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 Alberta
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 4,026,655 3,698,765 3,890 264,715 59,280
Single responses 3,934,580 3,621,180 3,685 250,945 58,770
Official languages 3,063,635 2,843,840 2,535 216,320 940
English 2,991,485 2,837,435 100 153,025 915
French 72,155 6,400 2,435 63,295 20
Non-official languages 870,945 777,340 1,150 34,620 57,830
Aboriginal languages 23,835 23,375 20 215 225
Algonquian languages 18,295 17,920 20 165 195
Blackfoot 2,750 2,730 0 15 5
Cree-Montagnais languages 14,960 14,630 15 140 180
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 5
Moose Cree 5 5 0 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 50 45 0 5 5
Plains Cree 720 705 5 10 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 50 50 0 0 0
Woods Cree 905 885 0 5 15
Cree, n.o.s. 13,225 12,940 15 115 155
Eastern Algonquian languages 35 30 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 30 30 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 550 525 0 15 10
Algonquin 10 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 530 510 5 10 10
Oji-Cree 15 15 0 5 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 1,865 1,820 0 25 20
Northern Athabaskan languages 1,850 1,810 0 20 20
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 5 0 0 0
Beaver 30 30 0 0 0
Carrier 10 10 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 5 0 0 0
Dene 1,470 1,430 0 20 15
Dogrib (Tlicho) 35 40 0 0 0
Gwich'in 15 10 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 65 70 0 0 0
Sekani 5 5 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 200 200 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 15 10 0 0 0
South Slavey 155 150 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 35 40 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 5 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 5 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 5 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Haida 5 0 0 5 0
Inuit languages 120 115 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 20 20 0 0 0
Inuktitut 65 55 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 5 0 0 0 0
Michif 80 70 0 10 0
Salish languages 15 15 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 5 5 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 3,370 3,355 0 5 10
Dakota 350 345 0 5 0
Stoney 3,020 3,005 0 5 10
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 10 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 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. 55 50 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 847,105 753,965 1,130 34,405 57,600
Afro-Asiatic languages 68,415 56,815 225 5,420 5,945
Berber languages 335 90 10 220 15
Kabyle 160 50 0 105 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 175 40 10 110 15
Cushitic languages 12,525 11,000 25 565 935
Bilen 315 250 0 10 55
Oromo 2,650 2,410 0 15 220
Somali 9,520 8,305 25 535 650
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 5 5
Semitic languages 55,425 45,615 190 4,625 4,995
Amharic 7,325 6,915 5 135 270
Arabic 40,540 31,910 175 4,315 4,140
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 400 315 5 5 80
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 145 110 0 0 25
Harari 260 245 0 5 10
Hebrew 960 890 0 60 15
Maltese 70 65 0 5 0
Tigrigna 5,415 4,910 10 70 430
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 305 260 0 25 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 25,295 21,105 20 585 3,590
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,925 1,655 0 55 215
Vietnamese 23,350 19,425 15 530 3,375
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 15 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 115,405 113,420 35 1,025 920
Bikol 425 425 0 5 0
Cebuano 5,135 5,070 0 30 35
Fijian 125 125 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 1,500 1,475 0 5 15
Ilocano 5,350 5,265 0 35 50
Malagasy 35 10 5 25 0
Malay 1,455 1,395 0 25 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 760 755 0 5 5
Pangasinan 290 290 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 99,040 97,360 35 870 770
Waray-Waray 305 300 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 985 960 0 10 10
Creole languages 1,895 940 45 875 45
Haitian Creole 95 30 5 55 5
Creole, n.o.s. 1,175 345 35 755 35
Creole languages, n.i.e. 630 555 0 65 5
Dravidian languages 13,490 12,755 0 225 510
Kannada 535 515 0 15 5
Malayalam 6,345 6,015 0 65 260
Tamil 4,430 4,160 5 115 155
Telugu 2,130 2,015 0 35 80
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 105 95 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 442,685 397,155 505 19,960 25,070
Albanian 2,345 2,120 0 90 130
Armenian 500 395 5 85 15
Balto-Slavic languages 80,330 74,080 35 3,730 2,485
Baltic languages 1,010 935 0 55 25
Latvian 415 385 0 25 10
Lithuanian 600 550 0 30 15
Slavic languages 79,320 73,150 35 3,675 2,460
Belarusan 60 55 0 0 5
