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 Division No. 11
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 1 699,295 616,790 975 70,485 11,035
Single responses 676,585 597,855 915 66,880 10,940
Official languages 497,010 435,355 675 60,780 205
English 474,545 433,730 20 40,605 195
French 22,465 1,630 655 20,175 5
Non-official languages 179,580 162,505 240 6,095 10,740
Aboriginal languages 3,585 3,505 0 65 20
Algonquian languages 3,425 3,340 0 60 20
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,120 1,095 0 25 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 15 10 0 0 0
Plains Cree 45 40 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 325 320 0 0 0
Woods Cree 30 30 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 705 685 0 20 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 2,295 2,245 0 30 15
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,595 1,560 0 25 10
Oji-Cree 695 680 0 5 10
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 45 40 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 45 45 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 45 45 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 50 50 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 45 40 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 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 20 20 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 35 35 0 0 0
Dakota 35 35 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 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 175,995 158,995 240 6,035 10,720
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,850 7,805 45 610 1,390
Berber languages 40 10 5 20 0
Kabyle 35 10 0 15 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,690 1,455 0 45 190
Bilen 125 110 0 0 15
Oromo 330 305 0 0 25
Somali 1,225 1,040 0 40 145
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages 8,065 6,295 30 540 1,200
Amharic 1,515 1,455 5 15 45
Arabic 4,280 2,845 25 485 915
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 525 480 0 25 15
Maltese 30 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 1,700 1,470 0 15 215
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,985 3,325 10 90 565
Khmer (Cambodian) 265 210 0 5 50
Vietnamese 3,720 3,110 5 85 520
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 48,225 47,090 5 550 575
Bikol 155 150 0 0 5
Cebuano 930 920 0 5 5
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 355 350 0 0 5
Ilocano 1,265 1,240 0 5 25
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 150 140 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 600 585 0 0 5
Pangasinan 130 125 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 44,460 43,395 10 530 525
Waray-Waray 45 50 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 130 0 0 0
Creole languages 430 300 15 100 15
Haitian Creole 15 0 5 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 180 95 5 70 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 235 205 5 20 10
Dravidian languages 1,165 1,115 5 15 35
Kannada 80 80 0 0 0
Malayalam 520 500 0 0 20
Tamil 410 390 0 5 10
Telugu 155 145 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 85,240 77,425 25 3,185 4,605
Albanian 305 280 0 10 15
Armenian 60 50 0 5 5
Balto-Slavic languages 22,050 20,460 5 750 840
Baltic languages 110 105 0 5 0
Latvian 50 40 0 0 0
Lithuanian 60 65 0 5 0
Slavic languages 21,940 20,355 5 745 835
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 0
Bosnian 555 510 0 25 15
Bulgarian 125 110 0 10 5
Croatian 835 790 0 30 15
Czech 425 400 0 25 0
Macedonian 135 120 0 5 10
Polish 4,985 4,580 0 205 200
Russian 5,520 4,950 0 160 405
Serbian 610 555 0 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 235 215 0 15 5
Slovak 305 275 0 20 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 215 0 10 0
Ukrainian 7,900 7,550 0 215 135
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
Celtic languages 50 50 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 25 25 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15,970 15,350 5 555 60
Afrikaans 150 145 0 5 0
Danish 165 150 0 15 0
Dutch 1,230 1,145 0 85 0
Frisian 25 20 0 5 0
German 13,665 13,215 0 390 60
Icelandic 145 135 0 5 0
Norwegian 50 50 0 5 0
Swedish 95 85 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 105 75 0 30 0
Yiddish 340 325 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Greek 1,150 1,070 0 55 25
Indo-Iranian languages 29,340 26,075 10 590 2,670
Indo-Aryan languages 26,695 23,795 10 490 2,400
Bengali 1,095 1,020 0 40 35
Gujarati 2,060 1,900 0 35 130
Hindi 2,065 1,945 0 50 70
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 100 105 0 0 0
Nepali 715 580 0 0 130
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,195 15,005 10 295 1,880
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 625 590 0 10 25
Urdu 2,745 2,565 5 50 125
Iranian languages 2,545 2,195 0 95 255
Kurdish 395 320 0 5 70
Pashto 245 200 0 5 40
Persian (Farsi) 1,910 1,675 0 90 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 16,315 14,095 10 1,210 995
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 3,380 3,025 5 210 135
Portuguese 5,690 4,720 5 365 605
Romanian 530 405 0 105 20
Spanish 6,700 5,930 5 535 240
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Japanese 485 445 0 15 25
Kartvelian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 3,275 2,810 0 95 375
Mongolic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,505 2,335 135 910 130
Akan (Twi) 130 115 0 5 5
Bamanankan 75 0 15 60 0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0
Ewe 25 5 0 15 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 65 5 10 40 5
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 40 35 0 5 0
Igbo 270 260 0 10 0
Lingala 75 5 20 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 120 30 5 60 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 235 85 10 125 15
Shona 85 85 0 5 0
Swahili 820 405 40 325 50
Wolof 70 5 0 70 0
Yoruba 875 850 0 15 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 580 400 35 135 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 380 360 0 10 10
Dinka 170 165 0 0 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 210 195 0 10 5
Sign languages 315 180 0 5 130
American Sign Language 175 120 0 0 55
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 135 60 0 5 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 16,600 13,565 5 310 2,720
Chinese languages 16,040 13,170 5 305 2,560
Cantonese 6,060 4,510 0 110 1,440
Hakka 50 40 0 0 10
Mandarin 8,785 7,650 0 165 965
Min Dong 10 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 305 250 0 5 50
Wu (Shanghainese) 100 85 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 730 630 0 15 80
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 555 395 0 0 160
Burmese 80 65 0 0 15
Karenic languages 415 285 0 0 125
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 1,010 845 0 50 110
Lao 800 655 0 45 95
Thai 205 185 0 5 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 300 280 0 15 10
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 5
Turkish 185 175 0 15 0
Uyghur 10 10 0 0 5
Uzbek 40 40 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,065 985 0 65 10
Estonian 30 25 0 0 0
Finnish 125 120 0 5 0
Hungarian 910 840 0 55 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 120 110 5 5 0
Multiple responses 22,705 18,935 65 3,610 95
English and French 2,785 590 5 2,185 5
English and non-official language 18,965 18,160 5 715 85
French and non-official language 570 90 45 425 5
English, French and non-official language 390 95 5 285 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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Data quality note(s) – Division No. 11

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.3%.
  • 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.

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