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 Division No. 6
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 1,486,605 1,349,125 1,295 105,815 30,370
Single responses 1,445,390 1,313,985 1,230 100,060 30,120
Official languages 1,053,870 969,340 770 83,345 410
English 1,031,835 967,715 40 63,670 405
French 22,035 1,625 730 19,675 5
Non-official languages 391,515 344,645 455 16,710 29,710
Aboriginal languages 1,160 1,140 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 555 540 0 15 5
Blackfoot 245 245 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 235 225 0 15 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Plains Cree 55 55 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Woods Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 155 145 0 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 15 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 15 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 65 60 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 60 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 105 105 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 105 105 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 20 20 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 5 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 70 65 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 5 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 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 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 20 15 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 5 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 5 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 435 435 0 0 0
Dakota 30 25 0 0 0
Stoney 410 405 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) 0 5 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 20 25 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 390,355 343,505 455 16,695 29,705
Afro-Asiatic languages 29,825 25,010 75 2,285 2,455
Berber languages 145 25 0 105 10
Kabyle 65 5 0 55 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 75 20 0 50 10
Cushitic languages 2,480 2,265 5 55 160
Bilen 45 45 0 0 10
Oromo 955 885 0 5 65
Somali 1,465 1,330 0 45 90
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages 27,160 22,680 75 2,125 2,285
Amharic 4,080 3,865 0 60 155
Arabic 19,105 15,250 60 1,990 1,805
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 290 220 0 5 70
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 85 60 0 0 30
Harari 75 75 0 0 0
Hebrew 515 475 0 25 10
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 2,770 2,520 5 25 205
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 215 185 0 10 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 14,520 11,965 10 350 2,195
Khmer (Cambodian) 910 780 0 30 100
Vietnamese 13,600 11,185 10 315 2,095
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 10 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 50,005 49,120 20 445 420
Bikol 235 235 0 0 0
Cebuano 2,110 2,090 0 5 15
Fijian 45 45 0 5 5
Hiligaynon 725 715 0 5 5
Ilocano 2,645 2,595 0 20 35
Malagasy 25 5 0 20 0
Malay 810 775 0 15 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 280 275 0 0 0
Pangasinan 135 135 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 42,355 41,620 15 370 345
Waray-Waray 150 150 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 495 485 0 5 5
Creole languages 640 290 5 330 15
Haitian Creole 25 5 0 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 435 115 10 295 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 185 165 0 15 0
Dravidian languages 5,300 5,035 0 95 170
Kannada 290 280 0 5 5
Malayalam 2,155 2,070 0 20 65
Tamil 1,880 1,750 5 55 70
Telugu 960 915 0 10 35
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Hmong-Mien languages 90 85 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 192,895 170,290 260 10,400 11,955
Albanian 1,370 1,225 0 60 85
Armenian 255 195 0 50 10
Balto-Slavic languages 32,220 29,110 20 1,930 1,170
Baltic languages 545 495 0 30 15
Latvian 195 175 0 15 10
Lithuanian 345 320 0 15 5
Slavic languages 31,680 28,610 20 1,895 1,155
Belarusan 20 20 0 0 5
Bosnian 870 815 0 25 30
Bulgarian 955 845 0 85 30
Croatian 2,145 2,035 5 75 35
Czech 1,580 1,465 0 105 15
Macedonian 160 150 0 5 0
Polish 8,370 7,595 5 535 240
Russian 9,745 8,485 10 610 635
