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 Comox, T

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	13,910	12,075	30	1,770	25
Single responses	13,790	12,020	35	1,710	25
Official languages	12,925	11,250	35	1,640	5
English	12,440	11,225	0	1,210	0
French	485	25	30	425	0
Non-official languages	865	775	0	70	20
Aboriginal languages	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	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	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	0	0	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	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	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	865	775	0	70	20
Afro-Asiatic languages	10	5	0	0	0
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	10	10	0	5	0
Amharic	0	0	0	5	0
Arabic	5	5	0	0	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	5	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	45	45	0	0	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	10	10	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	35	35	0	0	0
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	5	0	0	0	0
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	5	0	0	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	5	5	0	0	0
Tamil	5	0	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	640	570	0	60	5
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	5	5	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	105	90	0	10	0
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	5	5	0	5	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	105	90	0	10	0
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	10	5	0	0	0
Croatian	5	5	0	0	0
Czech	10	10	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	15	20	0	5	0
Russian	15	10	0	5	0
Serbian	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	5	5	0	0	0
Slovak	0	5	0	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	35	30	0	5	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	370	335	0	35	0
Afrikaans	15	15	0	0	0
Danish	20	20	0	0	0
Dutch	85	85	0	5	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	235	205	0	30	0
Icelandic	0	5	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	5	0	0	0
Swedish	10	5	0	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	5	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	5	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	40	40	0	5	0
Indo-Aryan languages	30	25	0	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	10	10	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	5	0	0	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	5	5	0	0	0
Sindhi	5	5	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	5	5	0	0	0
Iranian languages	15	15	0	0	0
Kurdish	5	10	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	10	10	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	105	90	0	10	5
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	30	25	0	5	0
Portuguese	15	15	0	0	0
Romanian	10	10	0	5	0
Spanish	50	40	0	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	30	25	0	5	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	30	30	0	0	5
Mongolic languages	5	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	5	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	5	0	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	5	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	70	60	0	0	5
Chinese languages	65	60	0	0	5
Cantonese	25	25	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	35	35	0	0	5
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	0	5	0	0	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	5	5	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	10	5	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	0	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	20	25	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	10	5	0	0	0
Hungarian	10	15	0	0	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	115	55	0	60	0
English and French	55	10	0	45	0
English and non-official language	60	45	0	10	0
French and non-official language	5	0	0	0	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	5	0

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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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) – Comox, T

• 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.