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 Durham
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 1 640,985 588,525 435 46,860 5,175
Single responses 627,700 578,050 405 44,115 5,125
Official languages 529,450 490,155 315 38,860 120
English 519,810 489,495 15 30,190 120
French 9,640 660 305 8,670 5
Non-official languages 98,245 87,900 90 5,260 5,000
Aboriginal languages 50 40 0 10 5
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 15 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 10 15 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 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) 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 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 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 98,200 87,855 90 5,255 5,000
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,340 4,540 20 585 195
Berber languages 5 0 0 5 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 185 160 0 15 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 30 0 0 0
Somali 155 125 0 20 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 5,145 4,370 20 565 190
Amharic 215 200 0 10 5
Arabic 4,340 3,615 15 540 175
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 50 40 0 0 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 15 0 0 0
Harari 70 65 0 5 5
Hebrew 60 60 0 5 0
Maltese 295 290 0 5 0
Tigrigna 75 70 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 970 815 0 45 105
Khmer (Cambodian) 55 50 0 0 5
Vietnamese 910 765 0 45 100
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 7,390 7,215 0 110 60
Bikol 10 10 0 5 0
Cebuano 220 210 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 190 180 0 5 5
Malagasy 10 0 0 5 0
Malay 175 170 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 70 70 0 0 5
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,605 6,465 0 95 50
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 20 25 0 0 0
Creole languages 390 195 15 180 5
Haitian Creole 25 5 5 20 0
Creole, n.o.s. 190 40 5 140 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 175 145 5 20 0
Dravidian languages 8,990 8,090 5 305 590
Kannada 70 70 0 0 0
Malayalam 725 695 0 20 15
Tamil 7,865 7,005 5 280 570
Telugu 315 305 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 62,745 56,545 25 3,500 2,675
Albanian 220 190 0 15 15
Armenian 410 345 0 60 15
Balto-Slavic languages 11,115 10,195 5 595 315
Baltic languages 230 205 0 25 0
Latvian 150 135 0 15 0
Lithuanian 85 75 0 5 0
Slavic languages 10,880 9,990 5 565 320
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 45 0 0 0
Bulgarian 155 135 0 15 5
Croatian 545 520 0 25 5
Czech 285 265 0 15 5
Macedonian 1,665 1,565 0 40 60
Polish 4,370 3,995 5 245 125
Russian 1,195 1,045 0 90 55
Serbian 575 520 0 35 20
Serbo-Croatian 70 65 0 0 5
Slovak 285 270 0 15 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 290 275 0 15 5
Ukrainian 1,340 1,245 5 65 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5
Celtic languages 70 70 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 35 35 0 0 0
Welsh 30 30 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,935 6,520 0 410 5
Afrikaans 120 115 0 0 0
Danish 190 180 0 10 0
Dutch 2,395 2,265 0 125 5
Frisian 80 80 0 5 0
German 3,935 3,680 0 250 5
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 55 0 5 0
Swedish 95 95 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 45 35 0 10 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 2,515 2,350 0 105 70
Indo-Iranian languages 24,735 22,410 5 905 1,420
Indo-Aryan languages 18,940 17,385 0 625 930
Bengali 1,620 1,510 0 70 40
Gujarati 2,725 2,445 0 75 205
Hindi 1,740 1,625 0 60 55
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 85 75 0 5 0
Marathi 135 120 0 10 5
Nepali 65 55 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 15 15 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,500 2,215 0 65 230
Sindhi 320 290 0 20 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 635 610 0 15 10
Urdu 9,095 8,415 0 300 385
Iranian languages 5,740 4,980 5 275 485
Kurdish 65 60 0 10 0
Pashto 595 535 0 10 50
Persian (Farsi) 5,075 4,385 5 250 435
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 16,745 14,475 10 1,415 840
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0
Italian 6,145 5,460 0 415 265
Portuguese 3,495 3,120 0 220 155
Romanian 1,460 1,080 0 305 75
Spanish 5,625 4,805 5 470 345
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Japanese 225 205 0 5 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 755 680 0 20 55
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,200 1,005 15 165 15
Akan (Twi) 230 220 0 5 5
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 45 0 0 0
Ewe 20 20 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 20 5 5 15 5
Ga 25 20 0 5 0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 95 95 0 0 0
Lingala 35 0 10 25 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 0 20 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 5 0 20 0
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 175 160 0 15 0
Wolof 10 0 5 5 0
Yoruba 205 195 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 135 5 40 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 20 0 5 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0
Sign languages 145 80 0 5 60
American Sign Language 55 45 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 85 30 0 0 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,590 6,240 5 215 1,125
Chinese languages 7,525 6,185 5 215 1,125
Cantonese 3,145 2,610 0 90 450
Hakka 145 130 0 5 15
Mandarin 3,745 3,025 0 105 615
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 185 160 5 0 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 80 70 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 215 190 0 5 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 60 55 0 5 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 30 30 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages 200 140 0 5 55
Lao 60 50 0 5 5
Thai 145 85 0 0 50
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 275 260 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 235 215 0 10 5
Uyghur 25 20 0 0 5
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,930 1,805 0 95 30
Estonian 195 185 0 10 0
Finnish 295 280 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,435 1,335 0 75 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 0
Multiple responses 13,290 10,475 30 2,745 45
English and French 1,865 345 0 1,515 0
English and non-official language 10,675 9,995 0 635 45
French and non-official language 390 45 25 320 0
English, French and non-official language 360 90 0 275 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) – Durham

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.0%.
  • 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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