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 Edmonton, CY
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 1 921,065 833,120 1,490 66,570 19,875
Single responses 891,125 807,810 1,395 62,205 19,710
Official languages 605,700 554,790 880 49,710 315
English 587,990 553,375 30 34,295 305
French 17,705 1,415 850 15,420 20
Non-official languages 285,425 253,025 520 12,495 19,395
Aboriginal languages 2,010 1,940 5 65 5
Algonquian languages 1,615 1,555 0 55 0
Blackfoot 35 30 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,495 1,445 0 45 5
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 15 15 0 5 0
Plains Cree 300 295 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 20 15 0 0 0
Woods Cree 130 125 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,030 990 0 30 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 80 75 0 10 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 65 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 200 195 0 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 200 195 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 125 125 0 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 15 20 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 40 35 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 10 10 0 0 0
South Slavey 20 20 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 5 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages 45 40 0 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 10 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 30 25 0 5 0
Salish languages 5 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) 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 90 90 0 0 0
Dakota 40 45 0 0 0
Stoney 45 40 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 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. 20 20 5 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 283,415 251,085 515 12,430 19,390
Afro-Asiatic languages 30,330 25,190 110 2,480 2,550
Berber languages 130 50 5 70 5
Kabyle 75 35 0 30 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 55 15 5 40 5
Cushitic languages 7,885 6,875 20 445 555
Bilen 245 195 0 10 45
Oromo 1,120 1,020 0 5 90
Somali 6,500 5,645 20 430 410
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5
Semitic languages 22,250 18,215 85 1,955 1,990
Amharic 2,485 2,340 0 40 100
Arabic 16,695 13,080 85 1,840 1,695
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 65 65 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 30 0 0 0
Harari 170 155 5 5 5
Hebrew 385 355 0 25 5
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 2,315 2,100 0 30 180
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,395 7,940 5 205 1,250
Khmer (Cambodian) 745 640 5 15 80
Vietnamese 8,645 7,285 5 185 1,165
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 37,655 37,080 10 270 290
Bikol 95 90 0 0 5
Cebuano 1,770 1,745 0 15 15
Fijian 50 50 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 485 475 0 0 5
Ilocano 1,680 1,655 0 15 15
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 465 440 0 10 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 305 305 0 0 5
Pangasinan 95 90 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 32,360 31,895 10 215 245
Waray-Waray 70 70 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 270 265 0 5 5
Creole languages 975 490 25 435 25
Haitian Creole 50 15 5 30 0
Creole, n.o.s. 595 190 20 360 20
Creole languages, n.i.e. 330 280 0 45 0
Dravidian languages 6,440 6,070 0 105 260
Kannada 195 180 0 10 5
Malayalam 3,310 3,120 0 35 155
Tamil 2,025 1,915 0 55 60
Telugu 885 835 0 15 40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 25 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 15 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 132,415 118,695 185 6,190 7,340
Albanian 735 675 0 20 45
Armenian 155 125 0 30 0
Balto-Slavic languages 29,070 26,875 15 1,225 955
Baltic languages 255 230 0 20 5
Latvian 120 110 0 5 0
Lithuanian 130 120 0 10 0
Slavic languages 28,810 26,640 15 1,205 955
Belarusan 30 25 0 0 5
Bosnian 685 650 0 10 25
Bulgarian 430 340 0 80 15
Croatian 1,735 1,665 5 30 40
Czech 675 610 0 55 5
Macedonian 170 160 0 5 5
Polish 8,100 7,440 0 365 290
Russian 5,065 4,475 10 260 315
