Mother Tongue (10), First Official Language Spoken (7), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (27) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Knowledge of official languages (5): Total - Knowledge of official languages
• Age (27): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , first official language spoken , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Québec

Mother tongue (10)	First official language spoken (7)
	Total - First official language spoken	English	French	English and French	Neither English nor French	Official language minority (number)^Footnote 1	Official language minority (percentage)^Footnote 2
Total - Mother tongue	560,310	9,325	543,600	5,585	1,795	12,120	2.2
English	7,860	7,555	310	0	0	7,555	96.1
French	519,245	35	519,205	0	0	35	0.0
Non-official language	27,185	1,265	19,390	4,735	1,795	3,635	13.4
Aboriginal	590	20	505	50	15	40	6.8
Non-Aboriginal	26,600	1,245	18,890	4,685	1,780	3,585	13.5
English and French	2,780	255	1,800	725	0	620	22.3
English and non-official language	205	190	10	0	0	195	95.1
French and non-official language	2,775	5	2,770	0	0	5	0.2
English, French and non-official language	255	15	115	120	0	80	31.4

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Data quality note(s) – Québec

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.2%.
• 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-X2016066.