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 Longueuil
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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 1 410,965 17,565 158,705 228,765 5,935
Single responses 398,585 16,960 155,955 219,795 5,875
Official languages 325,060 7,210 137,185 180,560 105
English 29,350 7,120 190 22,010 25
French 295,715 95 136,995 158,545 75
Non-official languages 73,525 9,755 18,765 39,230 5,775
Aboriginal languages 35 10 10 15 0
Algonquian languages 20 5 10 10 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 0 5 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 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 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 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 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 10 5 5 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 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 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 73,490 9,745 18,755 39,215 5,770
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,295 685 4,175 5,960 465
Berber languages 1,120 10 635 450 20
Kabyle 695 5 435 245 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 425 5 200 205 15
Cushitic languages 25 0 5 15 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 20 0 10 10 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 10,120 675 3,520 5,480 445
Amharic 25 5 0 20 0
Arabic 10,045 665 3,520 5,425 440
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 5 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 5 5 25 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 5 0 10 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,050 195 675 1,965 215
Khmer (Cambodian) 445 20 165 225 40
Vietnamese 2,600 175 510 1,740 180
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 960 480 120 355 15
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 35 20 0 15 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 10 5 0 0
Ilocano 45 35 0 15 0
Malagasy 200 0 105 95 0
Malay 50 25 0 25 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 590 385 5 195 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 0
Creole languages 3,950 10 1,880 1,965 90
Haitian Creole 195 0 115 70 5
Creole, n.o.s. 3,495 5 1,750 1,650 85
Creole languages, n.i.e. 255 0 15 235 0
Dravidian languages 360 200 0 140 15
Kannada 30 15 0 10 0
Malayalam 50 35 0 10 0
Tamil 240 115 5 100 15
Telugu 40 30 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 37,215 3,750 9,410 21,990 2,060
Albanian 95 5 25 50 10
Armenian 400 40 40 295 25
Balto-Slavic languages 4,800 675 965 2,965 200
Baltic languages 65 10 5 50 0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 50 0 0 45 0
Slavic languages 4,740 670 960 2,915 200
Belarusan 5 0 0 5 0
Bosnian 15 0 5 15 0
Bulgarian 780 55 170 530 25
Croatian 125 30 5 85 0
Czech 105 25 5 75 0
Macedonian 10 0 0 10 0
Polish 810 155 100 535 20
Russian 2,155 230 575 1,205 145
Serbian 145 20 25 100 5
Serbo-Croatian 45 0 10 30 0
Slovak 70 10 5 50 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 165 90 5 75 0
Ukrainian 300 40 55 195 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 5 0
Celtic languages 10 0 5 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,030 230 30 770 5
Afrikaans 5 0 0 5 0
Danish 30 15 0 10 0
Dutch 185 25 10 150 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 725 175 15 535 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 5 0
Swedish 35 5 5 25 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 0 5 25 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Greek 1,940 510 45 1,255 130
Indo-Iranian languages 6,790 1,705 930 3,445 710
Indo-Aryan languages 2,525 1,130 55 1,195 145
Bengali 495 240 5 210 35
Gujarati 245 85 20 125 10
Hindi 300 155 5 135 15
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 15 5 0 5 0
Marathi 30 15 0 15 0
Nepali 5 5 0 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 530 230 5 250 40
Sindhi 25 5 5 15 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 20 0 15 0
Urdu 845 360 15 425 50
Iranian languages 4,230 570 870 2,230 565
Kurdish 20 0 5 10 0
Pashto 95 25 10 40 15
Persian (Farsi) 4,115 540 850 2,180 550
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 5 5 25 0
Italic (Romance) languages 22,150 585 7,375 13,210 980
Catalan 15 0 0 5 0
Italian 2,465 95 355 1,970 45
Portuguese 2,710 100 730 1,760 120
Romanian 3,660 65 940 2,525 135
Spanish 13,290 335 5,345 6,940 675
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Japanese 135 45 10 75 5
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 405 155 25 190 40
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Mongolian 5 0 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,825 30 930 805 60
Akan (Twi) 20 10 0 10 0
Bamanankan 95 0 50 45 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 55 5 15 35 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 150 0 75 70 5
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Lingala 115 0 80 35 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 165 0 70 85 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 105 0 40 55 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 145 5 75 50 15
Wolof 345 0 195 150 10
Yoruba 20 5 10 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 595 5 320 245 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 15 0 10 5 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 0
Sign languages 90 5 40 15 25
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 60 0 40 10 10
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 5 5 5 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 13,020 4,025 1,205 5,065 2,725
Chinese languages 12,950 4,005 1,200 5,030 2,715
Cantonese 5,870 1,595 420 2,420 1,440
Hakka 130 15 15 70 35
Mandarin 5,960 2,080 645 2,200 1,040
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 370 90 55 170 70
Wu (Shanghainese) 210 70 15 65 65
Chinese, n.o.s. 390 155 55 115 60
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 65 20 5 35 10
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 60 15 5 35 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 490 20 160 280 35
Lao 440 10 150 250 30
Thai 50 10 5 30 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 310 60 70 165 20
Azerbaijani 25 10 0 15 0
Turkish 285 50 65 150 20
Uyghur 0 0 0 5 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 325 75 25 220 0
Estonian 10 0 0 5 0
Finnish 15 0 0 10 0
Hungarian 305 70 25 210 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 5 15 15 0
Multiple responses 12,380 605 2,750 8,970 55
English and French 4,695 45 210 4,440 5
English and non-official language 1,425 530 10 875 10
French and non-official language 4,910 10 2,475 2,390 30
English, French and non-official language 1,350 20 60 1,265 15

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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