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 Calgary, 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 1,227,990 1,108,175 1,170 89,400 29,245
Single responses 1,189,865 1,075,425 1,110 84,315 29,020
Official languages 824,965 755,150 660 68,760 390
English 806,815 753,875 40 52,510 385
French 18,150 1,270 625 16,250 5
Non-official languages 364,905 320,275 445 15,555 28,635
Aboriginal languages 690 675 0 15 5
Algonquian languages 485 475 0 10 0
Blackfoot 220 225 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 190 180 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 5
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 45 50 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. 125 115 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 60 60 0 0 0
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 50 50 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 55 55 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 55 55 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 20 15 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 20 20 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 5 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 15 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 5 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 5
Michif 15 15 0 5 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 5 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 95 90 0 0 0
Dakota 25 25 0 0 0
Stoney 75 75 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) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 20 20 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 364,210 319,600 445 15,540 28,630
Afro-Asiatic languages 28,980 24,320 75 2,180 2,405
Berber languages 135 25 5 100 5
Kabyle 60 10 0 50 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 70 20 0 45 5
Cushitic languages 2,465 2,250 5 55 160
Bilen 50 45 0 5 5
Oromo 945 880 0 5 60
Somali 1,460 1,325 0 45 90
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages 26,340 22,000 70 2,025 2,240
Amharic 4,050 3,835 0 55 150
Arabic 18,390 14,670 60 1,895 1,765
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 280 210 0 5 70
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 80 50 0 0 25
Harari 70 65 0 0 0
Hebrew 480 450 0 20 10
Maltese 30 25 0 0 0
Tigrigna 2,750 2,510 5 30 205
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 210 185 0 10 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 13,395 10,975 15 330 2,080
Khmer (Cambodian) 835 715 0 30 95
Vietnamese 12,555 10,255 10 300 1,985
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 10 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 46,440 45,600 20 425 400
Bikol 185 185 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,930 1,910 0 10 10
Fijian 40 40 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 665 655 0 5 10
Ilocano 2,545 2,500 0 15 35
Malagasy 20 5 0 15 0
Malay 760 735 0 20 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 260 260 0 0 0
Pangasinan 125 120 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 39,285 38,595 15 355 325
Waray-Waray 145 140 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 475 460 0 5 5
Creole languages 605 275 5 310 15
Haitian Creole 15 5 0 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 410 110 10 280 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 20 0
Dravidian languages 5,145 4,890 0 90 165
Kannada 285 275 0 5 5
Malayalam 2,085 2,005 0 25 65
Tamil 1,815 1,690 0 50 75
Telugu 930 890 0 10 30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 90 85 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 175,540 154,460 250 9,545 11,285
Albanian 1,330 1,190 0 50 90
Armenian 245 190 0 45 10
Balto-Slavic languages 29,595 26,655 20 1,795 1,125
Baltic languages 495 450 0 30 15
Latvian 170 150 0 15 10
Lithuanian 325 300 0 20 10
Slavic languages 29,105 26,205 20 1,765 1,105
Belarusan 20 15 0 0 0
Bosnian 780 735 0 20 30
Bulgarian 925 815 0 80 30
Croatian 1,890 1,790 5 70 35
Czech 1,360 1,260 0 90 10
Macedonian 150 140 0 5 0
Polish 7,680 6,950 5 495 235
Russian 9,255 8,050 10 580 610
Serbian 1,815 1,650 5 120 45
Serbo-Croatian 515 480 0 30 5
