Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in London, CY
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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 1 379,435 345,330 220 27,795 6,090
Single responses 371,870 339,455 200 26,170 6,045
Official languages 293,545 271,740 135 21,575 95
English 288,790 271,325 10 17,360 95
French 4,750 410 130 4,210 0
Non-official languages 78,325 67,715 65 4,595 5,945
Aboriginal languages 125 120 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 60 55 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 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 50 45 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 45 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 5 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 55 50 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 45 45 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 78,200 67,595 65 4,590 5,945
Afro-Asiatic languages 13,015 10,505 15 745 1,745
Berber languages 15 0 0 15 0
Kabyle 10 0 0 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 260 220 0 30 10
Bilen 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 5
Somali 235 200 0 30 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 12,720 10,270 15 705 1,735
Amharic 260 250 0 5 0
Arabic 10,580 8,430 10 650 1,485
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,040 825 5 25 190
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 210 170 0 5 35
Harari 5 5 0 5 0
Hebrew 135 130 0 5 5
Maltese 185 180 0 5 0
Tigrigna 250 235 0 5 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,500 2,070 0 70 360
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 640 0 30 100
Vietnamese 1,730 1,430 0 40 265
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,880 1,840 0 30 15
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 75 75 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 25 20 0 5 0
Ilocano 165 160 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 125 120 0 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,445 1,415 0 25 5
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Creole languages 70 40 5 30 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 5 0 20 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 1,345 1,260 0 40 50
Kannada 55 50 0 0 0
Malayalam 820 775 0 20 30
Tamil 320 295 0 15 15
Telugu 140 135 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 44,840 39,145 30 3,125 2,540
Albanian 1,005 885 0 30 95
Armenian 90 70 0 10 5
Balto-Slavic languages 11,180 10,030 5 710 430
Baltic languages 215 190 0 25 0
Latvian 75 65 0 10 0
Lithuanian 145 130 0 10 0
Slavic languages 10,965 9,840 0 690 430
Belarusan 15 5 0 10 0
Bosnian 615 565 0 15 30
Bulgarian 75 50 0 25 0
Croatian 785 730 0 30 30
Czech 350 310 0 30 5
Macedonian 90 75 0 5 5
Polish 5,165 4,710 0 255 200
Russian 1,320 1,095 5 150 75
Serbian 805 710 0 65 30
Serbo-Croatian 335 305 0 15 15
Slovak 305 280 0 25 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 205 190 0 15 0
Ukrainian 875 780 0 55 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 15 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,110 4,760 0 345 10
Afrikaans 65 65 0 0 0
Danish 170 160 0 5 0
Dutch 2,020 1,920 0 100 0
Frisian 40 40 0 0 0
German 2,555 2,350 0 205 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0 0
Swedish 65 55 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 135 115 0 20 0
Yiddish 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 1,755 1,605 0 85 75
Indo-Iranian languages 8,650 7,525 10 385 725
Indo-Aryan languages 5,555 4,810 5 230 510
Bengali 455 410 0 20 25
Gujarati 705 635 0 20 45
Hindi 825 775 0 40 15
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 30 25 0 5 0
Marathi 85 80 0 5 5
Nepali 720 345 5 55 325
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,040 960 0 35 45
Sindhi 60 45 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 130 115 0 10 0
Urdu 1,500 1,410 0 40 50
Iranian languages 3,060 2,690 5 150 220
Kurdish 995 870 0 35 85
Pashto 180 150 0 15 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,895 1,670 5 100 120
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 17,020 14,250 15 1,555 1,205
Catalan 20 5 0 5 0
Italian 2,930 2,610 5 225 95
Portuguese 4,600 3,900 5 220 480
Romanian 810 575 0 205 30
Spanish 8,660 7,150 10 900 595
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 230 205 0 5 15
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Korean 2,690 2,365 0 110 225
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 650 500 15 125 15
Akan (Twi) 65 70 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 5 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 5 0 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Igbo 45 45 0 0 0
Lingala 20 5 0 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 0 5 35 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 20 0 20 0
Shona 35 40 0 0 0
Swahili 130 105 5 15 10
Wolof 10 0 0 5 0
Yoruba 65 55 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 150 125 0 20 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 200 175 0 10 5
Dinka 105 90 0 15 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 85 5 5 0
Sign languages 160 95 0 5 65
American Sign Language 95 60 0 5 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 65 35 0 5 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,725 7,670 0 205 850
Chinese languages 8,480 7,470 0 205 800
Cantonese 1,960 1,660 0 50 250
Hakka 25 20 0 0 0
Mandarin 5,830 5,200 0 145 480
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 130 100 0 5 20
Wu (Shanghainese) 100 80 0 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 435 395 0 5 35
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 245 200 0 0 45
Burmese 30 20 0 0 5
Karenic languages 195 160 0 0 35
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 185 170 0 5 10
Lao 120 105 5 5 5
Thai 70 60 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 440 405 0 10 25
Azerbaijani 45 40 0 0 5
Turkish 330 305 0 10 15
Uyghur 30 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 5 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,190 1,105 0 65 25
Estonian 40 35 0 5 0
Finnish 95 90 0 5 0
Hungarian 1,055 975 0 60 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
Multiple responses 7,565 5,875 20 1,625 45
English and French 1,040 225 0 810 5
English and non-official language 6,050 5,555 0 455 40
French and non-official language 235 50 20 165 5
English, French and non-official language 240 50 5 190 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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