Serbian 1,680 1,545 0 65 70
Serbo-Croatian 345 320 0 15 5
Slovak 460 430 0 25 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 240 230 0 5 0
Ukrainian 9,125 8,670 0 275 175
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 0
Celtic languages 90 75 0 15 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 35 0 5 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages 13,135 12,385 0 700 50
Afrikaans 335 320 0 10 5
Danish 450 435 0 10 0
Dutch 2,440 2,285 0 160 0
Frisian 60 60 0 0 0
German 9,380 8,860 0 480 45
Icelandic 35 30 0 0 0
Norwegian 145 140 0 5 0
Swedish 185 180 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 45 30 0 15 0
Yiddish 50 50 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 920 830 0 75 20
Indo-Iranian languages 61,120 54,680 25 1,500 4,920
Indo-Aryan languages 54,775 49,080 20 1,190 4,485
Bengali 2,275 2,100 0 110 70
Gujarati 5,535 5,040 0 135 350
Hindi 8,015 7,575 0 150 290
Kashmiri 20 20 0 0 0
Konkani 145 135 0 5 0
Marathi 505 480 0 15 10
Nepali 1,900 1,730 0 40 130
Oriya (Odia) 70 65 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 26,425 22,675 15 425 3,305
Sindhi 900 845 0 40 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,180 1,140 0 20 15
Urdu 7,810 7,275 0 245 285
Iranian languages 6,065 5,365 5 290 415
Kurdish 740 630 0 30 75
Pashto 625 555 0 25 45
Persian (Farsi) 4,705 4,170 0 235 295
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 270 240 0 15 20
Italic (Romance) languages 27,195 23,065 150 2,630 1,355
Catalan 20 20 0 0 0
Italian 4,235 3,740 5 355 140
Portuguese 4,055 3,535 5 290 220
Romanian 2,300 1,830 5 395 75
Spanish 16,570 13,935 135 1,585 910
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0
Japanese 940 870 0 25 40
Kartvelian languages 60 50 0 5 5
Georgian 65 50 0 5 10
Korean 6,000 5,245 0 135 615
Mongolic languages 80 70 0 5 0
Mongolian 80 70 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages 6,980 5,130 150 1,535 170
Akan (Twi) 840 790 0 40 15
Bamanankan 15 0 5 15 0
Edo 135 135 0 0 0
Ewe 115 95 0 20 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 130 25 15 85 10
Ga 65 60 0 5 0
Ganda 200 195 0 5 0
Igbo 300 290 0 10 5
Lingala 150 15 15 120 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 390 70 25 260 25
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 600 210 20 350 25
Shona 520 505 0 10 5
Swahili 1,185 845 25 270 45
Wolof 130 20 10 90 5
Yoruba 670 650 0 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,520 1,215 30 235 35
Nilo-Saharan languages 740 690 0 25 30
Dinka 330 315 0 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 410 370 0 20 15
Sign languages 295 190 0 10 95
American Sign Language 145 105 0 5 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 85 0 5 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 46,565 39,345 5 740 6,480
Chinese languages 45,890 38,765 5 735 6,385
Cantonese 22,015 17,835 0 310 3,865
Hakka 605 520 0 5 70
Mandarin 19,455 17,190 5 355 1,910
Min Dong 70 55 0 0 15
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,215 1,015 0 15 180
Wu (Shanghainese) 230 185 0 0 40
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,285 1,945 0 40 300
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 675 580 0 5 90
Burmese 130 115 0 0 15
Karenic languages 425 360 0 0 65
Tibetan 25 25 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 895 830 0 25 35
Lao 360 330 0 20 10
Thai 525 490 0 10 25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,970 1,695 5 115 155
Azerbaijani 105 95 0 5 5
Turkish 1,670 1,420 5 105 135
Uyghur 50 45 0 5 5
Uzbek 100 90 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,450 1,320 0 105 25
Estonian 35 30 0 5 0
Finnish 165 145 0 20 0
Hungarian 1,255 1,145 0 85 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 220 185 5 20 10
Multiple responses 29,935 25,310 100 4,365 160
English and French 2,715 585 10 2,115 5
English and non-official language 25,550 24,410 10 980 150
French and non-official language 1,110 180 70 855 10
English, French and non-official language 560 135 5 415 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) – Edmonton, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
  • 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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