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

• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Smithers, T

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 tongue^Footnote 1	5,320	4,920	5	375	15
Single responses	5,255	4,875	0	360	15
Official languages	4,715	4,385	5	330	0
English	4,650	4,375	0	270	0
French	70	10	0	55	0
Non-official languages	540	495	0	35	15
Aboriginal languages	25	20	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	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	20	15	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	15	15	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	5	5	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	10	10	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	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	5	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	5	5	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	5	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	520	470	0	35	15
Afro-Asiatic languages	25	20	0	0	5
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	25	20	0	0	5
Amharic	5	5	0	0	0
Arabic	20	15	0	0	10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	25	25	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	25	25	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	50	45	0	5	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	10	10	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	40	35	0	0	0
Waray-Waray	5	5	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	0	0	0	0	0
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	5	5	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0	0	0
Telugu	5	5	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	350	325	0	25	0
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	30	30	0	5	0
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	30	25	0	5	0
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	5	5	0	0	0
Czech	0	5	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	5	10	0	0	0
Russian	5	0	0	0	0
Serbian	5	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	10	5	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	240	225	0	10	0
Afrikaans	5	5	0	0	0
Danish	0	5	0	0	0
Dutch	100	100	0	0	0
Frisian	5	5	0	0	0
German	105	100	0	10	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	10	10	0	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	5	5	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	15	10	0	0	0
Indo-Aryan languages	15	10	0	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	5	5	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	10	10	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	5	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	60	55	0	5	0
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	35	30	0	5	0
Portuguese	15	15	0	0	0
Romanian	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	15	15	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	15	10	0	5	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	15	10	0	5	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	15	10	0	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	5	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	5	5	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Sign languages	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	5	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	20	20	0	0	0
Chinese languages	20	15	0	5	0
Cantonese	5	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	10	5	0	0	0
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	10	5	0	0	5
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	0	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	5	5	0	0	0
Hungarian	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	60	45	0	15	0
English and French	15	5	0	10	0
English and non-official language	40	40	0	0	0
French and non-official language	5	5	0	0	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

Data quality note(s) – Smithers, T

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 6.0%.
• 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.