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 Brampton, 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 1 591,670 532,650 500 30,200 28,325
Single responses 560,895 505,255 465 26,995 28,180
Official languages 289,350 270,705 300 18,105 245
English 284,915 270,405 25 14,255 240
French 4,435 300 275 3,855 5
Non-official languages 271,545 234,550 170 8,885 27,940
Aboriginal languages 20 25 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 10 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 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 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 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 5 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 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 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 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 271,525 234,530 165 8,885 27,935
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,195 7,010 15 510 655
Berber languages 10 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 640 580 0 30 25
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 55 50 0 0 0
Somali 580 525 0 30 25
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Semitic languages 7,480 6,365 15 470 625
Amharic 265 245 0 10 10
Arabic 4,205 3,410 20 440 340
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,890 1,670 0 10 210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 335 295 0 5 35
Harari 35 40 0 0 5
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 0
Maltese 455 450 0 5 5
Tigrigna 115 110 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 150 120 0 5 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,845 3,980 0 130 735
Khmer (Cambodian) 215 175 0 5 30
Vietnamese 4,615 3,785 5 125 705
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 20 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 11,880 11,630 0 125 130
Bikol 40 45 0 0 0
Cebuano 415 405 0 10 5
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 100 100 0 0 0
Ilocano 500 490 0 0 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 190 190 0 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 160 160 0 5 5
Pangasinan 35 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10,340 10,135 5 105 100
Waray-Waray 25 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 0
Creole languages 755 340 15 390 15
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 440 80 15 335 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 320 260 0 50 5
Dravidian languages 17,175 15,515 5 510 1,140
Kannada 360 345 0 5 10
Malayalam 2,635 2,480 0 70 85
Tamil 12,695 11,290 10 395 1,005
Telugu 1,445 1,360 0 40 45
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 214,370 183,650 85 6,715 23,915
Albanian 265 235 0 10 20
Armenian 205 185 0 10 10
Balto-Slavic languages 8,665 7,880 0 365 420
Baltic languages 75 70 0 10 0
Latvian 40 40 0 5 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 0
Slavic languages 8,590 7,815 0 355 415
Belarusan 5 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 175 160 0 10 5
Bulgarian 145 130 0 15 0
Croatian 1,085 1,025 0 30 35
Czech 235 210 0 10 15
Macedonian 310 280 0 15 15
Polish 4,595 4,155 0 190 245
Russian 680 605 0 35 35
Serbian 500 450 0 20 30
Serbo-Croatian 65 60 0 5 5
Slovak 200 180 0 10 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 160 155 0 5 0
Ukrainian 420 390 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 25 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 15 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,550 2,415 0 135 5
Afrikaans 20 20 0 5 0
Danish 90 90 0 0 0
Dutch 915 885 0 30 5
Frisian 40 40 0 0 0
German 1,420 1,320 0 95 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 30 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 10 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 745 710 0 15 20
Indo-Iranian languages 172,600 146,715 55 4,870 20,955
Indo-Aryan languages 168,560 143,240 50 4,705 20,560
Bengali 2,615 2,400 0 105 105
Gujarati 16,745 14,475 10 435 1,835
Hindi 14,075 12,950 5 470 645
Kashmiri 50 45 0 0 0
Konkani 270 255 0 10 0
Marathi 675 625 0 25 25
Nepali 1,090 1,000 0 40 45
Oriya (Odia) 65 70 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 110,710 90,975 35 2,970 16,730
Sindhi 540 495 0 20 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,525 1,450 0 45 35
Urdu 20,200 18,495 5 590 1,110
Iranian languages 3,790 3,275 5 145 365
Kurdish 110 80 0 10 15
Pashto 665 600 0 15 50
Persian (Farsi) 3,020 2,595 0 120 300
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 250 200 0 15 25
Italic (Romance) languages 29,310 25,485 30 1,310 2,490
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Italian 6,980 6,260 0 335 380
Portuguese 10,590 8,935 15 330 1,310
Romanian 590 460 0 105 25
Spanish 11,140 9,815 10 535 780
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Japanese 135 125 0 0 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 395 360 0 10 25
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,190 4,820 30 275 60
Akan (Twi) 2,670 2,570 0 65 35
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 195 190 0 0 0
Ewe 55 50 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 5 0 5 0
Ga 115 110 0 5 0
Ganda 55 55 0 5 0
Igbo 340 330 0 10 5
Lingala 35 0 5 30 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 0 20 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 5 5 20 0
Shona 70 65 0 5 0
Swahili 305 265 0 35 5
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Yoruba 855 835 0 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 410 340 20 50 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 20 0 5 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Sign languages 115 45 0 0 65
American Sign Language 30 20 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 80 30 0 0 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,510 5,305 5 135 1,065
Chinese languages 6,335 5,145 5 130 1,050
Cantonese 3,295 2,685 0 65 535
Hakka 155 135 0 5 20
Mandarin 2,330 1,890 0 50 395
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 300 235 0 10 50
Wu (Shanghainese) 60 45 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 180 150 0 5 25
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 175 155 0 5 15
Burmese 85 75 0 5 10
Karenic languages 5 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 560 490 0 15 60
Lao 485 415 0 15 55
Thai 70 65 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 470 410 0 15 40
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 0
Turkish 440 385 0 15 35
Uyghur 10 0 0 0 5
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 760 705 0 45 10
Estonian 55 50 0 5 0
Finnish 55 55 0 0 0
Hungarian 650 600 0 40 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 140 130 0 5 5
Multiple responses 30,775 27,390 30 3,205 145
English and French 1,160 265 5 895 0
English and non-official language 28,545 26,865 10 1,535 140
French and non-official language 410 115 15 275 5
English, French and non-official language 650 150 0 505 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) – Brampton, CY

  • 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-X2016055.

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