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

• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Calgary, CY

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 tongue^Footnote 1	1,227,990	1,108,180	1,170	89,400	29,245
Single responses	1,189,870	1,075,425	1,110	84,310	29,020
Official languages	824,965	755,150	665	68,760	390
English	806,815	753,880	40	52,515	380
French	18,150	1,270	620	16,250	5
Non-official languages	364,905	320,275	445	15,555	28,635
Aboriginal languages	695	675	0	15	5
Algonquian languages	485	475	0	10	0
Blackfoot	225	220	0	5	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	190	185	0	10	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	50	45	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	5	5	0	5	0
Woods Cree	10	10	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	125	120	0	10	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	10	5	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	10	5	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	60	60	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	50	55	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	5	5	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	50	50	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	50	50	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	15	20	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	5	0	0	0
Gwich'in	5	5	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	20	20	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	5	5	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	5	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	10	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	5	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	5	0	5	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	5	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	5	0	0	0	0
Michif	10	10	0	5	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	5	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	95	95	0	0	0
Dakota	20	25	0	0	0
Stoney	70	70	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	5	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	5	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	5	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	20	20	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	364,215	319,600	445	15,535	28,630
Afro-Asiatic languages	28,975	24,320	75	2,175	2,405
Berber languages	135	25	5	95	10
Kabyle	65	10	0	50	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	70	15	0	45	5
Cushitic languages	2,460	2,255	0	55	160
Bilen	50	45	0	5	10
Oromo	940	880	0	5	60
Somali	1,460	1,325	5	45	90
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	5	0
Semitic languages	26,335	22,005	70	2,025	2,240
Amharic	4,050	3,835	5	55	150
Arabic	18,390	14,670	60	1,895	1,765
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	280	210	0	0	70
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	80	50	0	0	25
Harari	70	65	0	0	0
Hebrew	480	450	0	25	10
Maltese	30	30	0	5	0
Tigrigna	2,750	2,510	10	30	205
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	210	180	0	10	15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	45	40	0	0	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	13,395	10,980	10	330	2,080
Khmer (Cambodian)	835	715	0	30	95
Vietnamese	12,555	10,255	15	300	1,985
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	10	5	0	5	0
Austronesian languages	46,435	45,600	15	430	395
Bikol	190	185	0	0	0
Cebuano	1,930	1,910	0	10	10
Fijian	40	40	0	0	5
Hiligaynon	665	655	0	0	5
Ilocano	2,545	2,500	0	15	35
Malagasy	25	5	0	20	0
Malay	765	730	0	20	15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	260	255	0	0	0
Pangasinan	125	120	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	39,285	38,590	15	350	325
Waray-Waray	145	140	5	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	475	460	0	5	5
Creole languages	605	275	5	310	15
Haitian Creole	15	5	0	10	0
Creole, n.o.s.	410	110	10	280	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	180	165	0	15	0
Dravidian languages	5,145	4,885	0	85	165
Kannada	285	275	0	5	5
Malayalam	2,085	2,005	0	20	60
Tamil	1,820	1,695	0	55	70
Telugu	930	890	0	10	30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	95	85	0	5	5
Indo-European languages	175,540	154,460	250	9,545	11,285
Albanian	1,325	1,190	0	50	90
Armenian	250	190	0	45	10
Balto-Slavic languages	29,595	26,660	20	1,795	1,125
Baltic languages	495	450	0	25	15
Latvian	165	150	0	10	5
Lithuanian	325	300	0	15	10
Slavic languages	29,100	26,205	20	1,765	1,105
Belarusan	20	15	0	0	0
Bosnian	780	730	0	20	25
