055 1,000 50
Czech 955 910 40
Macedonian 70 65 5
Polish 5,805 5,520 285
Russian 6,415 6,150 260
Serbian 1,770 1,705 65
Serbo-Croatian 540 515 25
Slovak 610 575 35
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 210 10
Ukrainian 1,755 1,630 120
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 5
Celtic languages 140 115 30
Scottish Gaelic 55 40 10
Welsh 55 55 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15
Germanic languages 9,350 8,680 665
Afrikaans 180 160 20
Danish 315 295 20
Dutch 2,350 2,215 140
Frisian 40 40 5
German 5,710 5,275 440
Icelandic 20 20 0
Norwegian 140 130 5
Swedish 295 275 20
Vlaams (Flemish) 90 75 10
Yiddish 200 175 25
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0
Greek 2,340 2,110 230
Indo-Iranian languages 30,250 26,970 3,285
Indo-Aryan languages 21,115 18,345 2,770
Bengali 3,700 3,255 445
Gujarati 1,695 1,470 220
Hindi 3,525 2,875 645
Kashmiri 25 20 5
Konkani 115 105 15
Marathi 345 285 60
Nepali 985 925 60
Oriya (Odia) 50 40 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,290 3,875 410
Sindhi 305 265 40
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 915 815 105
Urdu 5,160 4,405 755
Iranian languages 9,030 8,525 500
Kurdish 700 655 45
Pashto 1,090 1,025 65
Persian (Farsi) 7,240 6,850 390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 105 95 10
Italic (Romance) languages 30,205 27,835 2,365
Catalan 30 30 0
Italian 9,860 9,030 830
Portuguese 4,500 4,205 295
Romanian 2,660 2,565 100
Spanish 13,130 11,985 1,140
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 25 5
Japanese 1,110 990 120
Kartvelian languages 35 35 0
Georgian 35 30 0
Korean 2,160 2,065 90
Mongolic languages 30 30 0
Mongolian 30 30 0
Niger-Congo languages 6,645 5,380 1,270
Akan (Twi) 440 355 80
Bamanankan 85 75 10
Edo 45 35 15
Ewe 105 75 35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 120 100 15
Ga 70 60 15
Ganda 135 120 10
Igbo 225 185 40
Lingala 545 320 220
Rundi (Kirundi) 970 840 130
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 735 650 85
Shona 130 105 20
Swahili 1,335 1,100 235
Wolof 105 80 25
Yoruba 315 235 80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,280 1,030 250
Nilo-Saharan languages 330 305 25
Dinka 95 85 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 240 215 20
Sign languages 330 220 110
American Sign Language 135 75 60
Quebec Sign Language 10 5 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 180 140 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,335 31,945 1,385
Chinese languages 32,460 31,135 1,325
Cantonese 10,720 10,160 560
Hakka 155 150 0
Mandarin 19,235 18,580 660
Min Dong 55 50 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 755 725 30
Wu (Shanghainese) 450 445 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,075 1,010 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 875 810 60
Burmese 240 225 20
Karenic languages 350 325 25
Tibetan 95 90 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 185 170 15
Tai-Kadai languages 770 690 80
Lao 395 345 50
Thai 380 340 35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0
Turkic languages 1,810 1,645 165
Azerbaijani 125 120 0
Turkish 1,545 1,385 155
Uyghur 15 10 5
Uzbek 65 65 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 65 5
Uralic languages 2,170 2,050 115
Estonian 155 155 0
Finnish 335 305 35
Hungarian 1,675 1,595 80
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 140 40

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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.

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Footnote 2

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

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Footnote 3

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

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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.

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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-X2016060.

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