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

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	1,914,760	220,425	517,445	1,131,680	45,205
Single responses	1,823,080	211,135	496,275	1,070,915	44,760
Official languages	1,195,590	97,945	346,340	750,460	855
English	307,080	96,985	900	208,875	320
French	888,510	955	345,440	541,580	535
Non-official languages	627,495	113,190	149,935	320,455	43,905
Aboriginal languages	585	295	65	210	15
Algonquian languages	310	135	50	115	5
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	270	125	45	105	5
Atikamekw	25	0	20	5	0
Montagnais (Innu)	40	5	20	20	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	15	10	0	5	0
Northern East Cree	55	25	0	20	0
Plains Cree	5	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	5	0	0	5	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	135	75	0	45	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	15	10	0	5	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	15	10	0	5	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	20	5	5	10	0
Algonquin	20	0	10	5	0
Ojibway	5	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	5	0	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	0	0	5	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	5	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	5	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	5	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.	5	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	205	120	10	75	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	5	0	0	0
Inuktitut	175	95	5	70	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	35	20	0	5	0
Iroquoian languages	30	15	0	5	5
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	30	15	0	10	5
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	5	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	0	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	626,910	112,900	149,870	320,240	43,895
Afro-Asiatic languages	122,040	10,170	46,115	59,925	5,820
Berber languages	13,915	45	8,550	4,885	435
Kabyle	8,560	30	5,400	2,835	300
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5,355	15	3,145	2,050	145
Cushitic languages	695	70	195	380	50
Bilen	10	5	0	10	0
Oromo	5	5	0	5	0
Somali	660	65	185	365	50
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	20	5	5	5	0
Semitic languages	107,255	10,025	37,340	54,560	5,330
Amharic	585	200	15	350	15
Arabic	102,805	8,565	37,205	51,845	5,195
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	55	10	5	30	10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5	0	0	5	0
Harari	5	5	0	5	0
Hebrew	3,435	1,120	80	2,140	90
Maltese	10	5	0	0	0
Tigrigna	310	105	15	170	20
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	50	15	10	25	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	175	30	40	105	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	24,425	2,985	5,990	11,975	3,470
Khmer (Cambodian)	4,975	410	1,620	2,190	760
Vietnamese	19,435	2,575	4,365	9,785	2,715
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	10	0	0	5	0
Austronesian languages	17,455	12,540	235	4,505	175
Bikol	105	70	0	30	0
Cebuano	650	500	5	145	5
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	370	270	5	95	0
Ilocano	1,905	1,570	0	300	30
Malagasy	445	0	175	260	10
Malay	460	210	10	225	10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	180	145	0	30	0
Pangasinan	80	70	0	10	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	12,980	9,535	15	3,315	115
Waray-Waray	40	30	0	15	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	235	140	30	65	0
Creole languages	36,850	190	23,775	11,830	1,045
Haitian Creole	1,320	5	815	465	35
Creole, n.o.s.	35,020	145	22,915	10,950	1,015
Creole languages, n.i.e.	515	45	45	415	0
Dravidian languages	11,900	6,130	325	4,385	1,065
Kannada	200	155	0	35	5
Malayalam	335	240	0	85	10
Tamil	10,860	5,360	320	4,150	1,035
Telugu	495	370	0	110	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	5	0
Hmong-Mien languages	20	5	0	10	0
Indo-European languages	328,960	54,580	58,995	193,805	21,575
Albanian	1,735	205	435	970	135
Armenian	7,460	980	520	5,420	535
Balto-Slavic languages	41,965	9,000	6,000	24,735	2,235
Baltic languages	570	205	5	350	10
Latvian	200	75	5	120	5
Lithuanian	370	130	5	225	10
Slavic languages	41,395	8,800	5,990	24,385	2,225
Belarusan	55	15	10	30	0
Bosnian	290	40	55	180	15
Bulgarian	4,300	370	815	2,960	155
Croatian	1,195	360	85	715	30
Czech	830	245	45	535	5
Macedonian	100	25	5	70	5
Polish	8,870	2,350	715	5,515	290
Russian	18,990	3,760	3,495	10,270	1,470
Serbian	1,495	315	140	970	60
Serbo-Croatian	475	60	70	340	15
Slovak	640	205	35	395	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	405	185	5	215	5
