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 Toronto

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	2,704,415	2,323,235	2,720	245,695	132,765
Single responses	2,598,230	2,234,590	2,495	228,935	132,210
Official languages	1,411,345	1,240,885	1,350	167,835	1,270
English	1,375,900	1,238,870	85	135,715	1,240
French	35,440	2,020	1,270	32,120	30
Non-official languages	1,186,890	993,700	1,145	61,105	130,940
Aboriginal languages	420	395	0	20	10
Algonquian languages	310	295	0	15	0
Blackfoot	5	5	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	85	75	0	10	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	5	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	10	10	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	5	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	10	5	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	20	20	0	5	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	45	35	0	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	20	20	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	20	20	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	195	195	0	5	0
Algonquin	0	5	0	0	0
Ojibway	180	175	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	5	10	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	10	10	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	10	15	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	10	5	0	0	5
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	5	5	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	5	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	5	5	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.	5	5	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	20	20	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	20	15	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	10	10	0	5	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	5	5	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	5	5	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	5	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	5	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	5	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	5	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.	55	50	0	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	1,186,465	993,310	1,145	61,080	130,930
Afro-Asiatic languages	65,540	54,195	175	5,590	5,580
Berber languages	135	30	10	90	10
Kabyle	55	20	0	30	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	75	10	5	55	0
Cushitic languages	12,355	11,125	25	485	715
Bilen	75	65	0	0	5
Oromo	855	780	0	25	45
Somali	11,370	10,235	25	455	660
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0	5
Semitic languages	52,845	42,855	140	5,010	4,850
Amharic	6,430	6,000	5	225	200
Arabic	29,825	22,575	135	4,170	2,950
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	4,840	3,645	5	40	1,150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	695	540	0	10	145
Harari	755	685	0	30	40
Hebrew	4,350	3,900	0	400	45
Maltese	1,430	1,375	0	35	15
Tigrigna	4,150	3,810	0	85	250
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	375	325	0	10	45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	205	185	0	10	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	26,160	20,485	20	880	4,775
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,365	1,085	0	60	220
Vietnamese	24,775	19,385	15	820	4,555
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	20	15	5	5	0
Austronesian languages	99,755	97,850	20	1,000	890
Bikol	320	315	0	0	0
Cebuano	3,390	3,340	0	20	30
Fijian	25	25	0	0	5
Hiligaynon	1,700	1,670	0	15	15
Ilocano	7,135	6,990	0	40	105
Malagasy	20	0	0	20	0
Malay	1,930	1,810	0	80	45
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	715	700	0	10	10
Pangasinan	325	315	0	0	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	83,230	81,745	20	815	650
Waray-Waray	215	210	0	0	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	755	735	0	10	15
Creole languages	3,015	1,455	70	1,440	60
Haitian Creole	165	40	5	115	5
Creole, n.o.s.	1,830	560	55	1,165	45
Creole languages, n.i.e.	1,020	855	0	160	15
Dravidian languages	67,050	59,740	30	1,910	5,370
Kannada	730	700	0	10	20
Malayalam	4,560	4,310	0	90	160
Tamil	57,535	50,750	25	1,725	5,030
Telugu	4,125	3,885	0	85	160
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	100	95	0	5	0
Hmong-Mien languages	20	15	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	589,410	501,505	555	38,945	48,405
Albanian	8,500	7,200	10	580	715
Armenian	7,850	5,930	30	1,155	730
Balto-Slavic languages	120,445	103,470	85	9,365	7,525
Baltic languages	3,490	3,030	0	415	50
Latvian	1,605	1,385	0	210	10
Lithuanian	1,885	1,645	0	205	35
Slavic languages	116,955	100,440	85	8,955	7,480
Belarusan	195	160	0	20	15
Bosnian	1,110	965	5	85	65
Bulgarian	4,345	3,665	5	510	160
Croatian	5,565	5,020	0	390	160
Czech	2,860	2,495	0	285	80
