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 Halton
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 1 544,020 484,060 380 52,660 6,920
Single responses 528,785 472,085 360 49,470 6,875
Official languages 394,090 354,320 250 39,430 90
English 385,165 353,805 10 31,255 90
French 8,930 515 240 8,175 5
Non-official languages 134,695 117,760 110 10,040 6,785
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 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 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 134,680 117,740 110 10,045 6,780
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,005 9,070 25 1,480 430
Berber languages 25 5 0 25 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 20 0
Cushitic languages 120 100 0 15 0
Bilen 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 20 20 0 0 5
Somali 100 80 0 20 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 10,845 8,950 25 1,440 425
Amharic 70 60 0 5 0
Arabic 9,875 8,065 20 1,400 390
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 275 255 0 10 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 120 105 0 5 15
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 95 85 0 15 0
Maltese 285 275 0 10 0
Tigrigna 45 40 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,380 1,165 0 100 110
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 35 0 5 5
Vietnamese 1,335 1,125 5 100 110
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 6,125 5,975 0 105 45
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 210 210 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 55 50 0 0 0
Ilocano 195 195 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 280 255 0 15 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 95 95 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,195 5,090 0 80 25
Waray-Waray 10 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 0
Creole languages 170 55 0 110 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 15 0 85 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 60 40 0 20 0
Dravidian languages 2,490 2,260 0 120 105
Kannada 115 110 0 5 0
Malayalam 575 535 0 30 10
Tamil 1,370 1,215 0 75 85
Telugu 410 390 0 10 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 90,635 79,960 65 6,920 3,690
Albanian 635 530 0 45 65
Armenian 300 230 0 60 10
Balto-Slavic languages 24,885 22,375 10 1,720 775
Baltic languages 545 500 0 40 0
Latvian 190 170 0 20 0
Lithuanian 360 330 0 25 0
Slavic languages 24,340 21,870 15 1,675 775
Belarusan 15 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 260 235 5 20 10
Bulgarian 530 450 0 55 20
Croatian 4,035 3,785 0 180 70
Czech 615 575 0 35 5
Macedonian 700 620 0 65 15
Polish 8,785 8,065 5 485 235
Russian 3,490 2,920 5 330 230
Serbian 2,700 2,340 5 230 125
Serbo-Croatian 270 240 0 25 10
Slovak 700 630 0 55 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 380 355 0 25 0
Ukrainian 1,815 1,620 0 160 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Celtic languages 65 55 0 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 5 0
Welsh 30 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,480 6,740 5 710 20
Afrikaans 340 320 0 15 0
Danish 305 295 0 15 0
Dutch 2,255 2,075 0 175 5
Frisian 30 30 0 0 0
German 4,230 3,760 0 450 15
Icelandic 20 20 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 55 0 5 0
Swedish 145 130 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 65 35 0 25 0
Yiddish 25 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Greek 1,425 1,235 0 155 40
Indo-Iranian languages 29,120 26,205 10 1,310 1,595
Indo-Aryan languages 25,485 23,030 5 1,095 1,355
Bengali 850 770 0 55 25
Gujarati 2,040 1,790 5 95 155
Hindi 2,680 2,475 0 145 55
Kashmiri 50 45 0 0 0
Konkani 135 125 0 5 0
Marathi 205 200 0 10 0
Nepali 120 115 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 30 35 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 6,590 5,675 5 255 655
Sindhi 275 240 0 20 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 480 460 0 10 5
Urdu 12,030 11,100 0 490 440
Iranian languages 3,500 3,060 0 210 225
Kurdish 90 70 0 5 15
Pashto 580 515 0 20 40
Persian (Farsi) 2,830 2,475 0 185 175
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10 10
Italic (Romance) languages 26,725 22,585 35 2,920 1,185
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0
Italian 7,060 6,040 15 830 175
Portuguese 7,340 6,435 5 415 485
Romanian 2,200 1,580 5 520 100
Spanish 10,095 8,510 15 1,145 430
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Japanese 410 380 0 20 5
Kartvelian languages 5 10 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 3,500 3,045 0 185 275
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 800 705 5 80 15
Akan (Twi) 220 205 0 10 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 10 15 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 0 5 0
Igbo 55 55 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 0 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 10 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 5 0 5 0
Shona 60 65 0 0 0
Swahili 75 70 0 5 0
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Yoruba 165 155 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 125 100 5 25 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 35 30 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Sign languages 195 105 0 5 85
American Sign Language 135 85 0 10 45
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 60 20 0 0 40
Sino-Tibetan languages 14,675 12,105 10 635 1,930
Chinese languages 14,590 12,030 5 630 1,920
Cantonese 3,365 2,945 0 140 275
Hakka 80 60 0 10 10
Mandarin 10,330 8,355 5 455 1,520
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 315 265 0 10 40
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 155 0 5 35
Chinese, n.o.s. 290 245 0 10 40
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 85 75 0 5 10
Burmese 35 35 0 0 5
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 35 30 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 215 195 0 10 15
Lao 70 65 0 5 5
Thai 145 130 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,045 900 0 105 35
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 5 0
Turkish 950 820 0 95 35
Uyghur 25 20 0 5 5
Uzbek 5 5 0 5 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,950 1,750 0 165 40
Estonian 165 140 0 20 0
Finnish 245 230 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,540 1,385 0 120 35
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Multiple responses 15,235 11,980 20 3,190 45
English and French 1,590 230 5 1,355 0
English and non-official language 12,695 11,565 5 1,080 40
French and non-official language 430 90 15 320 5
English, French and non-official language 520 90 0 435 0

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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) – Halton

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.7%.
  • 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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