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 Winnipeg, 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 1 696,265 614,005 975 70,245 11,035
Single responses 673,580 595,085 910 66,645 10,945
Official languages 494,220 432,795 675 60,550 200
English 471,825 431,175 15 40,440 200
French 22,390 1,625 655 20,110 5
Non-official languages 179,355 162,290 240 6,090 10,740
Aboriginal languages 3,585 3,505 0 60 20
Algonquian languages 3,420 3,340 0 60 20
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,120 1,095 0 25 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 15 10 0 0 0
Plains Cree 45 40 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 325 320 0 5 5
Woods Cree 30 30 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 710 685 0 15 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 2,290 2,240 0 30 20
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,595 1,555 0 30 10
Oji-Cree 695 685 0 0 10
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 40 45 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 45 40 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 55 50 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 40 40 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 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 20 20 0 5 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 35 35 0 0 0
Dakota 35 35 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 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 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 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 175,775 158,790 240 6,030 10,720
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,845 7,805 45 610 1,395
Berber languages 40 10 5 20 0
Kabyle 30 15 5 15 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,690 1,460 0 45 190
Bilen 125 115 0 0 15
Oromo 330 305 0 5 25
Somali 1,225 1,040 5 40 145
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5
Semitic languages 8,065 6,290 30 545 1,200
Amharic 1,515 1,450 5 15 50
Arabic 4,275 2,845 30 485 915
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 520 480 0 25 15
Maltese 30 30 0 0 0
Tigrigna 1,700 1,470 0 15 220
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 10 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,985 3,320 10 90 565
Khmer (Cambodian) 265 210 0 10 50
Vietnamese 3,715 3,105 5 85 520
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 48,205 47,075 5 550 575
Bikol 155 150 0 0 5
Cebuano 930 920 0 0 5
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 355 355 0 0 5
Ilocano 1,265 1,235 0 5 25
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 150 140 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 600 585 0 0 5
Pangasinan 125 120 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 44,445 43,385 5 530 525
Waray-Waray 45 45 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 130 0 0 0
Creole languages 435 300 10 100 20
Haitian Creole 20 5 0 15 5
Creole, n.o.s. 180 95 10 70 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 235 205 0 20 10
Dravidian languages 1,165 1,115 0 10 40
Kannada 85 75 0 0 5
Malayalam 520 500 0 0 20
Tamil 410 390 0 5 15
Telugu 155 145 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 85,060 77,250 25 3,175 4,605
Albanian 305 280 0 10 15
Armenian 60 45 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 22,020 20,425 5 750 840
Baltic languages 110 100 0 5 0
Latvian 45 40 0 5 5
Lithuanian 60 65 0 0 0
Slavic languages 21,910 20,325 5 745 835
Belarusan 30 30 0 0 5
Bosnian 555 515 0 20 20
Bulgarian 130 110 0 10 10
Croatian 835 790 0 30 15
Czech 430 400 0 25 0
Macedonian 135 120 0 5 10
Polish 4,980 4,575 0 205 200
Russian 5,520 4,955 0 165 405
Serbian 610 555 5 30 25
Serbo-Croatian 230 215 0 15 5
Slovak 295 275 0 20 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 225 215 0 10 0
Ukrainian 7,875 7,530 0 215 135
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 5
Celtic languages 50 45 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 25 25 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15,875 15,260 0 555 65
Afrikaans 150 145 0 5 0
Danish 160 150 0 15 0
Dutch 1,215 1,130 0 85 0
Frisian 25 20 0 0 0
German 13,595 13,150 0 390 60
Icelandic 145 140 0 5 0
Norwegian 50 45 0 5 0
Swedish 90 85 0 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 100 75 0 30 5
Yiddish 340 330 0 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,140 1,055 0 55 30
Indo-Iranian languages 29,330 26,060 10 590 2,670
Indo-Aryan languages 26,685 23,785 10 490 2,405
Bengali 1,100 1,020 0 40 35
Gujarati 2,065 1,900 0 30 130
Hindi 2,065 1,945 0 50 70
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 100 100 0 0 5
Nepali 710 580 0 0 130
Oriya (Odia) 5 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,190 15,000 10 295 1,880
Sindhi 50 50 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 620 585 0 15 20
Urdu 2,745 2,560 0 50 125
Iranian languages 2,545 2,195 0 95 255
Kurdish 395 315 0 5 70
Pashto 245 200 0 5 40
Persian (Farsi) 1,905 1,675 0 85 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 16,285 14,070 10 1,210 1,000
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Italian 3,365 3,020 5 210 135
Portuguese 5,680 4,715 5 360 605
Romanian 525 405 0 105 15
Spanish 6,690 5,915 0 535 240
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 480 445 5 15 25
Kartvelian languages 15 15 0 5 0
Georgian 15 15 0 5 0
Korean 3,275 2,805 0 95 375
Mongolic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 20 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,510 2,335 130 910 135
Akan (Twi) 130 115 0 10 10
Bamanankan 75 0 15 60 0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0
Ewe 25 5 0 15 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 60 5 10 40 5
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 40 35 0 0 0
Igbo 270 260 0 10 0
Lingala 70 5 20 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 120 35 5 65 25
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 230 80 5 125 15
Shona 85 85 0 0 5
Swahili 820 405 40 325 50
Wolof 70 5 5 70 0
Yoruba 875 850 0 15 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 580 395 35 130 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 385 360 5 10 10
Dinka 170 165 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 210 195 5 10 5
Sign languages 310 175 0 5 130
American Sign Language 175 120 0 0 55
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 135 60 0 5 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 16,595 13,560 0 310 2,720
Chinese languages 16,040 13,165 0 310 2,560
Cantonese 6,055 4,500 0 110 1,440
Hakka 55 40 0 5 10
Mandarin 8,780 7,645 0 165 970
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 305 250 0 5 45
Wu (Shanghainese) 100 85 0 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 730 630 0 20 80
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 555 400 0 5 160
Burmese 85 70 0 0 15
Karenic languages 415 290 0 0 130
Tibetan 10 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 1,010 845 0 50 110
Lao 800 660 0 45 95
Thai 205 180 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 300 275 0 15 10
Azerbaijani 30 25 0 5 0
Turkish 185 170 0 10 0
Uyghur 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 40 40 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,055 980 0 60 15
Estonian 30 25 0 0 0
Finnish 125 120 0 10 0
Hungarian 905 835 0 55 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 120 105 5 5 0
Multiple responses 22,685 18,920 65 3,605 95
English and French 2,775 590 10 2,180 0
English and non-official language 18,955 18,145 5 715 90
French and non-official language 570 90 50 425 5
English, French and non-official language 390 95 5 285 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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