Bulgarian	925	810	0	80	30
Croatian	1,890	1,785	0	65	35
Czech	1,360	1,260	0	90	10
Macedonian	150	140	0	10	0
Polish	7,680	6,950	5	495	230
Russian	9,255	8,050	15	580	610
Serbian	1,815	1,645	0	120	50
Serbo-Croatian	515	475	0	30	10
Slovak	1,075	995	0	65	15
Slovene (Slovenian)	235	215	0	15	0
Ukrainian	3,350	3,070	0	190	90
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	50	50	0	5	0
Celtic languages	120	105	0	15	0
Scottish Gaelic	45	40	0	10	0
Welsh	50	50	0	5	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	5	0
Germanic languages	15,660	14,375	5	1,235	40
Afrikaans	800	770	0	20	10
Danish	755	725	0	30	5
Dutch	3,440	3,105	5	330	10
Frisian	35	30	0	5	0
German	9,900	9,125	0	745	25
Icelandic	60	60	0	5	0
Norwegian	220	200	0	15	0
Swedish	270	235	0	35	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	95	60	0	35	0
Yiddish	80	70	0	15	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	0
Greek	1,470	1,300	0	135	30
Indo-Iranian languages	87,130	77,050	30	1,835	8,215
Indo-Aryan languages	74,320	65,770	20	1,280	7,250
Bengali	4,065	3,790	0	170	100
Gujarati	5,390	5,025	5	110	250
Hindi	7,045	6,685	0	135	225
Kashmiri	85	75	0	0	5
Konkani	165	165	0	0	0
Marathi	845	800	0	25	25
Nepali	1,925	1,755	0	30	140
Oriya (Odia)	100	90	0	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	35,775	29,700	10	355	5,710
Sindhi	1,675	1,555	0	70	50
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	925	895	0	15	10
Urdu	16,320	15,220	0	365	730
Iranian languages	11,875	10,450	10	545	865
Kurdish	735	640	0	15	80
Pashto	1,610	1,445	0	20	140
Persian (Farsi)	9,525	8,360	10	505	645
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	935	830	0	10	95
Italic (Romance) languages	39,990	33,580	200	4,430	1,780
Catalan	45	35	0	10	0
Italian	5,000	4,330	0	555	115
Portuguese	3,360	2,870	15	325	155
Romanian	4,495	3,370	15	935	170
Spanish	27,075	22,970	170	2,600	1,330
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	5	0
Japanese	2,310	2,135	0	75	100
Kartvelian languages	130	105	0	5	15
Georgian	125	105	0	5	15
Korean	8,880	8,030	0	140	710
Mongolic languages	450	405	0	15	20
Mongolian	450	410	5	15	25
Niger-Congo languages	5,580	4,570	50	890	75
Akan (Twi)	640	590	0	45	5
Bamanankan	10	0	0	5	0
Edo	100	100	0	5	0
Ewe	55	50	0	10	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	80	10	10	55	10
Ga	55	55	0	5	0
Ganda	40	40	0	5	0
Igbo	680	650	0	25	5
Lingala	85	0	5	75	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	140	25	0	100	15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	115	60	0	50	5
Shona	290	275	0	15	0
Swahili	755	550	10	180	20
Wolof	115	20	5	85	10
Yoruba	1,370	1,335	0	35	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,045	820	15	195	10
Nilo-Saharan languages	1,495	1,410	0	15	60
Dinka	720	670	0	0	45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	770	745	0	10	20
Sign languages	235	120	0	5	115
American Sign Language	85	65	0	0	20
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	150	55	0	0	90
Sino-Tibetan languages	68,130	56,080	20	1,125	10,905
Chinese languages	66,895	55,005	20	1,125	10,750
Cantonese	33,705	26,680	5	525	6,495
Hakka	340	270	0	10	60
Mandarin	28,355	24,375	20	520	3,440
Min Dong	40	30	0	0	10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	1,675	1,370	0	35	270
Wu (Shanghainese)	365	290	0	5	75
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,400	1,980	0	30	390
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	1,235	1,075	5	5	160
Burmese	260	250	0	0	10
Karenic languages	280	210	0	0	70
Tibetan	550	490	5	5	55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	145	130	0	0	20
Tai-Kadai languages	1,005	915	0	30	55
Lao	430	380	0	15	35
Thai	565	530	0	10	20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	10	10	0	0	0
Turkic languages	1,720	1,470	5	120	125
Azerbaijani	235	220	0	5	15
Turkish	1,210	1,010	5	105	85
Uyghur	60	55	0	0	0
Uzbek	75	65	0	0	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	135	125	0	5	10
Uralic languages	3,765	3,450	0	225	85
Estonian	90	70	0	20	0
Finnish	280	255	0	15	5
Hungarian	3,395	3,120	0	190	85
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	320	300	0	15	5
Multiple responses	38,125	32,750	65	5,085	225
English and French	3,200	645	10	2,545	0
English and non-official language	33,175	31,765	10	1,190	210
French and non-official language	1,000	195	45	750	10
English, French and non-official language	750	145	0	600	5

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

Data quality note(s) – Calgary, CY

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• 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.