Ukrainian	3,675	855	500	2,160	170
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	75	30	10	40	0
Celtic languages	65	20	10	25	5
Scottish Gaelic	10	5	0	5	5
Welsh	15	5	5	10	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	30	5	10	15	0
Germanic languages	15,165	5,505	160	8,275	1,220
Afrikaans	65	40	5	25	0
Danish	205	85	5	115	0
Dutch	1,175	285	20	865	5
Frisian	5	0	0	5	0
German	6,075	1,855	105	4,065	50
Icelandic	55	25	0	30	0
Norwegian	115	45	0	70	0
Swedish	335	125	5	205	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	145	5	5	130	0
Yiddish	6,925	3,035	15	2,715	1,160
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	70	5	0	65	0
Greek	20,080	6,630	210	11,220	2,020
Indo-Iranian languages	52,615	23,120	2,480	22,315	4,700
Indo-Aryan languages	34,705	17,475	870	12,970	3,385
Bengali	9,620	4,570	275	4,030	740
Gujarati	5,115	2,565	90	1,840	615
Hindi	2,325	1,525	25	680	90
Kashmiri	15	15	0	5	0
Konkani	85	45	15	20	0
Marathi	195	140	0	55	5
Nepali	160	65	0	80	10
Oriya (Odia)	25	20	0	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	8,935	4,635	175	2,840	1,275
Sindhi	260	95	15	145	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	445	270	0	165	10
Urdu	7,525	3,520	275	3,105	625
Iranian languages	17,675	5,560	1,575	9,250	1,290
Kurdish	585	115	155	225	90
Pashto	905	315	90	365	140
Persian (Farsi)	16,185	5,135	1,335	8,660	1,060
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	235	85	30	100	20
Italic (Romance) languages	189,890	9,120	49,185	120,850	10,730
Catalan	215	20	30	160	5
Italian	74,490	3,315	12,065	54,355	4,755
Portuguese	18,525	1,260	5,075	11,155	1,040
Romanian	18,370	585	4,385	12,655	740
Spanish	78,220	3,935	27,610	42,485	4,190
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	70	5	15	45	5
Japanese	1,705	775	95	770	70
Kartvelian languages	145	50	15	75	5
Georgian	140	45	15	70	5
Korean	4,155	2,020	130	1,605	405
Mongolic languages	155	40	30	70	15
Mongolian	155	40	30	70	15
Niger-Congo languages	13,995	960	6,835	5,970	230
Akan (Twi)	790	400	15	360	10
Bamanankan	700	5	430	255	10
Edo	60	35	5	20	5
Ewe	325	20	145	165	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	1,185	5	675	485	25
Ga	50	25	0	25	0
Ganda	10	5	0	5	0
Igbo	80	55	0	25	0
Lingala	1,520	0	1,065	445	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,190	5	505	645	30
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	1,025	30	350	625	25
Shona	60	35	0	25	0
Swahili	895	75	405	400	10
Wolof	1,720	15	885	790	40
Yoruba	165	75	25	60	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	4,225	180	2,335	1,635	65
Nilo-Saharan languages	125	10	40	65	5
Dinka	0	0	0	5	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	120	10	45	65	5
Sign languages	420	30	120	65	205
American Sign Language	35	15	0	5	15
Quebec Sign Language	185	0	85	40	60
Sign languages, n.i.e	195	10	35	20	130
Sino-Tibetan languages	52,755	19,620	4,715	19,490	8,930
Chinese languages	52,610	19,545	4,705	19,435	8,925
Cantonese	15,850	4,440	1,245	6,315	3,855
Hakka	300	70	30	120	80
Mandarin	30,720	13,190	2,660	10,915	3,960
Min Dong	20	10	0	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	2,400	420	425	1,045	510
Wu (Shanghainese)	755	300	50	250	150
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,505	1,095	300	765	350
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	60	30	5	20	10
Tibeto-Burman languages	140	75	5	55	10
Burmese	45	25	5	15	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	40	15	0	20	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	55	30	5	20	5
Tai-Kadai languages	1,850	190	555	950	155
Lao	1,495	50	525	780	135
Thai	345	140	30	165	15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	5	0	0	0	5
Turkic languages	5,550	1,085	1,530	2,370	565
Azerbaijani	205	60	15	120	10
Turkish	4,935	945	1,435	2,030	525
Uyghur	145	35	25	70	15
Uzbek	120	15	20	75	10
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	150	30	35	80	5
Uralic languages	4,020	1,480	205	2,205	135
Estonian	145	65	0	80	5
Finnish	225	90	10	120	5
Hungarian	3,650	1,320	200	2,005	130
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	390	35	170	175	10
Multiple responses	91,675	9,290	21,175	60,770	445
English and French	25,185	585	810	23,735	40
English and non-official language	18,755	8,280	155	10,205	115
French and non-official language	37,330	170	19,780	17,165	210
English, French and non-official language	10,410	255	425	9,655	70

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not applicable

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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

• 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.