Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in York
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 1,103,285 967,745 485 73,195 61,855
Single responses 1,063,225 933,910 440 67,280 61,595
Official languages 533,455 489,515 185 43,220 540
English 525,400 488,920 25 35,930 530
French 8,055 595 160 7,285 10
Non-official languages 529,775 444,395 255 24,065 61,060
Aboriginal languages 50 45 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 35 35 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 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 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 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 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 30 25 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 0 5 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 5 0 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 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 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 529,720 444,345 260 24,060 61,060
Afro-Asiatic languages 19,725 16,945 25 1,925 830
Berber languages 15 10 0 5 0
Kabyle 10 10 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 325 295 5 10 15
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 0 0
Somali 300 270 5 10 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 19,375 16,630 25 1,905 815
Amharic 200 185 0 15 5
Arabic 10,465 8,490 20 1,465 490
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,725 1,525 0 20 185
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 505 475 0 5 25
Harari 50 45 0 0 0
Hebrew 5,790 5,305 0 390 95
Maltese 365 360 0 5 5
Tigrigna 135 130 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,975 6,630 5 265 1,070
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,250 1,040 0 35 175
Vietnamese 6,720 5,585 5 235 895
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 15,610 15,300 5 170 135
Bikol 35 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 375 365 0 5 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 175 170 0 5 0
Ilocano 830 810 0 0 20
Malagasy 0 0 5 0 0
Malay 820 780 0 20 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 80 75 0 0 5
Pangasinan 40 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,160 12,930 5 140 85
Waray-Waray 25 30 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 5 0
Creole languages 480 135 10 325 10
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 340 35 5 290 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 35 0
Dravidian languages 23,925 21,245 0 875 1,800
Kannada 215 195 0 10 10
Malayalam 1,440 1,345 0 55 40
Tamil 21,545 19,030 0 780 1,735
Telugu 710 665 0 25 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 238,550 208,940 160 14,455 14,995
Albanian 1,440 1,230 5 80 125
Armenian 3,430 2,755 10 515 155
Balto-Slavic languages 52,545 45,710 15 3,370 3,445
Baltic languages 630 575 0 45 5
Latvian 250 215 0 30 0
Lithuanian 380 355 0 20 10
Slavic languages 51,915 45,135 15 3,325 3,440
Belarusan 115 90 0 15 10
Bosnian 140 130 0 5 5
Bulgarian 760 665 0 70 25
Croatian 1,155 1,050 0 75 30
Czech 435 405 0 30 0
Macedonian 2,635 2,490 0 70 80
Polish 4,400 4,045 0 255 105
Russian 37,315 31,855 15 2,480 2,965
Serbian 1,545 1,365 0 125 55
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 15 0
Slovak 425 395 0 30 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 455 430 0 25 5
Ukrainian 2,295 2,005 0 135 155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 5 0
Celtic languages 45 45 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 0 0
Welsh 25 20 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,870 7,105 0 725 35
Afrikaans 165 155 0 5 0
Danish 275 260 0 15 0
Dutch 1,455 1,320 0 135 5
Frisian 15 20 0 0 0
German 4,750 4,310 5 415 15
Icelandic 10 10 0 5 0
Norwegian 40 40 0 5 0
Swedish 140 125 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 20 0 10 0
Yiddish 975 835 0 120 20
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Greek 7,470 6,920 5 330 220
Indo-Iranian languages 82,575 73,265 40 3,775 5,495
Indo-Aryan languages 43,850 39,315 10 1,670 2,850
Bengali 1,580 1,465 0 80 40
Gujarati 9,470 8,320 5 350 795
Hindi 5,295 4,925 5 195 175
Kashmiri 45 35 0 0 0
Konkani 170 165 0 5 0
Marathi 430 395 0 30 5
Nepali 125 120 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 35 35 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 9,750 8,390 5 320 1,035
Sindhi 1,345 1,210 0 100 30
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 990 930 0 30 25
Urdu 14,610 13,330 0 555 725
Iranian languages 38,475 33,720 30 2,095 2,635
Kurdish 715 655 5 15 40
Pashto 605 530 0 30 50
Persian (Farsi) 37,160 32,535 30 2,055 2,540
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 250 230 0 10 10
Italic (Romance) languages 83,175 71,915 90 5,655 5,520
Catalan 20 15 0 5 0
Italian 54,680 48,015 35 2,660 3,965
Portuguese 7,440 6,640 15 390 395
Romanian 6,560 4,825 20 1,310 405
Spanish 14,435 12,390 20 1,280 750
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 0
Japanese 1,165 1,055 0 45 65
Kartvelian languages 185 160 0 5 25
Georgian 185 155 5 5 25
Korean 12,955 11,135 0 455 1,360
Mongolic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,415 1,280 5 115 10
Akan (Twi) 385 365 0 15 5
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0
Edo 40 35 0 5 0
Ewe 40 35 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 5 5 5 0
Ga 30 25 0 0 0
Ganda 30 25 0 0 0
Igbo 140 135 0 10 0
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 10 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 10 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 275 255 0 10 5
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 225 210 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 170 140 0 25 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 20 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Sign languages 150 45 0 0 105
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 125 30 0 0 95
Sino-Tibetan languages 199,205 154,080 40 4,875 40,210
Chinese languages 198,975 153,870 40 4,875 40,195
Cantonese 108,680 85,735 15 2,630 20,300
Hakka 2,980 2,500 5 70 405
Mandarin 78,965 59,565 20 2,010 17,370
Min Dong 275 110 0 0 160
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,620 2,565 0 65 985
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,800 1,270 0 40 485
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,610 2,080 0 60 465
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 0 15
Tibeto-Burman languages 225 210 0 5 15
Burmese 170 160 0 5 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,030 905 0 50 70
Lao 755 655 0 40 60
Thai 265 240 0 15 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 3,230 2,785 5 180 265
Azerbaijani 585 485 0 40 65
Turkish 2,425 2,110 0 130 180
Uyghur 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 100 85 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 10 10
Uralic languages 3,990 3,590 5 305 95
Estonian 330 295 0 35 5
Finnish 575 540 0 30 10
Hungarian 3,080 2,755 5 240 85
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 5 0
Multiple responses 40,060 33,840 45 5,920 255
English and French 2,110 370 5 1,735 5
English and non-official language 35,880 33,010 5 2,630 240
French and non-official language 865 225 35 595 20
English, French and non-official language 1,210 240 5 965 0

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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) – York

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.4%.
  • 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-X2016054.

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