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 Toronto, C
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 2,704,420 2,323,235 2,720 245,695 132,765
Single responses 2,598,230 2,234,590 2,495 228,935 132,210
Official languages 1,411,345 1,240,885 1,350 167,830 1,275
English 1,375,905 1,238,870 85 135,710 1,240
French 35,440 2,020 1,270 32,120 30
Non-official languages 1,186,885 993,700 1,145 61,100 130,940
Aboriginal languages 420 390 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 310 295 0 15 5
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 85 75 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 25 20 0 5 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 45 40 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 15 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 20 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 200 195 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 175 175 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 15 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 15 0 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 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 5 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 5
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 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 20 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 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 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 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 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 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 5 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. 55 45 0 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,186,465 993,310 1,145 61,085 130,930
Afro-Asiatic languages 65,535 54,195 170 5,590 5,580
Berber languages 130 35 10 85 5
Kabyle 55 20 5 30 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 75 10 5 55 5
Cushitic languages 12,355 11,125 25 485 720
Bilen 75 65 0 0 10
Oromo 860 780 0 30 45
Somali 11,375 10,235 25 455 660
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 0
Semitic languages 52,845 42,855 140 5,005 4,845
Amharic 6,430 6,000 5 225 200
Arabic 29,825 22,575 135 4,170 2,950
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4,840 3,640 5 40 1,150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 695 540 0 10 145
Harari 755 685 0 30 40
Hebrew 4,350 3,900 0 400 50
Maltese 1,425 1,375 0 40 15
Tigrigna 4,145 3,810 0 90 250
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 380 325 0 5 45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 205 185 0 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 26,160 20,485 20 880 4,775
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,365 1,085 0 55 220
Vietnamese 24,775 19,385 20 820 4,555
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 99,750 97,845 15 1,000 885
Bikol 315 315 0 0 0
Cebuano 3,385 3,345 0 20 25
Fijian 25 25 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 1,700 1,670 0 15 20
Ilocano 7,135 6,990 0 45 105
Malagasy 20 0 0 20 0
Malay 1,930 1,810 0 80 45
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 720 705 0 10 5
Pangasinan 320 315 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 83,225 81,745 20 815 650
Waray-Waray 210 210 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 760 735 0 10 15
Creole languages 3,015 1,450 65 1,435 60
Haitian Creole 165 40 5 110 5
Creole, n.o.s. 1,830 560 55 1,165 40
Creole languages, n.i.e. 1,020 855 0 160 10
Dravidian languages 67,055 59,740 30 1,910 5,370
Kannada 730 695 0 10 20
Malayalam 4,560 4,310 0 90 160
Tamil 57,535 50,750 30 1,725 5,035
Telugu 4,125 3,885 0 85 160
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 0
Hmong-Mien languages 20 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 589,410 501,510 560 38,945 48,405
Albanian 8,495 7,200 10 580 715
Armenian 7,845 5,930 30 1,150 735
Balto-Slavic languages 120,445 103,470 85 9,370 7,525
Baltic languages 3,490 3,025 0 415 50
Latvian 1,605 1,385 0 205 15
Lithuanian 1,885 1,645 0 210 35
Slavic languages 116,955 100,440 80 8,955 7,480
Belarusan 195 165 0 20 15
Bosnian 1,110 960 5 80 60
Bulgarian 4,345 3,665 10 510 160
Croatian 5,570 5,015 5 390 160
Czech 2,860 2,495 0 285 80
Macedonian 6,190 5,625 0 220 350
Polish 25,055 21,795 15 1,880 1,370
Russian 36,150 30,430 30 2,650 3,035
Serbian 13,385 11,455 15 1,305 610
Serbo-Croatian 1,470 1,260 0 150 60
Slovak 3,100 2,380 0 155 555
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,780 1,620 0 140 25
Ukrainian 15,470 13,325 5 1,155 985