Bosnian 1,835 1,730 0 45 65
Bulgarian 1,550 1,330 0 175 45
Croatian 4,655 4,450 5 125 75
Czech 3,005 2,770 0 205 30
Macedonian 365 335 0 15 10
Polish 20,135 18,485 5 1,050 585
Russian 17,810 15,675 25 1,010 1,100
Serbian 4,020 3,665 5 220 135
Serbo-Croatian 965 900 0 55 10
Slovak 2,185 2,045 0 110 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 695 660 0 30 5
Ukrainian 21,830 20,830 5 620 375
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 5 5
Celtic languages 370 335 0 35 0
Scottish Gaelic 135 120 0 15 5
Welsh 170 160 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 0
Germanic languages 104,260 97,150 20 3,410 3,685
Afrikaans 3,010 2,910 0 75 25
Danish 2,380 2,315 0 60 5
Dutch 16,135 15,220 0 855 55
Frisian 360 340 0 25 0
German 80,045 74,285 15 2,160 3,585
Icelandic 120 105 0 10 5
Norwegian 815 785 0 30 5
Swedish 875 815 0 60 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 320 220 0 100 0
Yiddish 140 115 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 15 5
Greek 3,130 2,795 5 270 65
Indo-Iranian languages 166,810 148,490 60 3,775 14,490
Indo-Aryan languages 145,900 130,035 45 2,840 12,980
Bengali 7,005 6,500 5 305 190
Gujarati 13,135 12,125 0 290 710
Hindi 17,055 16,145 5 335 570
Kashmiri 105 100 0 0 5
Konkani 375 355 0 10 5
Marathi 1,505 1,415 0 50 45
Nepali 5,175 4,555 0 85 530
Oriya (Odia) 190 175 0 5 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 68,695 58,140 30 890 9,640
Sindhi 2,775 2,580 0 120 75
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,585 2,495 0 50 45
Urdu 27,295 25,445 5 695 1,155
Iranian languages 19,600 17,285 20 910 1,390
Kurdish 1,550 1,335 0 50 160
Pashto 2,560 2,295 0 50 210
Persian (Farsi) 15,490 13,650 15 805 1,020
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,310 1,160 0 30 120
Italic (Romance) languages 84,940 71,795 385 8,565 4,195
Catalan 80 65 0 10 0
Italian 11,375 9,960 5 1,135 280
Portuguese 9,050 7,830 20 775 420
Romanian 8,035 6,200 20 1,535 275
Spanish 56,370 47,725 335 5,090 3,215
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 0
Japanese 4,875 4,500 5 160 210
Kartvelian languages 235 195 0 10 25
Georgian 230 195 0 15 25
Korean 17,920 16,015 5 360 1,540
Mongolic languages 540 485 0 30 25
Mongolian 545 485 0 30 25
Niger-Congo languages 15,360 11,960 240 2,850 315
Akan (Twi) 1,755 1,635 0 100 15
Bamanankan 35 5 5 25 0
Edo 280 275 0 0 0
Ewe 250 200 0 40 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 225 30 25 155 15
Ga 145 135 0 10 0
Ganda 280 270 0 15 0
Igbo 1,165 1,105 0 50 10
Lingala 270 30 30 210 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 600 110 30 415 45
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 800 295 20 455 25
Shona 1,095 1,055 0 35 10
Swahili 2,375 1,705 45 545 80
Wolof 280 45 15 205 15
Yoruba 2,435 2,375 0 45 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,370 2,690 65 545 75
Nilo-Saharan languages 2,725 2,570 5 45 105
Dinka 1,340 1,270 0 5 65
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 1,380 1,300 0 35 40
Sign languages 830 485 5 15 335
American Sign Language 335 250 5 5 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 500 235 0 10 255
Sino-Tibetan languages 122,450 102,065 30 2,040 18,310
Chinese languages 120,375 100,280 30 2,035 18,040
Cantonese 59,145 47,385 5 920 10,835
Hakka 990 840 0 20 130
Mandarin 50,660 44,020 20 950 5,675
Min Dong 115 90 0 0 25
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,060 2,555 0 50 460
Wu (Shanghainese) 635 505 0 5 120
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,725 4,850 0 90 785
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,070 1,790 0 10 275
Burmese 430 400 0 0 25
Karenic languages 800 635 0 0 160
Tibetan 570 510 0 5 55
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 275 245 0 0 25
Tai-Kadai languages 2,670 2,395 0 70 205
Lao 1,020 915 0 45 60
Thai 1,625 1,460 0 25 145
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 25 20 0 0 0
Turkic languages 4,050 3,485 15 255 300
Azerbaijani 365 335 0 15 20
Turkish 3,135 2,655 15 230 240
Uyghur 130 120 0 5 5
Uzbek 205 180 0 5 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 210 190 0 10 15
Uralic languages 7,470 6,895 0 435 140
Estonian 195 150 0 35 0
Finnish 810 750 0 50 10
Hungarian 6,470 5,985 5 350 135
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 690 615 5 45 15
Multiple responses 92,075 77,585 205 13,775 510
English and French 10,230 2,355 35 7,840 5
English and non-official language 77,520 74,335 25 2,690 470
French and non-official language 2,685 525 135 1,990 35
English, French and non-official language 1,640 375 10 1,250 5

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Footnote(s)

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n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Alberta

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
  • 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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