Slovak 1,075 1,000 0 60 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 235 215 0 20 0
Ukrainian 3,350 3,065 0 190 85
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 5 0
Celtic languages 120 105 0 15 0
Scottish Gaelic 45 40 0 5 0
Welsh 55 50 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages 15,660 14,380 5 1,240 45
Afrikaans 800 770 0 20 5
Danish 750 720 0 25 0
Dutch 3,440 3,105 0 325 5
Frisian 30 30 0 5 0
German 9,895 9,125 0 745 20
Icelandic 60 60 0 5 0
Norwegian 225 200 0 15 5
Swedish 275 235 0 35 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 90 60 0 35 0
Yiddish 80 70 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Greek 1,470 1,305 0 135 30
Indo-Iranian languages 87,130 77,050 30 1,835 8,215
Indo-Aryan languages 74,320 65,765 20 1,280 7,250
Bengali 4,065 3,790 5 170 100
Gujarati 5,390 5,025 5 110 255
Hindi 7,050 6,685 0 140 225
Kashmiri 80 75 0 0 5
Konkani 170 165 0 0 0
Marathi 845 795 0 20 20
Nepali 1,925 1,755 0 30 140
Oriya (Odia) 100 90 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 35,775 29,700 10 355 5,710
Sindhi 1,675 1,560 0 70 45
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 925 895 0 20 10
Urdu 16,315 15,220 0 365 730
Iranian languages 11,875 10,455 10 545 870
Kurdish 735 640 0 15 80
Pashto 1,610 1,450 0 25 140
Persian (Farsi) 9,525 8,365 10 505 645
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 935 830 0 10 95
Italic (Romance) languages 39,990 33,580 200 4,430 1,775
Catalan 45 35 0 10 0
Italian 5,005 4,330 0 550 115
Portuguese 3,365 2,865 10 325 160
Romanian 4,495 3,375 20 940 170
Spanish 27,070 22,970 170 2,605 1,330
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Japanese 2,310 2,130 0 70 100
Kartvelian languages 125 110 0 5 15
Georgian 125 105 0 5 15
Korean 8,885 8,030 0 145 705
Mongolic languages 445 405 0 20 20
Mongolian 445 405 5 15 25
Niger-Congo languages 5,580 4,575 45 885 75
Akan (Twi) 640 590 0 45 5
Bamanankan 10 0 5 5 0
Edo 100 100 0 0 0
Ewe 55 45 0 10 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 80 10 10 55 5
Ga 55 50 0 0 0
Ganda 40 35 0 0 0
Igbo 680 650 0 30 5
Lingala 85 0 5 75 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 145 25 5 105 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 115 60 0 50 0
Shona 290 275 0 15 0
Swahili 760 550 5 180 20
Wolof 120 20 5 85 5
Yoruba 1,370 1,335 0 30 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,045 820 15 195 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,490 1,410 0 10 65
Dinka 720 675 0 0 45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 770 745 0 10 20
Sign languages 235 120 0 5 115
American Sign Language 90 70 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 145 55 0 5 95
Sino-Tibetan languages 68,130 56,080 25 1,130 10,905
Chinese languages 66,890 55,000 25 1,120 10,750
Cantonese 33,705 26,680 0 525 6,495
Hakka 340 270 0 10 55
Mandarin 28,355 24,370 20 520 3,445
Min Dong 45 35 0 0 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,675 1,370 0 35 270
Wu (Shanghainese) 370 290 0 0 80
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,400 1,980 0 30 390
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,240 1,080 0 5 155
Burmese 260 250 0 0 15
Karenic languages 285 210 0 0 75
Tibetan 550 485 0 5 55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 145 130 0 0 20
Tai-Kadai languages 1,005 915 0 30 60
Lao 430 380 0 15 35
Thai 565 530 0 10 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,720 1,475 10 120 125
Azerbaijani 240 220 0 5 15
Turkish 1,210 1,010 5 105 90
Uyghur 60 55 0 0 0
Uzbek 75 65 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 140 120 0 5 10
Uralic languages 3,765 3,445 0 230 85
Estonian 90 70 0 20 0
Finnish 275 260 0 15 5
Hungarian 3,390 3,115 5 190 85
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 320 300 0 15 5
Multiple responses 38,125 32,750 65 5,090 225
English and French 3,200 645 5 2,545 0
English and non-official language 33,170 31,765 10 1,190 210
French and non-official language 1,005 195 45 755 10
English, French and non-official language 750 145 5 595 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) – Calgary, CY

  • 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-X2016054.

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