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 Ottawa
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 1 923,370 549,390 12,680 347,510 13,790
Single responses 889,715 536,585 11,805 327,635 13,695
Official languages 689,300 399,485 8,585 280,980 245
English 562,075 397,755 70 164,030 215
French 127,220 1,730 8,510 116,950 30
Non-official languages 200,415 137,105 3,220 46,650 13,445
Aboriginal languages 650 580 0 60 10
Algonquian languages 280 230 0 50 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 155 125 0 30 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 10 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 20 15 0 5 5
Plains Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 25 25 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 75 55 0 20 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 25 15 0 10 0
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 15 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 100 90 0 10 0
Algonquin 20 20 0 5 0
Ojibway 70 60 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 5 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 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 5 5 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 325 315 0 10 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 300 280 0 5 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 20 20 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 0 0 0 0 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) 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 199,765 136,520 3,220 46,585 13,440
Afro-Asiatic languages 44,345 27,295 885 12,385 3,775
Berber languages 375 30 40 290 15
Kabyle 245 20 30 185 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 130 10 10 100 5
Cushitic languages 6,665 4,110 305 1,730 520
Bilen 50 40 0 5 5
Oromo 215 190 0 25 5
Somali 6,305 3,855 290 1,655 500
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 90 30 10 40 10
Semitic languages 37,260 23,120 545 10,360 3,235
Amharic 1,455 1,230 5 165 60
Arabic 34,295 20,650 540 10,005 3,105
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 75 55 0 20 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 10 0 0 0
Harari 55 40 0 10 5
Hebrew 355 260 0 90 5
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 905 790 0 60 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,040 5,030 35 1,265 710
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,105 840 5 140 115
Vietnamese 5,935 4,190 30 1,125 590
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 7,780 7,325 5 375 75
Bikol 30 30 0 0 0
Cebuano 365 350 0 20 5
Fijian 0 5 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 115 105 0 0 0
Ilocano 575 560 0 5 15
Malagasy 55 0 5 50 0
Malay 390 355 0 40 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 25 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,035 5,725 0 250 60
Waray-Waray 45 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 5 0
Creole languages 4,175 320 1,135 2,550 170
Haitian Creole 295 35 65 195 5
Creole, n.o.s. 3,705 175 1,070 2,295 165
Creole languages, n.i.e. 180 110 0 65 0
Dravidian languages 3,810 3,205 0 460 145
Kannada 225 185 0 30 5
Malayalam 660 575 0 65 20
Tamil 2,415 1,980 0 325 110
Telugu 485 450 0 30 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 87,110 61,125 350 22,090 3,545
Albanian 660 505 0 105 45
Armenian 465 225 5 215 20
Balto-Slavic languages 20,270 14,325 50 5,200 700
Baltic languages 460 285 0 170 0
Latvian 250 160 0 90 0
Lithuanian 210 130 0 80 5
Slavic languages 19,815 14,040 50 5,030 695
Belarusan 40 25 0 5 5
Bosnian 600 480 5 100 25
Bulgarian 850 565 0 250 25
Croatian 1,000 715 5 265 15
Czech 910 630 5 275 5
Macedonian 65 50 0 10 0
Polish 5,520 3,900 10 1,490 120
Russian 6,150 4,470 20 1,310 355
Serbian 1,705 1,205 5 430 70
Serbo-Croatian 515 370 5 130 10
Slovak 575 415 5 150 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 210 150 0 60 0
Ukrainian 1,630 1,035 5 545 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 10 0
Celtic languages 110 80 0 30 0
Scottish Gaelic 45 30 0 15 0
Welsh 50 45 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,680 6,010 5 2,640 25
Afrikaans 160 135 0 25 0
Danish 300 235 0 65 0
Dutch 2,220 1,600 0 620 0
Frisian 35 35 0 5 0
German 5,275 3,570 5 1,680 15
Icelandic 15 15 0 5 0
Norwegian 130 100 0 30 0
Swedish 275 190 0 80 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 80 30 0 45 0
Yiddish 175 105 0 75 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Greek 2,110 1,340 0 720 55
Indo-Iranian languages 26,965 22,105 20 3,375 1,465
Indo-Aryan languages 18,340 15,275 5 2,225 830
Bengali 3,260 2,700 0 440 115
Gujarati 1,465 1,235 0 175 55
Hindi 2,875 2,455 0 330 90
Kashmiri 25 20 0 0 0
Konkani 105 90 0 15 5
Marathi 285 250 0 35 5
Nepali 925 695 0 70 155
Oriya (Odia) 40 30 0 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,875 3,135 0 490 245
Sindhi 265 210 0 50 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 815 735 0 60 15
Urdu 4,405 3,715 5 555 140
Iranian languages 8,530 6,745 15 1,145 630
Kurdish 655 535 5 70 45
Pashto 1,025 825 0 65 130
Persian (Farsi) 6,850 5,380 10 1,005 450
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 27,835 16,535 265 9,795 1,250
Catalan 30 20 0 10 0
Italian 9,030 5,410 35 3,180 395
Portuguese 4,205 2,275 80 1,625 220
Romanian 2,565 1,140 25 1,280 115
Spanish 11,985 7,680 115 3,675 510
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 15 0
Japanese 985 775 5 175 35
Kartvelian languages 35 30 0 5 0
Georgian 30 30 0 5 0
Korean 2,065 1,710 0 245 110
Mongolic languages 30 25 0 5 5
Mongolian 35 25 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 5,375 2,000 735 2,550 95
Akan (Twi) 355 300 0 55 0
Bamanankan 75 5 20 50 0
Edo 35 30 0 5 0
Ewe 75 40 10 30 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 100 5 15 75 0
Ga 60 55 0 5 0
Ganda 125 115 0 10 5
Igbo 180 165 0 15 0
Lingala 320 20 105 195 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 840 25 165 640 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 650 75 95 455 25
Shona 110 95 0 10 0
Swahili 1,100 455 135 485 25
Wolof 80 5 20 55 5
Yoruba 240 210 0 30 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,030 395 175 445 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 305 260 5 35 10
Dinka 90 75 0 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 180 5 25 5
Sign languages 225 85 0 20 110
American Sign Language 75 45 0 5 25
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 140 45 0 15 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 31,945 24,035 35 3,400 4,480
Chinese languages 31,130 23,335 35 3,385 4,375
Cantonese 10,160 7,160 5 1,275 1,720
Hakka 155 110 5 20 15
Mandarin 18,580 14,380 10 1,855 2,330
Min Dong 50 35 0 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 725 515 10 120 85
Wu (Shanghainese) 440 295 0 35 110
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,010 825 5 75 105
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 810 700 0 15 100
Burmese 225 205 0 5 15
Karenic languages 325 275 0 0 45
Tibetan 95 75 0 5 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 170 145 0 5 25
Tai-Kadai languages 690 550 5 105 35
Lao 345 245 10 75 20
Thai 345 300 0 30 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,645 1,235 5 305 105
Azerbaijani 125 95 0 20 10
Turkish 1,385 1,045 5 250 90
Uyghur 10 10 0 5 0
Uzbek 65 40 0 15 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 5 5
Uralic languages 2,055 1,435 10 580 30
Estonian 155 80 0 70 0
Finnish 305 235 0 65 0
Hungarian 1,595 1,115 10 445 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 145 90 5 45 0
Multiple responses 33,655 12,805 875 19,875 95
English and French 12,295 865 85 11,340 0
English and non-official language 15,135 11,565 15 3,490 65
French and non-official language 3,815 170 755 2,870 25
English, French and non-official language 2,415 210 25 2,175 5

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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) – Ottawa

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
  • 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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