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 Moose Jaw, 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	33,275	31,195	15	1,905	165
Single responses	32,880	30,870	10	1,835	160
Official languages	30,540	28,760	10	1,765	5
English	29,970	28,680	0	1,285	5
French	565	70	10	480	0
Non-official languages	2,345	2,115	0	70	160
Aboriginal languages	25	25	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	20	15	0	5	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	15	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	5	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	10	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	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	5	0	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	5	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	5	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	0	0	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	0	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	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	5	5	0	0	0
Dakota	5	5	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	2,320	2,095	0	65	155
Afro-Asiatic languages	225	170	0	5	50
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	30	20	0	5	5
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	5	0	0	0	0
Somali	20	15	0	0	5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	195	145	0	5	45
Amharic	10	5	0	0	5
Arabic	165	120	0	5	45
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	20	20	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	35	30	0	0	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	15	15	0	0	0
Vietnamese	20	20	0	0	5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	485	475	0	5	5
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	35	30	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	5	0	0	0
Ilocano	10	10	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	5	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	5	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	425	420	0	5	0
Waray-Waray	0	5	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	5	10	0	0	0
Creole languages	25	0	0	20	0
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	25	0	0	20	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	20	20	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	10	10	0	0	0
Tamil	0	5	0	0	0
Telugu	0	5	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	1,055	990	0	30	40
Albanian	50	35	0	0	10
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	270	260	0	5	5
Baltic languages	10	5	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	5	0	0	0
Slavic languages	260	250	0	5	5
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	5	0	0	0
Bulgarian	5	5	0	0	0
Croatian	20	20	0	0	0
Czech	5	5	0	0	5
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	45	45	0	0	0
Russian	30	25	0	0	5
Serbian	5	5	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	5	5	0	0	0
Slovak	5	5	0	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	135	135	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	5	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Germanic languages	340	330	0	10	0
Afrikaans	50	45	0	0	0
Danish	5	5	0	0	0
Dutch	30	30	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	250	240	0	10	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	15	10	0	0	0
Swedish	5	0	0	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	25	25	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	240	225	0	5	15
Indo-Aryan languages	205	195	0	5	5
Bengali	10	15	0	0	0
Gujarati	45	45	0	0	0
Hindi	25	20	0	5	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	5	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	45	45	0	5	5
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	70	65	0	0	0
Iranian languages	35	25	0	0	10
Kurdish	10	5	0	0	5
Pashto	5	5	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	20	15	0	0	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	130	115	0	5	5
Catalan	0	0	0	5	0
Italian	20	20	0	0	0
Portuguese	5	5	0	0	0
Romanian	25	30	0	0	0
Spanish	75	65	0	5	10
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	5	5	0	0	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	25	25	0	0	0
Mongolic languages	0	5	0	0	0
Mongolian	5	5	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	85	75	0	10	0
Akan (Twi)	10	10	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)	5	5	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	5	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	5	5	0	0	0
Swahili	15	10	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	20	15	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	30	25	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	45	45	0	0	0
Dinka	5	5	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	45	40	5	0	0
Sign languages	10	10	0	0	5
American Sign Language	5	5	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	255	200	0	0	55
Chinese languages	210	170	0	0	40
Cantonese	130	95	0	0	35
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	55	55	0	5	5
Min Dong	5	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	5	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	20	15	0	0	5
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	40	30	0	0	15
Burmese	15	5	0	0	5
Karenic languages	30	25	0	0	5
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	10	10	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	10	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	5	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	25	30	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	25	25	0	0	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	395	320	0	70	0
English and French	75	20	0	60	0
English and non-official language	305	300	0	5	0
French and non-official language	10	0	0	10	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	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) – Moose Jaw, CY

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
• 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.