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 Capital

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	377,670	372,390	5,280
Official languages	328,205	322,925	5,280
English	321,700	316,565	5,135
French	7,730	6,360	1,370
Non-official languages	53,655	49,460	4,190
Aboriginal languages	340	260	75
Algonquian languages	55	45	15
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	40	35	10
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	15	10	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	5	5	5
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	15	10	0
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	10	10	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	15	15	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	15	10	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	5	5	0
Chilcotin	5	5	0
Dene	0	0	5
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	5	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	10	5	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5	5	0
Inuktitut	5	5	5
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	0	5
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	5	0	0
Salish languages	195	150	45
Comox	5	0	0
Halkomelem	55	45	5
Lillooet	5	5	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	105	80	25
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	30	20	15
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	5	5	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	5	5	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	45	35	10
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	5	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	15	5	10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	30	20	5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	10	5	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	53,315	49,200	4,115
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,845	1,685	165
Berber languages	15	15	5
Kabyle	5	5	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Cushitic languages	95	80	10
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	25	25	5
Somali	65	60	5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	1,740	1,585	150
Amharic	115	105	5
Arabic	1,365	1,245	120
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	130	120	15
Maltese	30	25	0
Tigrigna	85	80	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,195	1,120	75
Khmer (Cambodian)	145	135	10
Vietnamese	1,045	980	60
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	4,715	4,020	690
Bikol	10	10	0
Cebuano	270	245	25
Fijian	10	5	0
Hiligaynon	55	50	10
Ilocano	200	195	10
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	115	105	15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	15	15	0
Pangasinan	10	10	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	3,970	3,340	630
Waray-Waray	10	10	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	45	40	5
Creole languages	70	40	30
Haitian Creole	5	5	0
Creole, n.o.s.	35	20	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	35	15	20
Dravidian languages	415	350	60
Kannada	25	25	0
Malayalam	110	90	20
Tamil	160	140	20
Telugu	110	95	20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	27,080	24,945	2,135
Albanian	140	125	10
Armenian	55	50	5
Balto-Slavic languages	4,695	4,410	285
Baltic languages	115	110	0
Latvian	60	55	5
Lithuanian	55	50	0
Slavic languages	4,580	4,300	285
Belarusan	5	5	0
Bosnian	35	30	0
Bulgarian	120	110	5
Croatian	450	415	30
Czech	390	375	10
Macedonian	20	20	0
Polish	1,195	1,120	75
Russian	1,140	1,080	60
Serbian	205	195	10
Serbo-Croatian	95	90	5
Slovak	150	140	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	80	80	0
Ukrainian	675	615	65
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	25	25	5
Celtic languages	105	85	25
Scottish Gaelic	35	30	10
Welsh	50	40	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10
Germanic languages	8,440	7,960	480
Afrikaans	220	185	30
Danish	485	465	25
Dutch	2,195	2,085	105
Frisian	25	20	5
German	4,950	4,665	285
Icelandic	35	30	5
Norwegian	230	220	10
Swedish	225	210	20
Vlaams (Flemish)	40	35	5
Yiddish	40	40	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Greek	350	320	25
Indo-Iranian languages	6,915	6,180	735
Indo-Aryan languages	5,905	5,220	685
Bengali	160	145	10
Gujarati	180	145	30
Hindi	645	525	125
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	20	10	5
Marathi	35	30	5
Nepali	75	70	0
Oriya (Odia)	5	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	4,320	3,890	435
Sindhi	50	50	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	90	80	10
Urdu	320	265	50
Iranian languages	980	930	45
Kurdish	10	5	0
Pashto	50	50	5
Persian (Farsi)	915	875	45
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	35	25	5
Italic (Romance) languages	6,380	5,810	565
Catalan	15	15	5
Italian	1,180	1,065	110
Portuguese	1,495	1,405	85
Romanian	315	295	20
Spanish	3,370	3,025	340
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Japanese	1,650	1,515	140
Kartvelian languages	5	5	0
Georgian	10	10	0
Korean	1,695	1,620	75
Mongolic languages	5	5	0
Mongolian	5	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	375	285	90
Akan (Twi)	35	20	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	5	5	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	0	0
Ga	5	0	0
Ganda	10	5	0
Igbo	20	10	5
Lingala	10	0	10
Rundi (Kirundi)	5	5	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	40	35	10
Shona	15	15	5
Swahili	85	70	15
Wolof	10	10	0
Yoruba	30	20	15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	95	80	20
Nilo-Saharan languages	20	15	0
Dinka	5	5	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Sign languages	160	110	50
American Sign Language	70	40	25
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	95	70	20
Sino-Tibetan languages	12,460	11,945	515
Chinese languages	12,375	11,860	510
Cantonese	5,445	5,150	295
Hakka	45	45	0
Mandarin	5,965	5,785	180
Min Dong	0	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	235	230	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	125	125	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	550	520	30
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	85	85	5
Burmese	35	30	0
Karenic languages	5	10	0
Tibetan	40	40	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages	350	320	30
Lao	20	10	5
Thai	325	300	25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	5	0	0
Turkic languages	185	180	5
Azerbaijani	15	15	0
Turkish	165	160	5
Uyghur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Uralic languages	1,065	1,010	50
Estonian	65	65	5
Finnish	285	265	15
Hungarian	715	680	35
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	30	25	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.

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) – Capital

• 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: 5.1%.
• 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.