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 York
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 1,103,285 967,745 485 73,200 61,860
Single responses 1,063,225 933,905 440 67,280 61,600
Official languages 533,450 489,510 180 43,215 540
English 525,400 488,920 25 35,930 530
French 8,050 595 160 7,285 10
Non-official languages 529,775 444,395 255 24,065 61,060
Aboriginal languages 55 50 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 40 35 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 10 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 5 5 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 25 30 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 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 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 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) 5 5 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 5 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 5 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) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 529,725 444,345 255 24,060 61,060
Afro-Asiatic languages 19,725 16,945 25 1,925 830
Berber languages 15 10 0 5 0
Kabyle 5 10 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 325 295 0 10 15
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0
Somali 295 270 0 10 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 19,375 16,630 20 1,910 815
Amharic 200 185 0 10 5
Arabic 10,465 8,490 20 1,465 485
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,730 1,520 0 20 185
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 505 475 0 5 25
Harari 50 45 0 0 0
Hebrew 5,790 5,305 0 395 95
Maltese 365 355 0 5 0
Tigrigna 135 130 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,975 6,630 10 265 1,070
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,255 1,040 0 35 180
Vietnamese 6,715 5,585 10 235 895
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 15,615 15,300 5 170 140
Bikol 40 40 0 0 0
Cebuano 375 365 5 5 5
Fijian 5 10 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 180 170 0 5 5
Ilocano 830 810 5 0 20
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 815 780 0 15 25
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 80 75 0 0 0
Pangasinan 35 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,160 12,930 0 140 90
Waray-Waray 25 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0 0
Creole languages 480 140 10 325 10
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 345 40 10 290 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 35 0
Dravidian languages 23,925 21,245 0 875 1,800
Kannada 210 195 0 10 10
Malayalam 1,445 1,345 0 55 45
Tamil 21,550 19,030 0 785 1,735
Telugu 705 665 0 25 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 238,555 208,945 160 14,460 14,995
Albanian 1,440 1,230 0 80 125
Armenian 3,435 2,750 10 515 155
Balto-Slavic languages 52,545 45,710 15 3,375 3,445
Baltic languages 630 575 0 50 5
Latvian 250 220 0 30 0
Lithuanian 385 355 0 15 5
Slavic languages 51,915 45,135 15 3,325 3,440
Belarusan 110 90 0 10 10
Bosnian 140 135 0 5 0
Bulgarian 765 665 5 65 25
Croatian 1,155 1,050 0 75 30
Czech 435 405 0 30 0
Macedonian 2,640 2,490 0 70 80
Polish 4,400 4,045 0 250 100
Russian 37,315 31,855 10 2,480 2,970
Serbian 1,545 1,365 0 120 50
Serbo-Croatian 165 150 0 15 0
Slovak 425 395 0 30 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 455 430 0 20 0
Ukrainian 2,290 2,005 0 135 155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 0
Celtic languages 50 45 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 0 0
Welsh 25 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,865 7,105 0 730 35
Afrikaans 165 160 0 10 0
Danish 275 260 0 15 0
Dutch 1,455 1,320 0 130 0
Frisian 20 15 0 0 0
German 4,750 4,315 5 420 10
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 35 0 5 0
Swedish 140 125 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 20 0 10 0
Yiddish 975 840 0 120 20
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Greek 7,470 6,920 0 325 220
Indo-Iranian languages 82,575 73,265 35 3,780 5,495
Indo-Aryan languages 43,850 39,320 10 1,675 2,845
Bengali 1,580 1,460 0 80 40
Gujarati 9,470 8,320 5 350 800
Hindi 5,295 4,920 0 190 180
Kashmiri 40 35 0 0 5
Konkani 175 165 0 5 5
Marathi 430 390 0 30 10
Nepali 125 120 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 35 35 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 9,750 8,395 5 315 1,035
Sindhi 1,345 1,215 0 100 30
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 990 935 0 30 25
Urdu 14,615 13,330 0 555 725
Iranian languages 38,475 33,720 25 2,095 2,635
Kurdish 715 650 0 15 40
Pashto 605 530 0 25 50
Persian (Farsi) 37,160 32,535 30 2,050 2,540
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 250 230 0 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 83,180 71,915 85 5,655 5,520
Catalan 20 10 0 10 0
Italian 54,680 48,020 40 2,660 3,970
Portuguese 7,445 6,640 10 390 400
Romanian 6,555 4,820 20 1,310 410
Spanish 14,440 12,390 15 1,285 750
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 0
Japanese 1,165 1,055 0 40 65
Kartvelian languages 190 155 0 5 25
Georgian 190 160 0 5 25
Korean 12,955 11,140 5 455 1,365
Mongolic languages 20 20 0 0 5
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,410 1,275 10 120 10
Akan (Twi) 380 365 0 15 5
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0
Ewe 35 35 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 5 0 10 0
Ga 30 30 0 5 0
Ganda 30 30 0 0 0
Igbo 145 135 0 10 5
Lingala 10 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 0 0 10 0
Shona 35 30 0 0 0
Swahili 270 255 0 10 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 225 215 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 170 140 0 25 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 25 20 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5
Sign languages 150 45 0 0 100
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 125 30 0 0 90
Sino-Tibetan languages 199,205 154,080 40 4,875 40,210
Chinese languages 198,975 153,870 40 4,875 40,195
Cantonese 108,680 85,740 15 2,630 20,295
Hakka 2,980 2,500 5 75 405
Mandarin 78,965 59,565 20 2,010 17,370
Min Dong 270 105 0 0 165
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,620 2,560 0 65 990
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,795 1,270 0 35 485
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,610 2,080 0 60 470
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 60 40 0 0 20
Tibeto-Burman languages 230 215 0 0 10
Burmese 170 155 0 0 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 30 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,030 905 0 50 75
Lao 750 655 0 40 60
Thai 265 240 0 10 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 3,230 2,785 5 180 260
Azerbaijani 585 480 0 35 70
Turkish 2,425 2,105 5 130 185
Uyghur 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 100 90 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 105 90 0 5 10
Uralic languages 3,985 3,590 5 305 95
Estonian 330 295 0 30 0
Finnish 575 535 0 30 10
Hungarian 3,080 2,755 0 240 85
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 5 0
Multiple responses 40,060 33,840 45 5,915 260
English and French 2,110 370 0 1,730 5
English and non-official language 35,880 33,010 5 2,625 240
French and non-official language 865 220 35 590 20
English, French and non-official language 1,205 235 5 965 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) – York

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.4%.
  • 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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