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 East Kootenay

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	59,800	56,310	15	3,385	85
Single responses	59,365	55,990	20	3,280	80
Official languages	55,680	52,560	20	3,090	15
English	54,630	52,445	0	2,175	10
French	1,045	115	15	915	0
Non-official languages	3,690	3,430	0	185	70
Aboriginal languages	120	115	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	15	10	0	0	0
Blackfoot	5	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	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	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	10	10	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	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	5	5	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	5	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	0	0	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	5	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	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	85	85	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	10	10	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)	5	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	5	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	5	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	3,565	3,315	0	185	70
Afro-Asiatic languages	45	35	0	5	0
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	5	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	45	35	0	5	0
Amharic	10	5	0	0	0
Arabic	30	20	0	5	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	5	5	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	15	10	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	5	0	0	0
Vietnamese	10	10	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	315	305	0	5	5
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	10	15	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	5	5	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	10	10	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	280	270	0	5	5
Waray-Waray	0	5	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	0	0	0	5	0
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	30	30	0	0	5
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	25	20	0	0	0
Tamil	5	5	0	0	0
Telugu	5	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	2,665	2,475	0	165	25
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	510	480	0	25	5
Baltic languages	15	10	0	0	0
Latvian	10	5	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	5	0	0	0
Slavic languages	495	465	0	25	5
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	5	0	0	0	0
Croatian	30	30	0	5	0
Czech	70	70	0	5	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	85	75	0	10	0
Russian	110	105	0	5	0
Serbian	20	20	0	5	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	5	0	0	0
Slovak	35	35	0	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	30	35	0	0	0
Ukrainian	100	95	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	5	0	0	0
Welsh	5	5	0	5	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	1,380	1,285	0	95	0
Afrikaans	70	65	0	0	0
Danish	30	30	0	0	0
Dutch	200	185	0	15	0
Frisian	5	0	0	0	0
German	1,010	940	0	65	5
Icelandic	5	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	30	25	0	0	0
Swedish	30	30	0	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	5	5	0	5	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	5	10	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	205	195	0	0	10
Indo-Aryan languages	195	185	0	0	10
Bengali	5	5	0	0	0
Gujarati	25	25	0	0	5
Hindi	30	25	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	5	5	0	0	5
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	115	110	0	0	5
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	10	10	0	0	0
Iranian languages	10	15	0	0	0
Kurdish	5	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	15	10	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	550	495	0	40	10
Catalan	0	0	0	5	0
Italian	325	310	0	10	5
Portuguese	40	30	0	10	0
Romanian	15	10	0	5	0
Spanish	165	145	0	15	0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Japanese	65	65	0	0	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	105	85	0	5	15
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	15	10	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	5	5	0	0	5
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	5	5	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	5	0	0	0	5
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	205	190	0	5	15
Chinese languages	180	170	0	5	10
Cantonese	70	60	0	0	10
Hakka	5	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	80	75	0	0	0
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	10	15	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	15	15	0	0	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	25	15	0	0	5
Burmese	10	10	0	0	0
Karenic languages	15	10	0	0	10
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	15	15	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	15	10	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	0	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	85	80	0	5	0
Estonian	10	5	0	0	0
Finnish	15	20	0	5	0
Hungarian	60	55	0	0	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	430	320	0	105	0
English and French	115	35	0	80	0
English and non-official language	300	285	0	10	5
French and non-official language	10	0	0	10	0
English, French and non-official language	10	5	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

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) – East Kootenay

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 6.2%.
• 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.