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 Peel
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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 1,375,800 1,233,205 1,155 86,400 55,035
Single responses 1,305,305 1,171,950 1,045 77,575 54,740
Official languages 674,495 622,765 600 50,620 515
English 662,455 621,965 40 39,945 495
French 12,045 795 560 10,675 10
Non-official languages 630,810 549,190 445 26,950 54,225
Aboriginal languages 65 60 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 30 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 10 0 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 15 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 5 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. 15 15 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 630,740 549,125 440 26,945 54,220
Afro-Asiatic languages 42,450 35,450 95 3,500 3,405
Berber languages 55 15 5 35 5
Kabyle 40 15 0 15 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 20 0 0 20 0
Cushitic languages 1,500 1,400 0 55 50
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 90 85 0 0 5
Somali 1,395 1,300 0 50 45
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Semitic languages 40,765 33,920 90 3,400 3,350
Amharic 625 580 0 30 20
Arabic 34,310 28,065 90 3,290 2,855
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 3,115 2,710 5 35 365
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 505 440 0 10 60
Harari 65 65 0 0 5
Hebrew 105 95 0 10 0
Maltese 1,385 1,365 0 15 10
Tigrigna 345 325 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 315 265 0 10 40
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15,015 12,340 15 520 2,145
Khmer (Cambodian) 320 260 0 20 35
Vietnamese 14,660 12,045 15 495 2,105
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 35,515 34,700 5 445 370
Bikol 95 95 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,000 965 0 20 15
Fijian 20 15 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 365 355 0 5 0
Ilocano 1,165 1,135 0 10 25
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 1,305 1,230 0 50 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 380 365 0 0 10
Pangasinan 80 80 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30,895 30,260 5 345 285
Waray-Waray 60 65 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 145 145 0 0 0
Creole languages 1,640 595 35 985 30
Haitian Creole 30 10 0 15 0
Creole, n.o.s. 1,000 155 25 790 25
Creole languages, n.i.e. 615 430 5 175 5
Dravidian languages 33,080 30,130 10 1,015 1,925
Kannada 955 910 0 35 15
Malayalam 5,595 5,275 0 130 190
Tamil 22,785 20,415 10 750 1,610
Telugu 3,615 3,400 0 100 110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 135 130 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 432,875 377,550 205 18,010 37,105
Albanian 2,670 2,285 0 145 240
Armenian 745 600 5 110 35
Balto-Slavic languages 64,830 57,850 20 3,535 3,420
Baltic languages 835 730 0 90 15
Latvian 190 170 0 20 0
Lithuanian 640 560 5 70 10
Slavic languages 64,000 57,125 20 3,450 3,405
Belarusan 35 30 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,295 1,130 0 70 95
Bulgarian 1,330 1,125 5 145 50
Croatian 6,335 5,910 5 250 180
Czech 945 855 0 60 30
Macedonian 1,635 1,475 0 80 85
Polish 32,100 28,640 10 1,570 1,885
Russian 5,825 4,990 5 430 410
Serbian 4,480 3,950 0 305 225
Serbo-Croatian 580 515 0 45 25
Slovak 1,045 960 5 70 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 1,120 1,065 0 45 10
Ukrainian 7,155 6,380 0 385 385
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 5 10
Celtic languages 60 55 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 35 30 0 5 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,660 7,025 0 615 15
Afrikaans 115 110 0 0 0
Danish 290 280 0 10 0
Dutch 1,810 1,690 0 120 5
Frisian 40 40 0 0 0
German 5,130 4,670 0 450 10
Icelandic 5 0 0 5 0
Norwegian 45 40 0 0 0
Swedish 150 140 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 40 0 15 0
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Greek 3,420 3,125 5 165 130
Indo-Iranian languages 269,670 234,235 90 8,295 27,055
Indo-Aryan languages 258,345 224,410 80 7,785 26,070
Bengali 6,455 5,960 0 285 210
Gujarati 24,700 21,510 10 745 2,435
Hindi 24,190 22,370 5 860 950
Kashmiri 110 110 0 0 0
Konkani 1,050 1,020 0 20 10
Marathi 2,010 1,870 0 80 65
Nepali 1,895 1,745 0 65 80
Oriya (Odia) 210 205 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 134,460 111,045 40 3,690 19,685
Sindhi 1,535 1,425 0 50 60
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,770 2,645 0 75 50
Urdu 58,955 54,500 25 1,905 2,525
Iranian languages 10,705 9,280 10 490 935
Kurdish 305 255 0 10 35
Pashto 1,840 1,650 0 50 140
Persian (Farsi) 8,570 7,370 5 425 760
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 615 540 0 25 50
Italic (Romance) languages 83,820 72,375 90 5,140 6,210
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0
Italian 24,420 21,780 10 1,295 1,330
Portuguese 27,680 23,705 35 1,070 2,865
Romanian 3,600 2,685 5 730 180
Spanish 28,075 24,175 30 2,030 1,840
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Japanese 1,050 945 0 30 75
Kartvelian languages 40 30 0 5 10
Georgian 45 30 0 10 5
Korean 5,210 4,465 5 190 555
Mongolic languages 35 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 30 30 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 7,645 6,990 60 510 85
Akan (Twi) 3,430 3,295 5 90 45
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 260 260 0 0 0
Ewe 130 120 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 30 10 0 20 0
Ga 185 180 0 5 0
Ganda 95 85 0 5 0
Igbo 550 530 0 20 5
Lingala 55 5 15 40 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 70 5 10 60 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 65 15 5 40 5
Shona 170 165 0 10 0
Swahili 565 500 0 50 10
Wolof 35 10 0 30 0
Yoruba 1,295 1,255 5 25 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 705 580 25 95 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 65 0 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 0
Sign languages 285 125 0 5 155
American Sign Language 90 65 0 5 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 195 60 0 0 130
Sino-Tibetan languages 49,980 40,460 20 1,435 8,070
Chinese languages 49,500 40,025 15 1,425 8,030
Cantonese 19,885 16,310 0 500 3,075
Hakka 470 380 0 35 60
Mandarin 25,855 20,700 10 815 4,330
Min Dong 35 10 0 0 30
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,460 1,185 5 35 235
Wu (Shanghainese) 625 460 0 10 150
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 970 0 25 140
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 480 430 5 10 40
Burmese 200 175 0 0 15
Karenic languages 10 5 0 0 5
Tibetan 195 165 0 0 25
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 875 765 0 25 80
Lao 640 555 0 20 65
Thai 230 210 0 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 5
Turkic languages 1,855 1,630 0 90 135
Azerbaijani 75 70 0 5 10
Turkish 1,605 1,425 0 80 105
Uyghur 85 65 0 5 15
Uzbek 45 40 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 10 0
Uralic languages 2,885 2,645 0 175 65
Estonian 210 200 0 15 0
Finnish 225 215 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,450 2,235 0 150 70
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 245 225 0 10 5
Multiple responses 70,495 61,260 110 8,830 300
English and French 3,220 635 15 2,565 0
English and non-official language 64,105 59,950 25 3,850 280
French and non-official language 1,315 310 60 930 20
English, French and non-official language 1,855 360 5 1,475 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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