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

• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Montréal, V

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 tongue^Footnote 1	1,680,905	170,490	503,105	965,480	41,835
Single responses	1,600,450	162,840	482,415	913,780	41,420
Official languages	1,041,420	68,565	337,125	634,960	780
English	208,140	67,840	850	139,175	265
French	833,280	720	336,270	495,785	505
Non-official languages	559,030	94,280	145,290	278,820	40,645
Aboriginal languages	470	240	65	165	10
Algonquian languages	265	115	50	90	5
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	230	110	45	75	5
Atikamekw	25	0	20	5	0
Montagnais (Innu)	45	5	25	20	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	15	10	0	5	0
Northern East Cree	40	25	0	10	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	5
Southern East Cree	10	0	0	5	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	100	65	0	35	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	10	5	0	5	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	10	10	0	5	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	20	5	5	10	0
Algonquin	15	5	5	10	0
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.	5	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	5	5	0	5	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	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.	5	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	5	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	150	80	5	60	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	125	65	5	50	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	5	0
Iroquoian languages	30	15	0	5	5
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	30	15	0	10	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	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	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.	25	15	5	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	558,560	94,045	145,225	278,655	40,635
Afro-Asiatic languages	112,445	8,350	45,085	53,500	5,510
Berber languages	13,735	45	8,480	4,770	435
Kabyle	8,455	30	5,360	2,770	290
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5,275	20	3,115	2,000	140
Cushitic languages	675	70	185	375	50
Bilen	15	5	0	5	0
Oromo	5	5	0	5	0
Somali	645	65	175	360	45
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	20	0	10	5	5
Semitic languages	97,870	8,205	36,385	48,260	5,025
Amharic	510	175	20	305	10
Arabic	95,165	7,280	36,300	46,675	4,915
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	50	10	5	30	10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5	0	0	5	0
Harari	0	5	0	0	0
Hebrew	1,780	615	35	1,060	65
Maltese	10	5	0	5	0
Tigrigna	305	105	15	160	20
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	40	10	10	15	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	165	30	35	100	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	23,000	2,830	5,850	10,930	3,385
Khmer (Cambodian)	4,875	405	1,605	2,115	745
Vietnamese	18,115	2,425	4,245	8,810	2,635
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	10	5	0	5	0
Austronesian languages	14,750	10,595	220	3,785	150
Bikol	90	65	0	25	0
Cebuano	570	445	0	130	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	305	225	5	75	5
Ilocano	1,725	1,430	0	265	25
Malagasy	410	0	165	240	10
Malay	400	180	5	200	10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	145	115	5	25	0
Pangasinan	75	65	0	10	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	10,775	7,920	10	2,745	95
Waray-Waray	40	30	0	15	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	220	130	30	60	5
Creole languages	36,160	185	23,560	11,375	1,040
Haitian Creole	1,300	5	805	455	30
Creole, n.o.s.	34,390	140	22,700	10,545	1,005
Creole languages, n.i.e.	470	40	50	380	5
Dravidian languages	10,450	5,340	300	3,820	985
Kannada	150	120	0	20	5
Malayalam	250	180	5	60	10
Tamil	9,595	4,700	300	3,640	955
Telugu	445	335	0	90	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	10	0
Hmong-Mien languages	20	5	5	10	0
Indo-European languages	286,815	44,850	56,285	165,780	19,905
Albanian	1,595	175	410	890	125
Armenian	6,330	865	485	4,470	500
Balto-Slavic languages	33,090	6,700	5,155	19,475	1,765
Baltic languages	380	140	5	225	10
Latvian	120	50	5	75	5
Lithuanian	260	95	5	150	5
Slavic languages	32,705	6,555	5,150	19,250	1,760
Belarusan	45	15	5	20	0
Bosnian	250	30	50	155	10
Bulgarian	3,630	290	720	2,495	125
Croatian	950	295	80	550	25
Czech	610	170	45	385	10
Macedonian	85	15	5	60	5
Polish	7,000	1,770	650	4,330	250
Russian	14,685	2,670	2,915	7,995	1,105
Serbian	1,240	260	125	800	50
Serbo-Croatian	410	45	65	290	15
