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 Mississauga, CY
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 1 717,850 639,595 645 51,935 25,680
Single responses 679,815 607,190 570 46,530 25,525
Official languages 337,000 307,200 300 29,250 255
English 329,990 306,770 15 22,960 245
French 7,015 430 280 6,290 10
Non-official languages 342,810 299,990 270 17,285 25,270
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 0
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. 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 5 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 5 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 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 10 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 10 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 5 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 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 342,770 299,945 270 17,280 25,270
Afro-Asiatic languages 33,875 28,100 75 2,955 2,735
Berber languages 50 15 0 30 0
Kabyle 30 15 0 15 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 15 0
Cushitic languages 850 805 0 25 25
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0 5 0
Somali 815 770 0 25 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 32,920 27,235 80 2,900 2,710
Amharic 355 330 0 20 10
Arabic 29,895 24,485 75 2,825 2,510
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,180 1,005 0 25 155
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 150 130 0 10 15
Harari 30 25 0 0 0
Hebrew 65 60 0 5 0
Maltese 865 855 0 10 5
Tigrigna 225 215 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 155 135 0 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10,065 8,270 10 380 1,400
Khmer (Cambodian) 95 75 0 15 5
Vietnamese 9,955 8,185 10 370 1,390
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 10 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 23,365 22,805 5 315 240
Bikol 55 50 0 0 0
Cebuano 580 560 0 15 10
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 250 245 0 0 0
Ilocano 650 630 0 5 15
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 1,105 1,030 0 50 25
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 215 205 0 0 5
Pangasinan 45 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20,325 19,900 0 240 185
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 90 90 0 0 0
Creole languages 865 250 15 590 15
Haitian Creole 20 10 5 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 555 80 10 455 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 285 160 5 125 0
Dravidian languages 15,700 14,425 5 495 775
Kannada 595 555 0 30 10
Malayalam 2,930 2,775 0 60 95
Tamil 9,930 8,980 5 350 600
Telugu 2,155 2,030 0 60 70
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 203,915 180,925 115 10,605 12,265
Albanian 2,375 2,020 0 135 220
Armenian 515 395 5 100 20
Balto-Slavic languages 54,050 48,030 25 3,065 2,940
Baltic languages 725 635 5 70 15
Latvian 135 115 0 15 0
Lithuanian 595 520 0 55 15
Slavic languages 53,330 47,390 20 2,995 2,925
Belarusan 25 20 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,105 960 0 60 85
Bulgarian 1,165 980 5 135 50
Croatian 4,935 4,585 0 205 140
Czech 645 585 0 45 15
Macedonian 1,250 1,130 0 60 65
Polish 26,610 23,665 10 1,325 1,610
Russian 4,935 4,190 0 380 360
Serbian 3,895 3,415 0 285 190
Serbo-Croatian 510 450 0 40 15
Slovak 805 735 0 55 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 850 805 0 40 5
Ukrainian 6,505 5,790 0 355 360
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 5 5
Celtic languages 35 25 0 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 15 15 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Germanic languages 4,305 3,880 0 415 10
Afrikaans 85 85 0 0 0
Danish 170 160 0 5 0
Dutch 710 640 0 70 0
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0
German 3,140 2,820 0 310 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 20 0 0 0
Swedish 115 105 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 0 10 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 2,460 2,220 0 130 105
Indo-Iranian languages 92,650 83,805 35 3,255 5,555
Indo-Aryan languages 85,525 77,605 30 2,915 4,975
Bengali 3,815 3,535 0 180 105
Gujarati 7,765 6,885 0 290 585
Hindi 9,825 9,165 5 375 290
Kashmiri 60 60 0 0 0
Konkani 780 765 0 15 5
Marathi 1,335 1,240 0 55 40
Nepali 795 735 0 25 35
Oriya (Odia) 140 130 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20,240 17,180 5 600 2,450
Sindhi 985 920 0 35 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,195 1,150 0 30 20
Urdu 38,575 35,840 15 1,305 1,415
Iranian languages 6,760 5,865 5 330 560
Kurdish 180 160 0 0 20
Pashto 1,160 1,045 0 30 85
Persian (Farsi) 5,415 4,655 5 300 450
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 370 335 0 10 20
Italic (Romance) languages 47,520 40,550 55 3,500 3,415
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Italian 12,690 11,200 10 765 710
Portuguese 15,980 13,750 20 685 1,525
Romanian 2,835 2,075 5 600 150
Spanish 15,995 13,510 20 1,440 1,025
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Japanese 895 800 0 25 65
Kartvelian languages 40 30 0 10 10
Georgian 45 30 0 5 10
Korean 4,740 4,045 0 175 515
Mongolic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Mongolian 30 30 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 2,345 2,070 30 230 20
Akan (Twi) 705 680 0 15 10
Bamanankan 10 0 0 5 0
Edo 65 65 0 0 0
Ewe 75 65 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 20 5 0 15 0
Ga 70 65 0 0 0
Ganda 35 30 0 5 0
Igbo 200 195 0 5 0
Lingala 20 0 5 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 5 10 35 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 0 20 0
Shona 95 90 0 10 0
Swahili 255 235 0 20 5
Wolof 20 5 0 20 0
Yoruba 405 385 0 20 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 290 240 5 40 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 50 45 0 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
Sign languages 165 75 0 0 90
American Sign Language 60 45 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 105 30 0 0 70
Sino-Tibetan languages 43,050 34,785 15 1,280 6,970
Chinese languages 42,745 34,515 15 1,275 6,945
Cantonese 16,450 13,495 5 425 2,525
Hakka 310 245 5 30 35
Mandarin 23,270 18,590 5 765 3,915
Min Dong 30 5 0 0 25
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,150 945 0 30 180
Wu (Shanghainese) 560 410 0 10 140
Chinese, n.o.s. 955 815 0 25 115
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 300 270 0 5 30
Burmese 115 105 0 0 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 175 145 5 0 20
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 305 275 0 10 20
Lao 145 135 0 5 10
Thai 155 145 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,365 1,200 0 75 90
Azerbaijani 60 50 0 0 5
Turkish 1,155 1,020 0 65 65
Uyghur 75 65 0 5 15
Uzbek 40 35 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 5
Uralic languages 1,905 1,730 0 115 55
Estonian 140 130 0 10 5
Finnish 150 140 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,615 1,460 0 95 55
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 5
Multiple responses 38,040 32,405 75 5,405 155
English and French 1,935 345 5 1,575 5
English and non-official language 34,040 31,675 15 2,215 135
French and non-official language 880 180 45 640 15
English, French and non-official language 1,185 210 5 965 5

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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) – Mississauga, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.5%.
  • 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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