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 Laval, V
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 1 417,995 21,180 144,750 243,635 8,435
Single responses 398,960 20,205 140,370 230,045 8,345
Official languages 267,725 6,350 109,310 151,945 115
English 30,295 6,230 170 23,850 45
French 237,430 120 109,145 128,095 75
Non-official languages 131,235 13,855 31,060 78,100 8,230
Aboriginal languages 20 10 0 15 0
Algonquian languages 10 0 0 5 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 5
Algonquin 5 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 5 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 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 5 0 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 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 5 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 131,215 13,845 31,055 78,090 8,225
Afro-Asiatic languages 32,140 1,660 10,500 18,070 1,905
Berber languages 2,240 10 1,285 915 35
Kabyle 1,170 5 705 455 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 1,070 5 580 460 20
Cushitic languages 20 5 5 10 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 15 0 5 10 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 29,855 1,650 9,200 17,145 1,870
Amharic 40 10 0 30 0
Arabic 29,500 1,585 9,170 16,900 1,840
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 65 5 10 25 20
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 0 0 5 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 200 30 5 155 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 0 15 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 15 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,100 330 1,185 2,100 475
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,670 95 555 800 230
Vietnamese 2,430 240 635 1,305 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 690 380 35 270 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 15 5 0 10 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 35 20 0 15 0
Malagasy 60 0 30 30 0
Malay 45 20 0 25 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 500 315 0 190 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 7,725 20 4,800 2,625 275
Haitian Creole 260 0 145 105 10
Creole, n.o.s. 7,395 20 4,650 2,460 270
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 5 5 60 0
Dravidian languages 2,015 800 100 890 220
Kannada 5 5 0 5 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0
Tamil 1,995 795 100 885 220
Telugu 5 5 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 77,290 9,515 12,475 50,645 4,650
Albanian 460 40 125 255 45
Armenian 7,815 945 535 5,565 775
Balto-Slavic languages 4,665 605 970 2,880 210
Baltic languages 30 10 0 20 0
Latvian 10 0 0 5 0
Lithuanian 20 10 0 10 0
Slavic languages 4,635 590 975 2,860 215
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 10 35 65 10
Bulgarian 575 30 135 395 20
Croatian 365 85 20 250 5
Czech 85 15 15 60 0
Macedonian 30 0 0 20 0
Polish 760 130 105 500 20
Russian 2,130 220 565 1,210 135
Serbian 150 20 25 100 10
Serbo-Croatian 75 10 20 40 5
Slovak 55 15 0 40 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 70 20 0 45 0
Ukrainian 210 30 45 135 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Celtic languages 15 0 5 15 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 15 0
Germanic languages 1,010 395 20 595 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 5 0
Danish 5 0 0 5 0
Dutch 90 30 5 60 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 805 325 10 460 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 5 0 5 0
Swedish 20 10 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 25 0 5 20 0
Yiddish 45 20 0 25 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 10 0
Greek 13,815 4,055 95 8,515 1,160
Indo-Iranian languages 7,885 2,390 850 3,675 975
Indo-Aryan languages 4,325 1,865 120 1,850 495
Bengali 465 205 0 215 35
Gujarati 450 200 10 175 60
Hindi 145 65 0 75 5
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 0 5 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 80 10 15 35 20
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,735 775 40 660 260
Sindhi 20 0 0 20 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 35 0 35 0
Urdu 1,365 570 45 635 115
Iranian languages 3,525 525 725 1,805 470
Kurdish 105 10 35 40 10
Pashto 145 40 15 70 20
Persian (Farsi) 3,280 480 670 1,695 435
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 5 5 20 0
Italic (Romance) languages 41,615 1,095 9,885 29,150 1,485
Catalan 15 0 0 15 0
Italian 16,540 455 1,460 14,270 355
Portuguese 5,165 195 1,390 3,305 280
Romanian 6,330 95 1,820 4,180 230
Spanish 13,560 350 5,210 7,380 625
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Japanese 65 25 5 35 5
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 0 5 0
Korean 110 30 10 60 15
Mongolic languages 20 5 0 15 0
Mongolian 20 5 0 15 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,390 75 635 655 20
Akan (Twi) 100 40 0 60 0
Bamanankan 75 0 40 35 0
Edo 5 0 0 5 0
Ewe 40 0 25 15 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 105 0 55 45 5
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 0 5 0
Lingala 140 0 85 55 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 0 55 45 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 105 0 30 80 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 115 5 50 55 0
Wolof 165 0 85 70 5
Yoruba 5 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 400 10 210 165 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 0 10 10 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 10 0
Sign languages 80 0 30 10 40
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 45 0 25 5 15
Sign languages, n.i.e 35 0 10 5 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,875 680 465 1,335 395
Chinese languages 2,860 675 460 1,330 395
Cantonese 1,050 160 145 565 180
Hakka 10 0 0 10 0
Mandarin 1,450 450 250 580 165
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 230 20 45 125 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 10 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 100 30 15 40 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 15 5 0 10 0
Burmese 5 5 0 5 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,070 50 405 530 80
Lao 995 35 395 495 75
Thai 75 20 10 30 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 935 105 320 405 105
Azerbaijani 25 5 5 15 5
Turkish 900 100 315 380 100
Uyghur 5 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 5
Uralic languages 650 150 65 410 30
Estonian 10 5 0 5 0
Finnish 10 5 0 5 0
Hungarian 635 140 65 400 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 5 5 15 0
Multiple responses 19,035 980 4,380 13,590 90
English and French 4,410 65 190 4,145 5
English and non-official language 3,260 835 40 2,365 20
French and non-official language 8,495 30 4,020 4,390 55
English, French and non-official language 2,865 45 125 2,685 10

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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) – Laval, V

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.9%.
  • 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.

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