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 York
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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 1,103,285 1,063,225 40,060
Official languages 573,515 533,450 40,060
English 564,595 525,395 39,195
French 12,235 8,050 4,180
Non-official languages 567,725 529,775 37,950
Aboriginal languages 70 50 15
Algonquian languages 50 40 15
Blackfoot 5 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 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 5 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 40 30 10
Algonquin 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 30 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0
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 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 5 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 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 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 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. 5 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 567,655 529,720 37,940
Afro-Asiatic languages 22,115 19,725 2,390
Berber languages 20 15 5
Kabyle 10 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5
Cushitic languages 350 325 25
Bilen 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0
Somali 325 295 30
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Semitic languages 21,735 19,375 2,360
Amharic 220 200 20
Arabic 12,030 10,465 1,565
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,860 1,730 130
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 550 505 40
Harari 55 50 5
Hebrew 6,325 5,790 535
Maltese 415 365 45
Tigrigna 145 140 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 140 130 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,475 7,975 505
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,370 1,255 115
Vietnamese 7,105 6,715 385
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 5
Austronesian languages 18,105 15,610 2,495
Bikol 40 35 0
Cebuano 425 375 50
Fijian 5 10 0
Hiligaynon 190 180 15
Ilocano 940 835 105
Malagasy 5 0 5
Malay 875 815 55
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 90 80 10
Pangasinan 35 35 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,405 13,160 2,245
Waray-Waray 30 25 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 70 60 5
Creole languages 685 480 205
Haitian Creole 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 490 345 140
Creole languages, n.i.e. 190 135 60
Dravidian languages 26,435 23,925 2,515
Kannada 260 215 45
Malayalam 1,620 1,445 180
Tamil 23,680 21,550 2,135
Telugu 855 705 155
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 5 5
Indo-European languages 257,775 238,550 19,220
Albanian 1,525 1,435 95
Armenian 3,690 3,430 260
Balto-Slavic languages 54,665 52,545 2,120
Baltic languages 655 635 25
Latvian 265 250 10
Lithuanian 395 380 10
Slavic languages 54,010 51,915 2,095
Belarusan 115 115 0
Bosnian 155 145 10
Bulgarian 800 765 40
Croatian 1,240 1,155 90
Czech 450 435 10
Macedonian 2,875 2,640 240
Polish 4,620 4,400 220
Russian 38,605 37,315 1,285
Serbian 1,610 1,545 65
Serbo-Croatian 175 165 10
Slovak 450 430 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 470 455 20
Ukrainian 2,380 2,295 90
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 65 5
Celtic languages 55 50 10
Scottish Gaelic 25 20 10
Welsh 25 20 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Germanic languages 8,425 7,865 555
Afrikaans 230 165 60
Danish 290 275 15
Dutch 1,530 1,455 70
Frisian 20 20 0
German 5,060 4,750 315
Icelandic 10 10 0
Norwegian 45 45 0
Swedish 150 135 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 30 5
Yiddish 1,055 970 80
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Greek 8,235 7,470 765
Indo-Iranian languages 91,050 82,580 8,475
Indo-Aryan languages 50,350 43,850 6,500
Bengali 1,760 1,580 180
Gujarati 10,965 9,470 1,495
Hindi 6,515 5,295 1,220
Kashmiri 45 40 5
Konkani 235 175 60
Marathi 525 430 95
Nepali 140 125 10
Oriya (Odia) 40 35 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10,630 9,750 885
Sindhi 1,570 1,345 230
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,125 990 135
Urdu 16,795 14,615 2,185
Iranian languages 40,420 38,475 1,945
Kurdish 755 710 40
Pashto 640 605 35
Persian (Farsi) 39,035 37,160 1,870
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 275 250 25
Italic (Romance) languages 90,125 83,180 6,945
Catalan 20 20 0
Italian 59,630 54,685 4,950
Portuguese 8,005 7,445 565
Romanian 6,820 6,560 260
Spanish 15,605 14,435 1,170
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0
Japanese 1,285 1,165 125
Kartvelian languages 190 190 5
Georgian 190 190 5
Korean 13,685 12,960 730
Mongolic languages 20 20 0
Mongolian 20 20 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,775 1,415 360
Akan (Twi) 450 385 65
Bamanankan 5 5 0
Edo 50 40 10
Ewe 45 40 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 15 0
Ga 40 30 5
Ganda 30 30 5
Igbo 195 145 50
Lingala 15 10 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 10 0
Shona 40 35 5
Swahili 365 275 90
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 305 225 80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 170 40
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 30 5
Dinka 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 30 25 5
Sign languages 205 150 55
American Sign Language 65 25 35
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 145 120 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 208,070 199,205 8,860
Chinese languages 207,825 198,980 8,850
Cantonese 114,330 108,675 5,650
Hakka 3,225 2,985 245
Mandarin 81,535 78,965 2,570
Min Dong 280 270 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,770 3,620 155
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,840 1,795 40
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,785 2,610 175
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 65 60 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 240 225 15
Burmese 180 170 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0
Tibetan 40 35 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,135 1,030 110
Lao 845 750 90
Thai 280 265 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 10 0
Turkic languages 3,410 3,230 180
Azerbaijani 595 590 10
Turkish 2,585 2,420 160
Uyghur 15 15 0
Uzbek 100 100 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 110 105 5
Uralic languages 4,150 3,990 165
Estonian 340 330 10
Finnish 610 575 40
Hungarian 3,190 3,080 115
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 90 80 10

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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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