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 Guelph, CY
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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 1 130,780 117,190 75 11,755 1,765
Single responses 128,460 115,365 65 11,275 1,750
Official languages 102,650 92,660 45 9,925 20
English 101,015 92,580 5 8,405 20
French 1,640 80 40 1,515 0
Non-official languages 25,810 22,705 20 1,355 1,730
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 10 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 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 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 0 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 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 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 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 25,795 22,695 20 1,355 1,725
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,395 1,215 5 75 110
Berber languages 5 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 80 80 0 0 5
Bilen 20 15 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 60 60 0 0 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,305 1,135 5 65 100
Amharic 195 185 0 5 10
Arabic 765 635 5 55 65
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 25 20 0 0 0
Maltese 40 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 275 250 0 0 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,835 1,510 0 35 285
Khmer (Cambodian) 140 115 0 5 20
Vietnamese 1,690 1,390 5 35 265
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,830 1,780 0 30 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 85 80 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 30 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 45 45 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 65 60 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 20 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,560 1,520 0 30 5
Waray-Waray 0 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Creole languages 20 15 0 5 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 550 510 0 25 15
Kannada 35 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 155 140 0 10 5
Tamil 335 310 0 10 10
Telugu 30 25 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 14,490 12,755 15 970 750
Albanian 55 50 0 5 5
Armenian 65 50 0 10 5
Balto-Slavic languages 2,880 2,595 0 185 95
Baltic languages 55 45 0 5 0
Latvian 25 25 0 5 0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 5 5
Slavic languages 2,825 2,550 0 180 95
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 75 65 0 0 10
Bulgarian 20 20 0 5 0
Croatian 175 160 0 10 0
Czech 100 95 0 5 0
Macedonian 30 30 0 0 0
Polish 1,310 1,205 0 60 45
Russian 270 240 0 30 5
Serbian 475 425 0 25 30
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 5 0
Slovak 65 55 0 5 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 50 40 0 5 0
Ukrainian 195 165 0 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,820 1,650 0 170 5
Afrikaans 25 25 0 0 0
Danish 60 55 0 5 0
Dutch 685 640 0 45 0
Frisian 15 15 0 0 0
German 960 850 0 105 0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 15 0 10 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 215 195 0 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages 5,150 4,445 5 245 455
Indo-Aryan languages 3,925 3,380 10 180 360
Bengali 290 270 0 10 5
Gujarati 610 555 0 10 45
Hindi 355 330 0 10 10
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 280 165 10 60 45
Oriya (Odia) 20 20 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,585 1,285 0 65 235
Sindhi 35 35 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 135 130 0 0 0
Urdu 555 530 0 10 15
Iranian languages 1,205 1,045 0 70 95
Kurdish 80 60 0 0 10
Pashto 150 130 0 15 10
Persian (Farsi) 975 855 0 50 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 4,275 3,760 5 340 170
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 2,200 1,990 0 110 105
Portuguese 395 350 0 30 15
Romanian 290 215 0 60 10
Spanish 1,385 1,205 0 140 35
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 115 105 0 5 5
Kartvelian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 265 235 0 5 20
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 160 135 0 25 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 25 25 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 0
Sign languages 35 25 0 0 10
American Sign Language 20 15 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 20 10 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,510 2,975 0 105 430
Chinese languages 3,505 2,970 0 105 430
Cantonese 1,170 925 0 35 205
Hakka 25 20 0 5 0
Mandarin 2,045 1,785 0 60 200
Min Dong 0 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 130 110 0 5 20
Wu (Shanghainese) 25 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 110 100 0 0 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 205 180 0 10 20
Lao 155 130 0 5 20
Thai 50 45 0 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 420 350 0 25 45
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 65 55 0 5 5
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 330 275 0 15 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5
Uralic languages 915 850 0 35 25
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 45 45 0 0 0
Hungarian 850 790 0 30 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,325 1,825 0 480 15
English and French 315 65 0 245 0
English and non-official language 1,905 1,740 0 150 15
French and non-official language 45 5 5 35 0
English, French and non-official language 60 10 5 45 0

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n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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