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 280 255 0 10 10
Celtic languages 275 230 0 40 0
Scottish Gaelic 75 65 0 15 0
Welsh 85 75 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 15 0
Germanic languages 22,310 18,840 5 3,335 135
Afrikaans 405 380 0 15 5
Danish 670 600 0 60 0
Dutch 3,180 2,540 0 630 10
Frisian 40 30 0 10 0
German 14,515 12,365 5 2,080 65
Icelandic 60 55 0 5 0
Norwegian 230 200 0 30 0
Swedish 700 580 0 120 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 130 60 0 70 0
Yiddish 2,350 2,010 0 290 50
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 15 0
Greek 27,835 24,480 5 1,305 2,050
Indo-Iranian languages 194,760 174,150 100 7,310 13,195
Indo-Aryan languages 138,625 125,535 50 4,345 8,695
Bengali 28,460 26,220 10 1,205 1,030
Gujarati 26,400 23,100 10 680 2,610
Hindi 15,235 14,195 0 470 560
Kashmiri 80 75 0 5 0
Konkani 745 710 0 25 15
Marathi 1,765 1,645 0 70 45
Nepali 2,540 2,300 0 100 145
Oriya (Odia) 300 290 0 5 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 19,965 17,190 15 520 2,250
Sindhi 2,440 2,200 0 130 115
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,280 3,130 0 80 60
Urdu 37,420 34,475 15 1,060 1,875
Iranian languages 55,195 47,795 45 2,930 4,410
Kurdish 1,650 1,370 5 50 225
Pashto 4,355 3,735 0 85 530
Persian (Farsi) 49,185 42,690 45 2,795 3,660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 940 820 0 35 85
Italic (Romance) languages 207,440 167,215 320 15,850 24,055
Catalan 125 80 0 40 5
Italian 62,635 50,415 45 4,095 8,080
Portuguese 59,360 46,445 135 3,010 9,770
Romanian 12,335 8,675 45 3,025 585
Spanish 72,855 61,495 100 5,650 5,605
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 30 5
Japanese 7,015 6,315 5 275 425
Kartvelian languages 870 705 0 25 145
Georgian 870 705 0 25 145
Korean 33,670 28,545 5 965 4,145
Mongolic languages 290 260 0 15 20
Mongolian 290 260 0 15 20
Niger-Congo languages 13,780 11,790 180 1,550 265
Akan (Twi) 4,340 4,150 0 110 80
Bamanankan 45 5 5 35 0
Edo 675 660 0 10 5
Ewe 175 135 0 35 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 165 40 15 90 15
Ga 205 185 0 10 5
Ganda 375 360 0 15 5
Igbo 740 705 0 30 5
Lingala 285 15 55 210 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 270 25 25 200 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 290 95 5 180 10
Shona 390 375 0 10 5
Swahili 2,225 1,950 15 185 80
Wolof 115 40 5 70 0
Yoruba 1,580 1,535 0 40 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,900 1,500 45 320 40
Nilo-Saharan languages 235 220 0 10 5
Dinka 40 40 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 195 185 0 10 5
Sign languages 570 250 5 10 305
American Sign Language 210 135 0 5 70
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 355 115 0 0 230
Sino-Tibetan languages 250,960 186,440 75 6,310 58,135
Chinese languages 245,290 181,495 75 6,210 57,510
Cantonese 114,670 81,685 25 2,970 29,990
Hakka 2,860 2,315 5 100 440
Mandarin 111,405 85,335 30 2,765 23,275
Min Dong 445 170 0 5 270
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 6,115 4,330 5 130 1,655
Wu (Shanghainese) 2,665 1,875 0 55 740
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,020 5,710 0 190 1,115
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 100 75 0 0 25
Tibeto-Burman languages 5,670 4,950 0 95 625
Burmese 605 565 0 5 35
Karenic languages 260 205 0 0 50
Tibetan 4,595 3,990 0 85 520
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 215 180 0 5 25
Tai-Kadai languages 1,720 1,515 0 75 130
Lao 705 590 0 45 75
Thai 1,005 920 0 35 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 0 5
Turkic languages 10,680 9,000 10 680 1,000
Azerbaijani 910 775 0 55 90
Turkish 8,830 7,420 5 570 835
Uyghur 240 215 0 10 20
Uzbek 440 370 0 30 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 255 225 0 15 15
Uralic languages 15,145 12,525 5 1,360 1,255
Estonian 1,940 1,640 0 280 25
Finnish 1,315 1,190 0 110 15
Hungarian 11,890 9,700 10 965 1,215
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 585 505 5 55 25
Multiple responses 106,185 88,645 225 16,760 555
English and French 7,545 1,165 15 6,355 10
English and non-official language 92,625 86,330 15 5,765 510
French and non-official language 3,300 610 175 2,490 30
English, French and non-official language 2,715 540 15 2,150 10

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Footnote(s)

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Data quality note(s) – Toronto, C

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
  • 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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