Macedonian	6,190	5,620	0	215	345
Polish	25,060	21,795	15	1,880	1,370
Russian	36,145	30,430	30	2,650	3,035
Serbian	13,380	11,455	15	1,305	615
Serbo-Croatian	1,470	1,255	0	150	60
Slovak	3,100	2,380	0	155	555
Slovene (Slovenian)	1,785	1,615	0	140	25
Ukrainian	15,465	13,325	5	1,155	985
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	280	255	0	15	10
Celtic languages	270	230	0	40	0
Scottish Gaelic	80	65	0	15	0
Welsh	85	70	0	10	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	110	95	0	15	0
Germanic languages	22,310	18,840	10	3,335	135
Afrikaans	400	380	0	20	5
Danish	665	600	0	65	0
Dutch	3,180	2,540	0	630	10
Frisian	40	35	0	10	0
German	14,520	12,365	5	2,080	65
Icelandic	65	55	0	5	0
Norwegian	225	200	0	35	0
Swedish	695	580	0	120	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	135	55	0	70	0
Yiddish	2,355	2,015	0	290	50
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	35	15	0	15	5
Greek	27,840	24,480	5	1,305	2,050
Indo-Iranian languages	194,760	174,150	100	7,310	13,200
Indo-Aryan languages	138,625	125,530	50	4,345	8,700
Bengali	28,460	26,220	5	1,205	1,025
Gujarati	26,400	23,100	15	680	2,605
Hindi	15,230	14,200	5	475	560
Kashmiri	80	75	0	0	0
Konkani	745	710	0	20	10
Marathi	1,760	1,645	0	75	50
Nepali	2,540	2,295	0	100	140
Oriya (Odia)	300	290	0	5	10
Punjabi (Panjabi)	19,965	17,185	10	515	2,250
Sindhi	2,440	2,200	0	130	115
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	3,280	3,135	0	80	65
Urdu	37,420	34,475	15	1,060	1,875
Iranian languages	55,190	47,795	50	2,930	4,410
Kurdish	1,650	1,370	5	50	225
Pashto	4,355	3,740	0	85	535
Persian (Farsi)	49,185	42,690	45	2,795	3,655
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	940	820	0	35	85
Italic (Romance) languages	207,445	167,215	325	15,855	24,050
Catalan	130	80	0	40	5
Italian	62,635	50,420	45	4,095	8,080
Portuguese	59,355	46,445	135	3,010	9,770
Romanian	12,330	8,680	45	3,025	585
Spanish	72,850	61,495	95	5,650	5,610
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	135	100	0	30	0
Japanese	7,015	6,315	0	275	425
Kartvelian languages	870	705	0	20	145
Georgian	870	705	0	20	145
Korean	33,665	28,545	5	970	4,150
Mongolic languages	290	260	0	10	20
Mongolian	295	260	0	10	15
Niger-Congo languages	13,780	11,790	185	1,545	265
Akan (Twi)	4,345	4,150	5	115	75
Bamanankan	45	5	5	35	0
Edo	670	660	0	5	5
Ewe	175	135	0	35	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	160	40	20	95	10
Ga	200	185	0	10	5
Ganda	375	360	0	15	0
Igbo	740	705	0	30	5
Lingala	285	15	55	210	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	270	30	30	200	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	285	95	10	175	5
Shona	390	375	0	10	5
Swahili	2,230	1,955	15	180	80
Wolof	115	40	5	65	0
Yoruba	1,585	1,535	0	40	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,905	1,500	50	320	40
Nilo-Saharan languages	235	220	0	10	5
Dinka	35	40	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	195	185	0	10	0
Sign languages	570	250	0	10	305
American Sign Language	210	130	0	5	70
Quebec Sign Language	5	0	5	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	355	115	0	0	235
Sino-Tibetan languages	250,960	186,440	75	6,305	58,140
Chinese languages	245,290	181,490	75	6,210	57,510
Cantonese	114,675	81,685	25	2,970	29,990
Hakka	2,860	2,315	5	100	445
Mandarin	111,405	85,330	30	2,770	23,275
Min Dong	445	175	0	10	270
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	6,115	4,330	5	130	1,655
Wu (Shanghainese)	2,665	1,875	0	50	740
Chinese, n.o.s.	7,015	5,710	5	185	1,115
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	105	80	0	0	25
Tibeto-Burman languages	5,675	4,950	0	95	625
Burmese	610	565	0	5	30
Karenic languages	260	210	0	0	50
Tibetan	4,595	3,990	0	85	520
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	210	185	0	0	25
Tai-Kadai languages	1,720	1,515	0	70	130
Lao	705	590	0	40	75
Thai	1,005	920	0	35	55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	10	5	0	0	5
Turkic languages	10,680	9,000	10	675	1,000
Azerbaijani	915	770	0	50	95
Turkish	8,830	7,420	10	570	835
Uyghur	240	215	0	10	20
Uzbek	440	370	0	25	40
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	255	225	0	15	15
Uralic languages	15,145	12,525	5	1,355	1,260
Estonian	1,945	1,635	0	280	25
Finnish	1,315	1,190	0	110	15
Hungarian	11,885	9,700	5	965	1,215
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	585	500	0	55	25
Multiple responses	106,190	88,645	230	16,760	555
English and French	7,550	1,165	20	6,355	10
English and non-official language	92,620	86,330	15	5,765	510
French and non-official language	3,305	610	175	2,490	25
English, French and non-official language	2,720	540	20	2,150	5

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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) – Toronto

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
• 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.