Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	923,370	889,715	33,655
Official languages	722,955	689,300	33,660
English	591,915	562,075	29,840
French	145,745	127,225	18,525
Non-official languages	221,775	200,420	21,360
Aboriginal languages	800	650	150
Algonquian languages	330	280	55
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	180	155	25
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	5	0	0
Moose Cree	5	5	5
Naskapi	10	5	0
Northern East Cree	30	20	5
Plains Cree	10	10	0
Southern East Cree	0	5	0
Swampy Cree	30	30	5
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	85	75	10
Eastern Algonquian languages	20	20	5
Malecite	5	0	0
Mi'kmaq	20	15	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	125	100	25
Algonquin	30	25	5
Ojibway	85	70	15
Oji-Cree	10	5	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Athabaskan languages	10	5	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	10	5	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	5	5	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	410	325	80
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5	5	0
Inuktitut	365	295	65
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	40	30	15
Iroquoian languages	30	30	5
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	30	25	5
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	5	5	0
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	5	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	5	5	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	5	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	5	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	5	10	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	220,975	199,765	21,210
Afro-Asiatic languages	50,660	44,350	6,315
Berber languages	405	375	30
Kabyle	265	250	15
Berber languages, n.i.e.	140	130	15
Cushitic languages	7,535	6,660	875
Bilen	55	50	5
Oromo	235	220	20
Somali	7,130	6,300	830
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	115	95	20
Semitic languages	42,650	37,255	5,395
Amharic	1,575	1,455	125
Arabic	39,435	34,295	5,140
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	90	75	10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	10	10	0
Harari	65	60	5
Hebrew	390	355	40
Maltese	45	35	10
Tigrigna	960	905	60
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	85	70	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	70	55	15
Austro-Asiatic languages	7,580	7,045	540
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,215	1,100	110
Vietnamese	6,350	5,930	415
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	15	5	5
Austronesian languages	9,070	7,785	1,285
Bikol	35	30	0
Cebuano	425	370	55
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	125	110	15
Ilocano	610	575	35
Malagasy	70	55	15
Malay	435	395	40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	25	20	0
Pangasinan	30	25	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	7,145	6,040	1,105
Waray-Waray	45	45	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	130	120	10
Creole languages	5,630	4,175	1,455
Haitian Creole	415	290	125
Creole, n.o.s.	4,960	3,705	1,255
Creole languages, n.i.e.	250	180	75
Dravidian languages	4,365	3,805	560
Kannada	260	220	40
Malayalam	740	660	80
Tamil	2,750	2,415	335
Telugu	590	490	105
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	30	25	5
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	94,760	87,105	7,650
Albanian	710	660	50
Armenian	500	465	35
Balto-Slavic languages	21,265	20,275	995
Baltic languages	485	460	25
Latvian	260	250	15
Lithuanian	220	210	10
Slavic languages	20,780	19,815	970
Belarusan	45	40	5
Bosnian	625	600	25
Bulgarian	880	850	35
Croatian	1,055	1,005	55
Czech	955	915	40
Macedonian	70	65	5
Polish	5,805	5,520	280
Russian	6,410	6,150	260
Serbian	1,770	1,705	65
Serbo-Croatian	540	520	25
Slovak	610	575	35
Slovene (Slovenian)	220	210	10
Ukrainian	1,755	1,630	125
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	40	40	5
Celtic languages	140	115	30
Scottish Gaelic	55	40	15
Welsh	55	50	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	30	20	10
Germanic languages	9,350	8,685	670
Afrikaans	175	160	20
Danish	315	295	20
Dutch	2,355	2,215	140
Frisian	35	35	0
German	5,715	5,275	435
Icelandic	15	15	0
Norwegian	140	135	5
Swedish	300	275	20
Vlaams (Flemish)	85	75	10
Yiddish	205	175	25
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Greek	2,340	2,115	230
Indo-Iranian languages	30,245	26,965	3,280
Indo-Aryan languages	21,115	18,340	2,775
Bengali	3,705	3,260	445
Gujarati	1,695	1,470	225
Hindi	3,520	2,875	650
Kashmiri	30	20	5
Konkani	120	105	15
Marathi	345	290	60
Nepali	985	925	60
Oriya (Odia)	50	40	5
Punjabi (Panjabi)	4,290	3,880	415
Sindhi	305	265	40
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	920	810	105
Urdu	5,160	4,405	755
Iranian languages	9,030	8,525	505
Kurdish	695	650	45
Pashto	1,090	1,025	65
Persian (Farsi)	7,240	6,850	390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	105	95	10
Italic (Romance) languages	30,205	27,840	2,365
Catalan	30	25	0
Italian	9,860	9,030	830
Portuguese	4,500	4,210	290
Romanian	2,660	2,560	100
Spanish	13,130	11,990	1,145
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	25	25	5
Japanese	1,110	990	120
Kartvelian languages	35	35	5
Georgian	30	35	0
Korean	2,155	2,065	90
Mongolic languages	30	30	0
Mongolian	30	30	0
Niger-Congo languages	6,645	5,375	1,270
Akan (Twi)	440	355	85
Bamanankan	90	75	10
Edo	45	35	15
Ewe	110	80	35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	115	100	15
Ga	75	60	15
Ganda	135	125	10
Igbo	225	185	45
Lingala	540	320	225
Rundi (Kirundi)	970	840	125
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	735	650	85
Shona	130	110	25
Swahili	1,335	1,100	235
Wolof	105	80	25
Yoruba	315	240	80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,280	1,030	250
Nilo-Saharan languages	330	305	25
Dinka	95	85	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	235	215	20
Sign languages	330	225	110
American Sign Language	135	75	60
Quebec Sign Language	15	5	5
Sign languages, n.i.e	185	140	45
Sino-Tibetan languages	33,335	31,940	1,390
Chinese languages	32,455	31,130	1,325
Cantonese	10,715	10,160	555
Hakka	160	155	5
Mandarin	19,235	18,575	655
Min Dong	55	50	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	750	725	25
Wu (Shanghainese)	455	445	10
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,075	1,005	65
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	870	810	60
Burmese	245	225	15
Karenic languages	350	325	25
Tibetan	90	90	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	185	170	20
Tai-Kadai languages	775	695	80
Lao	390	345	45
Thai	380	345	35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	5	0
Turkic languages	1,810	1,650	160
Azerbaijani	125	120	0
Turkish	1,545	1,385	155
Uyghur	15	10	5
Uzbek	65	65	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	65	65	5
Uralic languages	2,170	2,050	115
Estonian	155	155	5
Finnish	335	305	35
Hungarian	1,675	1,595	85
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	180	140	40

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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-X2016060.