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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Ottawa West--Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest--Nepean
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 1 109,635 75,665 850 31,135 1,985
Single responses 105,665 73,635 775 29,290 1,975
Official languages 76,125 51,760 440 23,900 35
English 68,285 51,505 10 16,740 35
French 7,840 250 430 7,160 0
Non-official languages 29,540 21,875 330 5,390 1,940
Aboriginal languages 110 95 0 15 0
Algonquian languages 65 50 0 15 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 40 30 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 5 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. 20 15 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 15 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 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 45 45 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 40 40 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 5 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 29,430 21,780 335 5,375 1,940
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,005 4,140 100 1,225 535
Berber languages 70 15 5 45 5
Kabyle 35 10 5 20 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 30 5 0 20 5
Cushitic languages 1,095 740 50 235 70
Bilen 15 15 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0 5 0
Somali 1,045 700 50 225 70
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,830 3,380 50 940 465
Amharic 240 205 0 15 20
Arabic 4,340 2,980 50 890 425
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 15 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 0 0
Harari 5 5 0 5 0
Hebrew 80 60 0 20 0
Maltese 5 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 105 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,255 920 5 200 125
Khmer (Cambodian) 215 165 5 25 20
Vietnamese 1,035 750 5 180 100
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,545 1,490 0 40 15
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 90 80 0 5 5
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 25 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 165 160 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 50 55 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,160 1,125 0 30 10
Waray-Waray 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
Creole languages 355 50 70 225 5
Haitian Creole 40 10 10 25 0
Creole, n.o.s. 295 30 60 195 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 15 5 5 0
Dravidian languages 710 625 0 50 35
Kannada 60 55 0 5 5
Malayalam 145 140 0 0 5
Tamil 345 280 0 40 20
Telugu 150 140 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 13,160 9,830 25 2,720 580
Albanian 105 90 0 15 0
Armenian 75 45 0 25 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,100 2,245 5 720 125
Baltic languages 70 45 0 25 0
Latvian 35 25 0 10 0
Lithuanian 35 20 0 15 0
Slavic languages 3,030 2,200 5 695 125
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 5
Bosnian 115 90 0 20 5
Bulgarian 125 95 0 35 5
Croatian 125 90 0 30 0
Czech 115 85 0 25 0
Macedonian 5 10 0 0 0
Polish 715 535 0 165 20
Russian 1,065 760 5 230 70
Serbian 265 180 0 75 10
Serbo-Croatian 85 60 0 20 0
Slovak 60 50 0 15 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 35 35 0 5 0
Ukrainian 290 205 0 75 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,255 920 0 335 0
Afrikaans 20 15 0 0 0
Danish 30 25 0 5 0
Dutch 315 230 0 80 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 765 560 0 200 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 20 0 10 0
Swedish 25 20 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 5 0
Yiddish 60 35 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 265 190 0 65 5
Indo-Iranian languages 3,850 3,335 5 305 210
Indo-Aryan languages 2,450 2,190 0 175 85
Bengali 470 400 0 40 25
Gujarati 285 270 0 10 5
Hindi 485 430 0 40 10
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 15 15 0 5 0
Marathi 55 50 0 0 5
Nepali 105 100 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 410 370 0 25 15
Sindhi 45 35 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 70 0 5 0
Urdu 500 445 0 40 20
Iranian languages 1,375 1,125 0 130 120
Kurdish 95 85 0 5 5
Pashto 220 175 0 15 25
Persian (Farsi) 1,055 865 0 110 85
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,490 2,980 25 1,245 240
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Italian 2,255 1,550 5 560 140
Portuguese 340 225 0 100 15
Romanian 435 190 5 210 30
Spanish 1,465 1,015 15 375 55
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 110 90 0 15 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 215 190 0 15 10
Mongolic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 765 305 115 335 10
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0 0
Bamanankan 10 0 5 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 10 0
Ga 10 15 0 0 0
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Igbo 30 25 0 5 0
Lingala 60 5 20 35 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 5 30 100 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 95 15 20 60 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 190 95 25 70 0
Wolof 10 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 35 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 55 20 45 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 100 85 0 5 5
Dinka 25 25 0 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 5 5
Sign languages 35 15 0 5 15
American Sign Language 15 5 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 20 10 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,410 3,430 5 400 565
Chinese languages 4,225 3,270 10 400 550
Cantonese 1,490 1,075 0 155 255
Hakka 20 20 0 5 0
Mandarin 2,315 1,870 0 205 235
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 130 85 5 25 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 70 45 0 5 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 185 160 0 10 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 185 160 0 5 15
Burmese 30 30 0 0 5
Karenic languages 130 115 0 0 15
Tibetan 5 0 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 90 75 0 5 5
Lao 30 20 0 5 5
Thai 60 60 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 275 220 0 30 20
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 240 195 0 25 20
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 5 0
Uralic languages 385 275 0 95 10
Estonian 30 20 0 10 0
Finnish 40 25 0 15 0
Hungarian 310 230 0 65 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,965 2,035 75 1,845 10
English and French 1,110 95 0 1,005 0
English and non-official language 2,260 1,890 0 355 10
French and non-official language 355 20 70 260 5
English, French and non-official language 245 25 0 215 0

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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) – Ottawa West--Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest--Nepean

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
  • 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-X2016059.

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