Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 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 and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Division No. 11
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 1 299,450 277,655 155 18,030 3,610
Single responses 293,445 272,525 140 17,195 3,590
Official languages 242,690 227,040 105 15,460 85
English 238,810 226,510 10 12,210 85
French 3,880 525 100 3,255 0
Non-official languages 50,755 45,485 30 1,735 3,500
Aboriginal languages 1,370 1,340 0 15 15
Algonquian languages 1,085 1,060 0 10 10
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 925 900 0 10 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Plains Cree 260 250 0 0 10
Southern East Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 50 45 0 0 0
Woods Cree 70 75 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 535 520 0 5 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 160 160 0 5 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 160 155 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 200 200 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 200 200 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 200 200 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 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 25 20 0 5 0
Salish languages 0 5 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 5 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 45 45 0 0 0
Dakota 40 40 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 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 49,385 44,145 35 1,720 3,490
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,390 2,525 5 180 675
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 385 350 0 5 35
Bilen 25 20 0 0 5
Oromo 140 125 0 0 10
Somali 200 180 0 0 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,985 2,165 5 175 640
Amharic 140 130 0 5 5
Arabic 1,960 1,300 5 130 525
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 280 225 0 10 45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 150 110 0 10 30
Harari 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 25 30 0 5 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 295 270 0 5 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 125 100 0 15 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,145 910 5 35 195
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 70 0 0 5
Vietnamese 1,075 845 0 35 190
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 8,285 8,090 5 130 65
Bikol 35 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 535 525 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 80 80 0 0 0
Ilocano 250 245 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 55 50 0 5 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 55 50 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,125 6,955 5 120 50
Waray-Waray 30 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 0 5
Creole languages 70 25 0 45 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 45 10 0 35 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 540 510 0 10 25
Kannada 30 30 0 0 5
Malayalam 245 230 0 5 20
Tamil 155 155 0 5 0
Telugu 95 90 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 26,365 24,220 15 955 1,170
Albanian 85 75 0 0 5
Armenian 45 40 0 0 10
Balto-Slavic languages 6,210 5,845 5 185 180
Baltic languages 65 55 0 0 0
Latvian 50 45 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 20 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,150 5,785 5 180 180
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 110 0 0 5
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0 0
Croatian 160 145 0 10 5
Czech 75 75 0 0 0
Macedonian 45 40 0 5 5
Polish 650 610 0 40 10
Russian 1,155 1,015 0 65 85
Serbian 180 165 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 75 70 0 5 0
Slovak 45 40 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 3,520 3,400 5 55 65
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 5 5
Celtic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages 6,320 6,060 0 175 85
Afrikaans 215 205 0 10 0
Danish 75 75 0 5 0
Dutch 435 400 0 30 0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0
German 5,405 5,210 0 105 85
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 90 85 0 0 0
Swedish 40 35 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 25 15 0 5 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 230 215 0 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages 10,560 9,490 10 315 740
Indo-Aryan languages 9,265 8,340 0 285 645
Bengali 1,665 1,515 0 80 75
Gujarati 770 705 0 10 55
Hindi 570 540 0 15 20
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 55 55 0 5 0
Nepali 330 240 0 5 90
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,135 1,900 0 25 210
Sindhi 95 90 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 215 210 0 0 5
Urdu 3,390 3,060 0 145 185
Iranian languages 1,140 1,030 5 30 75
Kurdish 60 55 0 5 5
Pashto 295 270 0 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 790 710 5 30 50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 150 125 5 5 15
Italic (Romance) languages 2,895 2,480 5 270 145
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 210 180 0 30 5
Portuguese 375 335 0 40 5
Romanian 405 330 0 55 20
Spanish 1,900 1,635 0 155 115
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 155 145 0 5 5
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 490 435 0 25 30
Mongolic languages 35 30 0 5 5
Mongolian 35 25 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 900 735 5 150 5
Akan (Twi) 75 75 0 5 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 70 70 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 5 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 10 5 30 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 25 0 25 0
Shona 55 50 0 0 0
Swahili 165 130 0 35 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 220 205 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 165 135 0 35 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 135 130 0 0 5
Dinka 40 35 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 95 95 0 0 5
Sign languages 90 50 0 0 40
American Sign Language 45 25 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 50 25 0 0 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,880 5,490 5 145 1,240
Chinese languages 6,540 5,215 0 140 1,180
Cantonese 1,890 1,480 0 45 365
Hakka 20 15 0 5 5
Mandarin 4,135 3,320 5 75 740
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 90 75 0 5 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 35 25 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 375 305 0 15 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 335 275 0 5 60
Burmese 95 90 0 5 5
Karenic languages 220 165 0 0 55
Tibetan 10 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 215 200 0 5 10
Lao 145 140 0 5 5
Thai 70 65 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 155 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0
Turkish 130 110 0 10 5
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 470 450 0 10 10
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 75 75 0 0 0
Hungarian 380 360 0 10 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 5 0
Multiple responses 6,010 5,130 20 835 25
English and French 650 150 5 485 0
English and non-official language 5,140 4,935 0 180 25
French and non-official language 85 20 15 55 0
English, French and non-official language 135 25 5 105 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) – Division No. 11

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
  • 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-X2016055.

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