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 Laval
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 1 417,995 21,185 144,750 243,630 8,430
Single responses 398,965 20,200 140,370 230,045 8,345
Official languages 267,725 6,350 109,315 151,945 120
English 30,295 6,230 170 23,850 40
French 237,430 120 109,140 128,090 75
Non-official languages 131,235 13,850 31,060 78,100 8,225
Aboriginal languages 20 10 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 5 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 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 5 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 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 5
Ojibway 0 0 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 5 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 5 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 0 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 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. 5 0 0 5 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 131,215 13,845 31,055 78,090 8,225
Afro-Asiatic languages 32,140 1,660 10,500 18,075 1,905
Berber languages 2,240 10 1,285 915 35
Kabyle 1,170 5 705 455 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 1,065 5 580 460 20
Cushitic languages 15 5 5 10 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 15 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 29,855 1,645 9,200 17,145 1,870
Amharic 45 10 5 30 0
Arabic 29,500 1,585 9,175 16,905 1,840
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 65 10 10 30 15
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 5 5 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 200 25 10 155 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 0 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 5 0 15 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,105 330 1,190 2,105 475
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,670 95 550 800 225
Vietnamese 2,430 240 635 1,305 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 690 380 35 275 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 20 10 0 15 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 20 0 10 0
Malagasy 60 0 35 25 0
Malay 50 20 0 25 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 505 310 0 185 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Creole languages 7,725 25 4,795 2,625 275
Haitian Creole 260 0 145 105 10
Creole, n.o.s. 7,400 20 4,650 2,460 270
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 5 5 55 0
Dravidian languages 2,015 805 100 890 220
Kannada 5 0 0 5 0
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0
Tamil 2,000 795 100 885 220
Telugu 5 5 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 77,290 9,520 12,475 50,645 4,650
Albanian 465 40 125 250 45
Armenian 7,815 945 535 5,570 770
Balto-Slavic languages 4,665 600 975 2,880 215
Baltic languages 30 10 0 20 0
Latvian 10 0 0 10 0
Lithuanian 20 10 0 10 0
Slavic languages 4,640 595 970 2,860 215
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 10 35 65 10
Bulgarian 580 30 135 395 20
Croatian 360 85 20 245 5
Czech 90 15 15 60 5
Macedonian 25 5 5 20 0
Polish 760 135 105 505 20
Russian 2,130 225 565 1,210 135
Serbian 150 25 25 100 10
Serbo-Croatian 75 10 20 40 5
Slovak 55 15 5 40 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 65 20 0 45 0
Ukrainian 210 30 45 130 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Celtic languages 20 0 0 15 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 15 0
Germanic languages 1,010 395 20 595 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Danish 5 0 0 10 0
Dutch 90 30 5 60 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 805 330 10 460 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 0 5 15 0
Yiddish 45 20 0 25 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Greek 13,820 4,050 95 8,510 1,160
Indo-Iranian languages 7,885 2,390 845 3,675 970
Indo-Aryan languages 4,330 1,860 115 1,855 495
Bengali 465 210 0 215 35
Gujarati 450 200 15 180 60
Hindi 140 60 0 75 10
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 0 5 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 80 10 20 35 25
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,740 780 35 660 260
Sindhi 20 0 0 20 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 35 0 35 0
Urdu 1,365 570 45 640 110
Iranian languages 3,525 530 725 1,805 470
Kurdish 100 10 40 45 15
Pashto 145 40 15 65 25
Persian (Farsi) 3,280 475 670 1,695 435
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 15 5
Italic (Romance) languages 41,615 1,095 9,880 29,150 1,485
Catalan 10 0 0 10 0
Italian 16,535 455 1,460 14,265 355
Portuguese 5,165 190 1,390 3,305 280
Romanian 6,325 100 1,825 4,175 230
Spanish 13,555 345 5,205 7,380 620
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Japanese 65 20 10 35 5
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0
Korean 115 25 5 60 15
Mongolic languages 20 5 0 15 0
Mongolian 20 5 5 10 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,390 80 635 655 25
Akan (Twi) 105 45 0 60 0
Bamanankan 75 0 40 35 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 40 0 25 20 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 105 0 55 45 5
Ga 10 5 0 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 5 0
Lingala 145 0 85 60 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 0 55 45 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 105 0 25 80 5
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 120 10 50 60 5
Wolof 165 0 85 75 5
Yoruba 10 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 400 10 210 170 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 20 0 15 10 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 10 0
Sign languages 80 5 35 10 35
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 45 0 25 10 15
Sign languages, n.i.e 35 0 10 5 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,875 680 465 1,335 395
Chinese languages 2,860 680 465 1,325 390
Cantonese 1,050 165 145 565 180
Hakka 5 0 0 5 0
Mandarin 1,445 450 250 585 165
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 225 20 50 125 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 10 0 10 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 100 30 15 45 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 15 0 0 10 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages 1,070 55 410 530 80
Lao 1,000 30 395 495 75
Thai 75 20 15 30 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 935 105 325 405 105
Azerbaijani 25 5 5 15 0
Turkish 900 100 320 385 100
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Uralic languages 650 145 65 405 25
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 0 0 5 0
Hungarian 635 140 65 400 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 5 0 15 0
Multiple responses 19,035 980 4,375 13,585 85
English and French 4,410 65 195 4,145 5
English and non-official language 3,265 835 40 2,365 20
French and non-official language 8,495 30 4,020 4,395 50
English, French and non-official language 2,870 50 130 2,680 10

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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) – Laval

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.9%.
  • 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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