Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ontario

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	13,312,870	12,946,960	365,910
Official languages	9,758,950	9,393,040	365,910
English	9,255,660	8,902,325	353,340
French	568,340	490,720	77,625
Non-official languages	3,865,780	3,553,920	311,860
Aboriginal languages	25,730	22,760	2,970
Algonquian languages	23,705	21,235	2,470
Blackfoot	15	10	5
Cree-Montagnais languages	5,695	5,075	615
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	15	5	5
Moose Cree	100	85	20
Naskapi	15	15	0
Northern East Cree	70	55	10
Plains Cree	50	35	15
Southern East Cree	5	5	0
Swampy Cree	430	360	75
Woods Cree	20	15	5
Cree, n.o.s.	4,985	4,500	485
Eastern Algonquian languages	105	90	15
Malecite	5	10	0
Mi'kmaq	100	85	15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	17,845	16,020	1,820
Algonquin	75	60	10
Ojibway	10,795	9,505	1,285
Oji-Cree	6,810	6,310	500
Ottawa (Odawa)	165	145	15
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	50	35	15
Athabaskan languages	65	55	10
Northern Athabaskan languages	60	50	5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	10	10	0
Chilcotin	5	5	0
Dene	30	25	5
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	5	0
Gwich'in	5	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	5	5	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	5	5	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	5	5	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Haida	0	5	5
Inuit languages	585	470	110
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5	5	0
Inuktitut	515	425	90
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	65	40	25
Iroquoian languages	990	710	285
Cayuga	50	40	10
Mohawk	825	595	235
Oneida	90	60	35
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0
Kutenai	5	0	0
Michif	60	25	30
Salish languages	10	5	5
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	5	0	5
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5
Siouan languages	15	10	5
Dakota	5	5	5
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	10	5	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	5	0	0
Tsimshian	5	0	0
Wakashan languages	5	5	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	5	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	5	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	285	235	50
Non-Aboriginal languages	3,840,050	3,531,160	308,895
Afro-Asiatic languages	285,205	253,830	31,375
Berber languages	805	725	85
Kabyle	465	420	40
Berber languages, n.i.e.	345	300	45
Cushitic languages	27,535	24,605	2,935
Bilen	265	250	15
Oromo	1,575	1,450	130
Somali	25,440	22,680	2,765
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	250	225	30
Semitic languages	256,245	227,985	28,260
Amharic	11,550	10,715	830
Arabic	194,770	171,365	23,405
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	15,685	14,555	1,130
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5,145	4,795	350
Harari	1,150	1,030	115
Hebrew	12,660	11,570	1,090
Maltese	5,935	5,175	755
Tigrigna	7,825	7,345	480
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	1,535	1,435	105
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	620	520	100
Austro-Asiatic languages	83,625	78,125	5,505
Khmer (Cambodian)	8,125	7,355	775
Vietnamese	75,400	70,690	4,710
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	105	85	20
Austronesian languages	228,185	194,380	33,800
Bikol	645	595	55
Cebuano	7,450	6,550	900
Fijian	90	75	15
Hiligaynon	3,015	2,750	265
Ilocano	12,270	11,285	985
Malagasy	130	100	35
Malay	6,270	5,765	505
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	1,675	1,505	165
Pangasinan	560	530	30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	194,115	163,415	30,695
Waray-Waray	430	405	25
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	1,525	1,400	120
Creole languages	15,885	11,255	4,625
Haitian Creole	875	630	245
Creole, n.o.s.	11,235	8,020	3,215
Creole languages, n.i.e.	3,775	2,605	1,170
Dravidian languages	167,170	148,610	18,565
Kannada	3,235	2,675	565
Malayalam	19,485	17,145	2,340
Tamil	131,000	117,630	13,370
Telugu	13,030	10,820	2,210
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	425	345	80
Hmong-Mien languages	650	525	125
Indo-European languages	2,193,370	2,024,365	169,000
Albanian	20,285	19,040	1,245
Armenian	16,210	15,070	1,140
Balto-Slavic languages	430,975	410,725	20,250