Slovak	435	125	30	275	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	310	160	5	140	5
Ukrainian	2,990	695	450	1,700	150
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	65	25	10	40	0
Celtic languages	50	15	10	20	0
Scottish Gaelic	10	5	0	5	0
Welsh	10	5	0	5	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	30	5	10	10	0
Germanic languages	11,495	4,120	150	6,025	1,205
Afrikaans	55	25	5	20	0
Danish	145	60	5	75	5
Dutch	770	155	20	595	5
Frisian	5	5	0	0	0
German	3,990	1,095	95	2,760	40
Icelandic	35	15	0	20	0
Norwegian	65	25	0	40	0
Swedish	240	80	5	150	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	105	5	5	95	0
Yiddish	6,030	2,645	15	2,205	1,155
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	65	5	5	60	0
Greek	16,930	5,820	190	8,985	1,935
Indo-Iranian languages	44,145	19,395	2,190	18,485	4,080
Indo-Aryan languages	29,965	14,910	845	11,215	3,000
Bengali	9,290	4,405	270	3,890	725
Gujarati	4,070	2,030	85	1,445	515
Hindi	1,765	1,160	25	500	80
Kashmiri	20	15	0	5	0
Konkani	65	30	15	15	0
Marathi	155	105	0	45	5
Nepali	145	60	0	75	10
Oriya (Odia)	20	15	0	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	7,305	3,785	165	2,270	1,085
Sindhi	175	55	10	105	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	385	225	0	155	10
Urdu	6,580	3,030	270	2,705	570
Iranian languages	13,970	4,410	1,315	7,185	1,060
Kurdish	535	100	150	205	85
Pashto	845	285	80	345	130
Persian (Farsi)	12,590	4,020	1,085	6,640	845
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	205	80	30	85	20
Italic (Romance) languages	173,175	7,765	47,695	107,425	10,295
Catalan	195	20	35	135	0
Italian	67,800	2,865	11,880	48,415	4,635
Portuguese	17,130	1,065	4,965	10,090	1,005
Romanian	15,230	400	3,935	10,270	625
Spanish	72,765	3,405	26,860	38,470	4,025
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	60	5	15	35	0
Japanese	1,425	630	90	650	60
Kartvelian languages	125	40	15	65	5
Georgian	125	40	20	65	10
Korean	3,120	1,540	110	1,205	265
Mongolic languages	70	15	15	35	0
Mongolian	65	15	15	30	5
Niger-Congo languages	13,460	845	6,720	5,670	230
Akan (Twi)	690	350	15	320	10
Bamanankan	680	5	420	245	10
Edo	45	30	5	15	5
Ewe	320	15	145	160	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	1,145	0	665	455	25
Ga	50	25	0	25	0
Ganda	10	10	0	0	0
Igbo	65	45	0	15	0
Lingala	1,495	0	1,060	435	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,160	5	495	630	30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	990	25	345	600	25
Shona	55	35	0	20	0
Swahili	875	70	405	385	15
Wolof	1,660	5	870	750	40
Yoruba	155	65	25	60	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	4,065	160	2,280	1,560	70
Nilo-Saharan languages	125	10	40	60	10
Dinka	5	0	0	5	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	120	10	45	65	5
Sign languages	375	25	115	60	175
American Sign Language	20	10	0	5	5
Quebec Sign Language	185	0	80	40	60
Sign languages, n.i.e	170	15	30	20	110
Sino-Tibetan languages	46,340	16,745	4,425	17,065	8,105
Chinese languages	46,205	16,675	4,420	17,010	8,100
Cantonese	14,435	3,835	1,220	5,670	3,710
Hakka	245	55	25	95	70
Mandarin	26,250	11,150	2,435	9,325	3,335
Min Dong	20	10	0	5	5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	2,235	345	410	980	495
Wu (Shanghainese)	640	250	45	210	135
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,335	1,015	280	700	340
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	50	20	5	20	10
Tibeto-Burman languages	135	70	5	55	5
Burmese	45	25	0	10	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	35	15	0	20	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	55	25	5	20	5
Tai-Kadai languages	1,770	160	535	915	150
Lao	1,445	45	510	760	135
Thai	315	115	30	155	15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	5	0	0	5	5
Turkic languages	5,035	920	1,500	2,075	545
Azerbaijani	165	45	10	95	10
Turkish	4,535	810	1,415	1,795	515
Uyghur	135	30	20	70	10
Uzbek	70	5	20	40	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	135	25	35	70	5
Uralic languages	2,715	925	190	1,490	110
Estonian	85	35	0	45	0
Finnish	170	70	5	85	0
Hungarian	2,470	820	180	1,360	110
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	365	35	160	170	10
Multiple responses	80,455	7,645	20,695	51,705	415
English and French	20,700	455	775	19,435	40
English and non-official language	15,390	6,825	150	8,310	100
French and non-official language	35,465	150	19,370	15,740	210
English, French and non-official language	8,900	215	400	8,220	65

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

Data quality note(s) – Montréal, V

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• 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.