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 Hamilton
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 1 530,630 489,915 375 30,525 9,820
Single responses 519,075 480,230 335 28,745 9,765
Official languages 396,540 372,605 210 23,595 130
English 389,870 371,970 15 17,760 125
French 6,670 635 200 5,835 0
Non-official languages 122,535 107,625 120 5,145 9,635
Aboriginal languages 75 65 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 30 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 20 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 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 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) 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Cayuga 15 15 0 5 0
Mohawk 10 15 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 5 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 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 122,460 107,560 120 5,145 9,635
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,835 10,155 25 620 2,040
Berber languages 10 0 0 15 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 15 0
Cushitic languages 1,040 835 5 10 190
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 40 40 0 0 10
Somali 1,000 805 0 10 185
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 11,735 9,280 20 590 1,845
Amharic 195 185 0 5 5
Arabic 8,585 6,600 20 535 1,425
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 2,225 1,855 0 25 345
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 215 175 0 5 40
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 145 135 0 10 5
Maltese 125 120 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 115 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 0 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,980 3,280 0 80 620
Khmer (Cambodian) 810 675 0 20 110
Vietnamese 3,170 2,605 0 60 505
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 5,010 4,910 0 35 65
Bikol 25 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 190 185 0 0 5
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 300 290 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 100 0 0 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 30 30 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,245 4,170 0 30 45
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 45 50 0 0 0
Creole languages 295 135 10 135 10
Haitian Creole 25 5 5 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 170 35 10 115 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 1,275 1,185 0 50 40
Kannada 50 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 655 630 0 10 15
Tamil 470 420 0 30 20
Telugu 100 90 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 83,865 74,910 50 3,575 5,320
Albanian 1,275 1,135 0 20 115
Armenian 275 230 0 25 10
Balto-Slavic languages 25,230 23,145 10 855 1,225
Baltic languages 690 645 0 35 10
Latvian 285 265 0 15 5
Lithuanian 405 375 0 25 5
Slavic languages 24,540 22,500 10 815 1,215
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 940 820 0 35 80
Bulgarian 135 120 0 5 5
Croatian 4,685 4,360 0 115 210
Czech 940 805 5 30 105
Macedonian 480 455 0 15 10
Polish 7,275 6,750 0 245 280
Russian 1,465 1,305 5 75 90
Serbian 5,465 4,920 0 185 355
Serbo-Croatian 375 340 0 15 25
Slovak 455 430 0 15 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 560 545 0 15 5
Ukrainian 1,650 1,550 0 70 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 0
Celtic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,020 6,625 0 380 20
Afrikaans 135 125 0 10 0
Danish 160 150 0 10 0
Dutch 2,665 2,555 0 105 5
Frisian 70 70 0 0 0
German 3,825 3,590 0 225 10
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 55 50 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 40 0 10 0
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,600 1,470 0 70 65
Indo-Iranian languages 16,280 14,440 10 535 1,300
Indo-Aryan languages 12,440 11,105 5 360 970
Bengali 1,170 1,085 0 50 30
Gujarati 1,415 1,275 0 25 115
Hindi 965 910 0 25 20
Kashmiri 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 55 55 0 0 0
Marathi 60 60 0 0 0
Nepali 185 85 0 40 60
Oriya (Odia) 5 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,580 3,915 0 110 555
Sindhi 95 90 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 235 215 0 15 5
Urdu 3,670 3,395 5 95 185
Iranian languages 3,780 3,280 5 170 330
Kurdish 1,035 870 5 45 115
Pashto 245 220 0 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 2,500 2,190 0 120 190
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 32,150 27,835 30 1,685 2,590
Catalan 15 10 0 0 0
Italian 15,380 13,665 0 685 1,025
Portuguese 7,270 6,100 5 245 925
Romanian 1,735 1,410 0 245 80
Spanish 7,720 6,630 25 510 555
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Japanese 265 250 0 10 10
Kartvelian languages 10 15 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 1,380 1,230 0 35 115
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,360 1,085 25 210 45
Akan (Twi) 195 180 0 10 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 20 0 0 0
Ewe 30 25 5 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 5 0
Ga 25 25 0 0 0
Ganda 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 65 65 0 0 0
Lingala 30 0 0 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 5 5 40 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 75 25 5 40 5
Shona 175 170 0 5 0
Swahili 315 240 5 45 25
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 85 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 265 205 10 40 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 130 90 0 30 5
Dinka 15 15 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 115 75 0 30 5
Sign languages 110 55 0 5 55
American Sign Language 40 25 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 30 0 0 40
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,085 6,770 0 190 1,125
Chinese languages 7,750 6,495 0 190 1,065
Cantonese 2,775 2,200 5 80 500
Hakka 35 30 0 5 5
Mandarin 4,350 3,795 0 100 450
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 180 140 0 5 40
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 60 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 345 270 0 5 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 330 275 0 0 60
Burmese 65 55 0 0 10
Karenic languages 255 205 0 0 50
Tibetan 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 490 415 0 20 60
Lao 305 270 0 15 20
Thai 185 140 0 0 45
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 685 610 0 20 55
Azerbaijani 35 35 0 0 0
Turkish 605 540 0 15 50
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Uralic languages 2,605 2,425 0 120 60
Estonian 140 130 0 5 0
Finnish 85 70 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,390 2,220 0 100 55
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 5 10
Multiple responses 11,560 9,680 40 1,785 55
English and French 1,190 285 5 905 0
English and non-official language 9,750 9,255 5 435 50
French and non-official language 400 85 30 275 0
English, French and non-official language 220 60 0 160 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) – Hamilton

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
  • 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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