Baltic languages	9,490	9,080	405
Latvian	4,085	3,905	175
Lithuanian	5,405	5,175	230
Slavic languages	421,490	401,640	19,845
Belarusan	525	510	15
Bosnian	6,675	6,370	305
Bulgarian	9,450	9,095	355
Croatian	33,820	31,875	1,945
Czech	11,185	10,670	515
Macedonian	16,735	15,635	1,100
Polish	127,515	121,080	6,435
Russian	104,780	101,100	3,685
Serbian	43,600	41,735	1,865
Serbo-Croatian	5,060	4,880	180
Slovak	10,770	10,275	490
Slovene (Slovenian)	7,120	6,740	380
Ukrainian	42,855	40,375	2,480
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	1,400	1,310	90
Celtic languages	1,520	1,110	410
Scottish Gaelic	625	450	180
Welsh	530	435	95
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	365	230	140
Germanic languages	211,575	200,640	10,935
Afrikaans	2,765	2,290	475
Danish	4,485	4,260	220
Dutch	54,475	51,715	2,755
Frisian	1,285	1,245	45
German	138,050	131,525	6,525
Icelandic	225	215	15
Norwegian	1,020	945	75
Swedish	2,580	2,395	190
Vlaams (Flemish)	2,335	2,145	185
Yiddish	4,165	3,735	430
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	190	170	20
Greek	60,820	55,415	5,405
Indo-Iranian languages	790,060	707,840	82,220
Indo-Aryan languages	639,880	565,595	74,280
Bengali	52,000	46,810	5,190
Gujarati	86,345	76,675	9,665
Hindi	72,300	58,735	13,560
Kashmiri	385	345	40
Konkani	3,235	2,510	720
Marathi	6,525	5,490	1,040
Nepali	8,380	7,870	510
Oriya (Odia)	830	715	120
Punjabi (Panjabi)	214,345	197,055	17,285
Sindhi	8,000	6,840	1,165
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	11,455	10,165	1,295
Urdu	176,075	152,390	23,695
Iranian languages	147,410	139,675	7,735
Kurdish	7,095	6,660	435
Pashto	11,875	10,950	925
Persian (Farsi)	128,440	122,070	6,370
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	2,770	2,565	200
Italic (Romance) languages	661,920	614,525	47,395
Catalan	300	285	20
Italian	250,940	231,040	19,900
Portuguese	160,630	150,000	10,630
Romanian	43,435	41,755	1,680
Spanish	206,155	191,025	15,130
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	460	425	35
Japanese	14,420	13,260	1,160
Kartvelian languages	1,250	1,200	50
Georgian	1,250	1,200	50
Korean	73,070	69,775	3,290
Mongolic languages	420	405	15
Mongolian	420	405	15
Niger-Congo languages	44,325	35,760	8,570
Akan (Twi)	11,610	9,700	1,915
Bamanankan	190	140	50
Edo	1,405	1,145	265
Ewe	680	565	120
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	460	365	100
Ga	740	605	135
Ganda	870	760	115
Igbo	2,790	2,090	700
Lingala	1,375	850	530
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,685	1,430	260
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	1,510	1,335	175
Shona	1,720	1,450	270
Swahili	6,865	5,525	1,335
Wolof	380	295	85
Yoruba	5,795	4,370	1,430
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	6,245	5,160	1,090
Nilo-Saharan languages	1,775	1,610	170
Dinka	390	345	40
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	1,390	1,265	130
Sign languages	4,730	3,030	1,700
American Sign Language	2,275	1,305	965
Quebec Sign Language	40	20	25
Sign languages, n.i.e	2,415	1,705	710
Sino-Tibetan languages	637,660	611,795	25,865
Chinese languages	627,730	602,615	25,115
Cantonese	289,485	275,315	14,170
Hakka	7,525	6,985	545
Mandarin	292,370	283,740	8,640
Min Dong	860	850	10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	14,205	13,540	660
Wu (Shanghainese)	6,440	6,300	135
Chinese, n.o.s.	16,590	15,650	945
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	245	240	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	9,930	9,185	745
Burmese	1,775	1,640	130
Karenic languages	1,855	1,725	130
Tibetan	5,555	5,120	440
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	745	700	45
Tai-Kadai languages	9,280	8,485	790
Lao	5,740	5,190	550
Thai	3,505	3,270	235
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	35	25	5
Turkic languages	24,040	22,615	1,430
Azerbaijani	2,030	1,985	45
Turkish	19,685	18,415	1,265
Uyghur	535	510	25
Uzbek	1,110	1,060	55
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	680	640	40
Uralic languages	53,185	50,670	2,520
Estonian	4,400	4,210	195
Finnish	10,395	9,715	675
Hungarian	38,390	36,740	1,655
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	1,800	1,475	330

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Data quality note(s) – Ontario

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
• 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-X2016060.