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 Essex
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 1 395,110 348,270 425 38,310 8,105
Single responses 386,140 341,870 395 35,825 8,050
Official languages 299,185 268,210 260 30,615 95
English 288,485 266,910 10 21,480 85
French 10,695 1,300 250 9,135 5
Non-official languages 86,960 73,655 135 5,210 7,955
Aboriginal languages 60 50 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 10 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. 10 10 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 15 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 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 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 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 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 5
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 5 0 0 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 86,900 73,605 140 5,200 7,950
Afro-Asiatic languages 18,530 14,235 50 1,630 2,615
Berber languages 10 5 0 5 0
Kabyle 10 5 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 580 485 0 10 75
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 45 40 0 0 10
Somali 525 445 0 10 65
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 17,930 13,735 45 1,610 2,540
Amharic 100 95 0 5 0
Arabic 14,435 10,890 40 1,505 1,990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 465 390 0 15 60
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 2,425 1,900 0 70 450
Harari 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 25 0 5 0
Maltese 215 205 0 10 0
Tigrigna 125 120 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 105 0 0 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,395 2,035 5 60 290
Khmer (Cambodian) 425 370 0 5 50
Vietnamese 1,975 1,670 5 55 245
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,395 2,285 0 45 55
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 85 80 0 5 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 30 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 95 95 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 95 85 0 0 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 15 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,020 1,940 0 40 35
Waray-Waray 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 10
Creole languages 215 85 10 110 10
Haitian Creole 15 5 0 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 165 50 5 95 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 690 655 0 15 15
Kannada 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 185 180 0 0 0
Tamil 300 285 0 10 15
Telugu 155 150 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 51,340 45,005 35 2,720 3,575
Albanian 960 825 0 45 95
Armenian 205 165 0 30 10
Balto-Slavic languages 12,185 11,185 5 570 430
Baltic languages 80 70 0 10 0
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0
Lithuanian 55 50 0 5 0
Slavic languages 12,110 11,110 0 565 430
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 320 295 0 10 15
Bulgarian 105 95 0 10 5
Croatian 1,755 1,655 0 60 40
Czech 200 180 0 15 0
Macedonian 1,185 1,100 0 40 45
Polish 3,095 2,815 0 155 125
Russian 605 515 0 60 25
Serbian 2,850 2,585 0 135 135
Serbo-Croatian 215 195 0 10 10
Slovak 920 850 0 40 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 155 145 0 10 0
Ukrainian 615 590 0 20 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 5 0
Celtic languages 30 25 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 9,130 8,550 5 195 375
Afrikaans 40 35 0 5 0
Danish 65 65 0 0 0
Dutch 700 660 0 40 5
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0
German 8,180 7,685 0 120 370
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 5 0
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 85 65 0 20 0
Yiddish 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 1,045 980 5 30 30
Indo-Iranian languages 8,415 7,425 0 400 590
Indo-Aryan languages 7,545 6,670 5 340 535
Bengali 645 610 0 25 10
Gujarati 785 710 0 15 60
Hindi 700 660 0 25 15
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 70 70 0 5 0
Nepali 460 275 0 90 90
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,470 2,105 0 90 275
Sindhi 35 30 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 100 0 10 0
Urdu 2,250 2,095 0 80 75
Iranian languages 830 720 0 60 50
Kurdish 135 115 0 0 15
Pashto 55 45 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 640 555 0 50 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 19,370 15,855 30 1,455 2,040
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 9,595 8,555 0 545 495
Portuguese 2,355 1,985 10 125 245
Romanian 2,235 1,755 5 380 95
Spanish 5,150 3,530 20 400 1,200
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Japanese 85 70 0 10 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 475 420 0 10 45
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 800 505 30 230 35
Akan (Twi) 80 80 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 10 0 5 5
Ewe 15 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Ganda 25 15 0 0 0
Igbo 50 45 0 5 0
Lingala 25 0 0 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 10 0 20 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 65 25 0 35 5
Shona 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 205 80 20 90 15
Wolof 10 0 0 5 5
Yoruba 135 125 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 115 80 5 25 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 195 180 0 10 5
Dinka 55 55 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 140 130 0 5 5
Sign languages 105 55 0 0 45
American Sign Language 45 35 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 60 20 0 5 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,220 5,900 0 260 1,055
Chinese languages 6,855 5,635 0 255 960
Cantonese 2,055 1,650 5 50 350
Hakka 30 20 0 5 5
Mandarin 4,045 3,350 0 185 515
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 100 90 0 5 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 45 0 5 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 560 480 0 10 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 365 270 0 0 95
Burmese 45 20 0 0 20
Karenic languages 300 225 0 5 75
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 430 300 5 10 115
Lao 230 190 0 10 25
Thai 200 105 0 0 90
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 395 0 35 35
Azerbaijani 25 15 0 5 0
Turkish 380 320 0 30 30
Uyghur 40 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,510 1,420 5 55 35
Estonian 10 15 0 0 0
Finnish 120 110 0 5 0
Hungarian 1,380 1,290 5 50 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 5
Multiple responses 8,975 6,400 30 2,485 55
English and French 1,855 465 5 1,385 0
English and non-official language 6,400 5,805 5 535 55
French and non-official language 415 85 20 305 5
English, French and non-official language 305 45 0 255 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) – Essex

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.2%.
  • 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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