Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) 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 , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Peel
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 1,375,800 1,233,210 1,155 86,400 55,040
Single responses 1,305,305 1,171,950 1,040 77,575 54,740
Official languages 674,495 622,760 600 50,620 510
English 662,450 621,970 40 39,950 500
French 12,045 795 565 10,670 15
Non-official languages 630,810 549,190 445 26,950 54,225
Aboriginal languages 70 65 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 10 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 15 15 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 630,745 549,125 445 26,945 54,225
Afro-Asiatic languages 42,450 35,450 100 3,500 3,405
Berber languages 55 15 0 35 5
Kabyle 35 15 5 20 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 20 0
Cushitic languages 1,500 1,400 0 55 50
Bilen 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 90 85 0 5 0
Somali 1,395 1,300 0 50 50
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Semitic languages 40,765 33,915 95 3,400 3,350
Amharic 620 580 0 30 15
Arabic 34,310 28,070 90 3,290 2,860
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 3,115 2,715 0 35 365
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 505 435 0 10 60
Harari 65 65 0 0 0
Hebrew 105 95 0 10 0
Maltese 1,390 1,365 0 15 5
Tigrigna 340 325 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 315 270 0 10 40
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15,015 12,340 15 520 2,145
Khmer (Cambodian) 320 260 0 20 35
Vietnamese 14,660 12,045 15 495 2,105
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 35,515 34,695 5 440 370
Bikol 95 95 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,000 960 0 20 15
Fijian 15 15 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 360 355 0 5 5
Ilocano 1,165 1,135 0 10 25
Malagasy 10 0 0 5 0
Malay 1,305 1,225 0 55 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 380 365 0 0 10
Pangasinan 80 75 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30,895 30,260 5 345 290
Waray-Waray 65 65 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 145 145 0 0 0
Creole languages 1,640 595 35 985 30
Haitian Creole 25 5 0 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 1,000 160 30 790 25
Creole languages, n.i.e. 620 430 0 175 5
Dravidian languages 33,075 30,130 10 1,015 1,925
Kannada 955 910 0 35 15
Malayalam 5,595 5,280 0 130 185
Tamil 22,780 20,415 10 750 1,605
Telugu 3,610 3,395 0 100 115
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 130 130 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 432,875 377,550 205 18,010 37,105
Albanian 2,670 2,280 0 145 240
Armenian 745 600 0 115 35
Balto-Slavic languages 64,830 57,850 25 3,535 3,420
Baltic languages 830 730 0 90 10
Latvian 190 170 0 20 0
Lithuanian 640 560 0 65 15
Slavic languages 64,000 57,125 25 3,450 3,405
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,295 1,135 0 70 95
Bulgarian 1,330 1,130 5 145 55
Croatian 6,340 5,910 5 250 180
Czech 950 850 0 60 35
Macedonian 1,630 1,470 0 75 80
Polish 32,095 28,635 10 1,565 1,880
Russian 5,825 4,985 5 425 410
Serbian 4,485 3,945 0 305 225
Serbo-Croatian 580 515 0 40 20
Slovak 1,045 960 5 65 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,120 1,065 0 45 10
Ukrainian 7,155 6,385 0 390 385
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 5 10
Celtic languages 60 55 0 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 35 35 0 0 0
Welsh 15 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages 7,660 7,025 0 615 15
Afrikaans 115 115 0 0 0
Danish 285 280 0 5 0
Dutch 1,810 1,685 0 120 5
Frisian 45 40 0 0 0
German 5,130 4,670 0 450 10
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 40 0 0 0
Swedish 150 140 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 60 40 0 15 0
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Greek 3,420 3,120 5 160 130
Indo-Iranian languages 269,670 234,230 85 8,300 27,050
Indo-Aryan languages 258,345 224,415 80 7,785 26,075
Bengali 6,455 5,960 0 285 210
Gujarati 24,700 21,515 5 745 2,435
Hindi 24,185 22,365 10 860 945
Kashmiri 110 105 0 0 0
Konkani 1,055 1,020 0 25 5
Marathi 2,015 1,870 0 80 65
Nepali 1,890 1,750 0 60 80
Oriya (Odia) 210 200 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 134,460 111,045 40 3,690 19,685
Sindhi 1,535 1,430 0 50 60
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,770 2,645 0 75 50
Urdu 58,955 54,500 25 1,905 2,530
Iranian languages 10,705 9,280 10 485 930
Kurdish 300 260 0 10 35
Pashto 1,835 1,650 0 50 140
Persian (Farsi) 8,570 7,370 5 425 760
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 620 540 0 30 50
Italic (Romance) languages 83,820 72,375 85 5,135 6,210
Catalan 15 5 0 0 0
Italian 24,415 21,780 10 1,295 1,330
Portuguese 27,680 23,705 35 1,065 2,870
Romanian 3,600 2,685 5 725 180
Spanish 28,075 24,175 30 2,035 1,835
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Japanese 1,050 945 0 30 75
Kartvelian languages 45 30 0 10 10
Georgian 45 25 0 10 10
Korean 5,210 4,460 5 190 555
Mongolic languages 30 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 30 30 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 7,645 6,995 60 510 85
Akan (Twi) 3,430 3,295 0 90 45
Bamanankan 5 0 0 10 0
Edo 265 260 0 5 0
Ewe 130 120 0 10 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 30 5 5 20 0
Ga 180 180 0 5 0
Ganda 90 90 0 5 0
Igbo 550 530 0 15 5
Lingala 60 5 10 45 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 75 5 10 55 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 70 15 10 45 5
Shona 170 160 0 10 0
Swahili 560 500 0 50 10
Wolof 35 5 0 30 0
Yoruba 1,295 1,255 5 25 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 710 580 25 95 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 65 0 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 0
Sign languages 285 125 0 5 155
American Sign Language 90 65 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 190 60 0 0 130
Sino-Tibetan languages 49,980 40,460 15 1,430 8,070
Chinese languages 49,495 40,030 15 1,425 8,025
Cantonese 19,885 16,305 5 500 3,075
Hakka 475 380 0 35 60
Mandarin 25,855 20,705 10 815 4,330
Min Dong 40 10 0 0 30
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,460 1,190 0 35 235
Wu (Shanghainese) 625 460 0 10 150
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 970 0 25 140
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 480 430 0 10 45
Burmese 200 180 0 5 15
Karenic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 195 165 5 5 20
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 80 80 0 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages 875 770 0 30 80
Lao 640 555 0 20 65
Thai 230 215 0 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,850 1,630 0 90 135
Azerbaijani 75 65 0 5 10
Turkish 1,605 1,425 0 75 105
Uyghur 90 70 0 0 15
Uzbek 45 40 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 5 0
Uralic languages 2,885 2,645 0 175 70
Estonian 215 195 0 15 0
Finnish 230 215 0 15 0
Hungarian 2,450 2,230 0 145 70
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 240 225 0 10 5
Multiple responses 70,495 61,260 110 8,825 305
English and French 3,220 635 15 2,565 0
English and non-official language 64,105 59,950 25 3,855 275
French and non-official language 1,315 310 65 930 15
English, French and non-official language 1,860 360 10 1,480 5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Peel

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.5%.
  • 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-X2016054.

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