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 Division No. 11
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 1 699,295 616,795 980 70,490 11,040
Single responses 676,590 597,855 910 66,875 10,945
Official languages 497,010 435,355 675 60,780 200
English 474,545 433,725 15 40,600 200
French 22,465 1,630 655 20,175 5
Non-official languages 179,580 162,505 240 6,100 10,740
Aboriginal languages 3,590 3,500 0 65 20
Algonquian languages 3,425 3,345 0 60 20
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,125 1,090 0 30 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 15 10 0 5 0
Plains Cree 45 40 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 325 320 0 5 5
Woods Cree 30 30 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 710 685 0 15 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 2,295 2,245 0 30 20
Algonquin 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,595 1,560 0 30 10
Oji-Cree 695 685 0 0 10
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 45 45 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 40 40 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 55 50 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 40 40 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 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 0
Michif 20 15 0 5 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 30 35 0 0 0
Dakota 35 30 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 5 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 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 175,995 158,995 240 6,035 10,720
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,850 7,805 40 610 1,390
Berber languages 40 10 5 20 5
Kabyle 35 15 5 15 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,690 1,455 5 45 190
Bilen 125 115 0 0 10
Oromo 330 300 0 5 25
Somali 1,225 1,035 5 40 145
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Semitic languages 8,065 6,295 30 540 1,200
Amharic 1,520 1,450 0 15 50
Arabic 4,280 2,850 30 485 920
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 520 480 0 20 15
Maltese 30 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 1,700 1,470 0 15 220
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,985 3,325 5 90 565
Khmer (Cambodian) 265 210 0 5 50
Vietnamese 3,720 3,115 5 85 520
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 48,225 47,090 5 550 575
Bikol 155 150 0 5 0
Cebuano 930 920 0 5 5
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 360 350 0 0 5
Ilocano 1,270 1,240 0 5 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 150 140 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 600 590 0 5 10
Pangasinan 125 125 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 44,460 43,400 10 530 525
Waray-Waray 45 45 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 130 0 0 0
Creole languages 435 305 15 100 15
Haitian Creole 20 0 5 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 180 95 10 70 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 235 205 5 15 10
Dravidian languages 1,170 1,115 0 15 40
Kannada 80 80 0 0 5
Malayalam 520 500 0 5 15
Tamil 410 390 0 5 10
Telugu 150 145 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 85,235 77,425 25 3,185 4,605
Albanian 305 280 0 10 15
Armenian 60 55 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 22,050 20,460 0 755 835
Baltic languages 115 105 0 5 5
Latvian 45 45 0 5 0
Lithuanian 65 60 0 0 0
Slavic languages 21,940 20,355 5 750 840
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 5
Bosnian 555 510 0 20 20
Bulgarian 130 110 0 10 10
Croatian 835 790 0 30 15
Czech 425 400 0 25 0
Macedonian 130 120 0 5 5
Polish 4,990 4,580 0 205 200
Russian 5,520 4,950 0 160 405
Serbian 610 555 0 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 230 215 0 15 0
Slovak 300 275 0 25 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 210 0 5 0
Ukrainian 7,900 7,550 0 215 140
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
Celtic languages 55 50 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 25 20 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15,970 15,350 5 550 60
Afrikaans 150 150 0 5 0
Danish 165 150 0 15 0
Dutch 1,230 1,145 0 80 0
Frisian 25 20 0 0 0
German 13,665 13,215 0 390 60
Icelandic 145 140 0 5 0
Norwegian 55 50 0 5 0
Swedish 95 80 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 105 70 0 30 0
Yiddish 335 325 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,150 1,065 0 55 25
Indo-Iranian languages 29,340 26,075 10 590 2,665
Indo-Aryan languages 26,700 23,795 10 490 2,405
Bengali 1,100 1,020 0 40 35
Gujarati 2,065 1,900 0 30 130
Hindi 2,065 1,945 0 50 70
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 105 100 0 0 5
Nepali 715 580 0 0 130
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,200 15,005 10 295 1,880
Sindhi 50 50 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 620 590 0 15 25
Urdu 2,745 2,565 0 55 125
Iranian languages 2,545 2,190 0 95 255
Kurdish 395 320 0 5 70
Pashto 245 200 0 0 40
Persian (Farsi) 1,910 1,675 0 90 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 16,315 14,095 10 1,210 995
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Italian 3,380 3,025 5 215 140
Portuguese 5,690 4,720 0 365 605
Romanian 530 405 0 105 20
Spanish 6,705 5,930 0 535 240
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Japanese 480 445 0 15 25
Kartvelian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 5 0
Korean 3,280 2,805 5 95 375
Mongolic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,505 2,330 135 910 130
Akan (Twi) 130 115 0 10 5
Bamanankan 70 0 10 55 0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0
Ewe 25 5 0 20 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 65 5 10 40 5
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 40 40 0 0 0
Igbo 270 260 0 10 5
Lingala 70 5 15 45 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 120 35 5 65 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 235 85 10 125 15
Shona 85 80 0 5 5
Swahili 820 405 40 325 50
Wolof 75 0 5 70 5
Yoruba 875 850 0 15 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 580 395 35 135 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 380 360 0 10 10
Dinka 170 165 0 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 210 195 0 5 10
Sign languages 310 175 0 5 130
American Sign Language 175 120 0 0 55
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 140 60 0 5 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 16,600 13,570 5 310 2,720
Chinese languages 16,045 13,170 0 310 2,560
Cantonese 6,060 4,510 5 115 1,440
Hakka 55 40 0 0 10
Mandarin 8,785 7,650 5 165 970
Min Dong 5 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 305 255 0 5 45
Wu (Shanghainese) 100 80 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 730 630 0 15 80
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 560 395 0 5 160
Burmese 85 70 0 0 15
Karenic languages 415 290 0 0 130
Tibetan 10 5 0 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 55 35 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 1,010 845 0 50 115
Lao 800 660 0 50 90
Thai 200 180 0 5 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 300 275 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 30 25 0 0 5
Turkish 185 175 0 15 5
Uyghur 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 40 40 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,065 985 0 65 10
Estonian 25 25 0 0 0
Finnish 125 115 0 10 0
Hungarian 905 840 0 55 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 120 110 0 5 0
Multiple responses 22,705 18,935 70 3,610 95
English and French 2,785 590 5 2,185 5
English and non-official language 18,965 18,155 5 715 85
French and non-official language 570 90 50 420 5
English, French and non-official language 390 95 5 285 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. 11

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.3%.
  • 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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