Serbian 1,900 1,730 0 125 45
Serbo-Croatian 530 495 0 30 5
Slovak 1,220 1,135 0 60 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 285 265 0 15 0
Ukrainian 3,825 3,520 0 215 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 5 0
Celtic languages 145 125 0 15 0
Scottish Gaelic 55 45 0 10 0
Welsh 70 60 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages 21,425 19,840 5 1,520 65
Afrikaans 1,115 1,075 0 30 5
Danish 975 940 0 35 0
Dutch 4,740 4,305 0 425 10
Frisian 60 55 0 5 0
German 13,655 12,715 5 895 40
Icelandic 65 65 0 5 0
Norwegian 270 255 0 15 0
Swedish 320 280 0 35 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 120 70 0 45 0
Yiddish 85 65 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0
Greek 1,620 1,440 0 150 30
Indo-Iranian languages 92,235 81,630 30 1,925 8,650
Indo-Aryan languages 79,125 70,090 20 1,350 7,665
Bengali 4,160 3,880 5 175 105
Gujarati 5,630 5,245 0 115 260
Hindi 7,440 7,060 0 145 240
Kashmiri 85 80 0 0 5
Konkani 175 170 0 5 0
Marathi 850 805 0 25 20
Nepali 1,960 1,790 0 30 145
Oriya (Odia) 100 95 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 39,010 32,535 15 395 6,070
Sindhi 1,745 1,625 0 70 50
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 980 955 0 20 10
Urdu 16,995 15,860 0 375 760
Iranian languages 12,145 10,695 10 560 880
Kurdish 755 655 0 15 85
Pashto 1,650 1,480 0 20 145
Persian (Farsi) 9,750 8,560 10 525 660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 960 850 0 10 95
Italic (Romance) languages 43,635 36,725 205 4,755 1,945
Catalan 45 35 0 10 0
Italian 5,550 4,830 0 600 120
Portuguese 3,760 3,215 10 360 170
Romanian 4,850 3,670 15 990 180
Spanish 29,415 24,975 170 2,790 1,475
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Japanese 2,460 2,270 0 80 105
Kartvelian languages 130 110 0 5 15
Georgian 130 110 0 5 15
Korean 9,345 8,445 0 155 745
Mongolic languages 450 410 0 20 25
Mongolian 450 405 0 20 20
Niger-Congo languages 5,960 4,895 50 945 80
Akan (Twi) 705 650 0 55 0
Bamanankan 15 0 0 10 0
Edo 100 100 0 0 0
Ewe 60 50 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 80 10 10 55 5
Ga 65 65 0 5 0
Ganda 45 40 0 0 0
Igbo 710 675 0 30 0
Lingala 85 0 5 75 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 150 25 5 105 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 125 60 0 60 0
Shona 320 305 0 15 0
Swahili 805 585 5 190 25
Wolof 115 20 5 85 5
Yoruba 1,445 1,405 0 30 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,130 900 15 205 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,515 1,435 0 15 65
Dinka 730 685 0 0 45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 790 755 0 10 20
Sign languages 275 145 0 5 125
American Sign Language 105 80 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 170 65 0 5 100
Sino-Tibetan languages 69,435 57,230 20 1,155 11,025
Chinese languages 68,185 56,145 20 1,150 10,870
Cantonese 34,315 27,220 0 545 6,545
Hakka 345 275 0 10 60
Mandarin 28,845 24,800 15 525 3,500
Min Dong 45 35 0 0 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,720 1,415 0 35 270
Wu (Shanghainese) 380 295 0 5 75
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,530 2,095 0 30 405
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,245 1,085 0 5 155
Burmese 265 255 0 0 15
Karenic languages 285 210 0 0 75
Tibetan 550 485 5 5 55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 150 130 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 1,145 1,040 0 35 75
Lao 485 430 0 20 35
Thai 650 605 0 10 35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,785 1,530 5 120 125
Azerbaijani 240 220 0 5 15
Turkish 1,270 1,060 5 105 95
Uyghur 60 55 0 5 0
Uzbek 75 65 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 145 125 0 5 10
Uralic languages 4,225 3,880 0 245 100
Estonian 95 75 0 20 0
Finnish 350 320 0 20 5
Hungarian 3,785 3,480 5 205 95
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 335 315 0 15 5
Multiple responses 41,220 35,145 70 5,755 245
English and French 3,800 780 5 3,010 0
English and non-official language 35,520 34,000 10 1,285 230
French and non-official language 1,080 210 45 810 15
English, French and non-official language 815 155 5 655 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) – Division No. 6

  • 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.

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