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 Gatineau, V
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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 1 273,265 19,180 77,420 174,885 1,780
Single responses 265,275 18,710 76,420 168,390 1,755
Official languages 236,000 12,960 69,865 153,130 45
English 30,660 12,805 110 17,735 10
French 205,340 155 69,755 135,395 35
Non-official languages 29,280 5,755 6,550 15,260 1,710
Aboriginal languages 330 230 5 90 5
Algonquian languages 305 215 10 85 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 290 210 5 65 5
Atikamekw 10 0 10 5 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0 5 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 40 25 0 10 5
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 220 165 0 50 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 10 0 10 0
Algonquin 20 10 0 15 0
Ojibway 0 0 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 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 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 15 5 0 10 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 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 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 28,945 5,525 6,545 15,170 1,705
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,780 1,260 1,710 4,270 550
Berber languages 545 5 270 255 15
Kabyle 365 0 200 155 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 180 5 75 100 0
Cushitic languages 285 35 95 140 20
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 5 0
Somali 275 25 90 135 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 5 0 0
Semitic languages 6,930 1,225 1,330 3,860 515
Amharic 60 40 5 20 0
Arabic 6,810 1,150 1,330 3,815 510
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 5 0 10 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 5 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 0 0 10 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 35 20 0 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 600 160 65 320 65
Khmer (Cambodian) 210 45 25 125 15
Vietnamese 390 115 35 195 50
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 320 185 20 110 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 15 10 0 10 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 50 0 15 40 5
Malay 30 10 5 20 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 195 155 0 40 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Creole languages 1,190 20 530 610 30
Haitian Creole 110 5 45 55 10
Creole, n.o.s. 1,060 10 490 550 20
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 5 0
Dravidian languages 50 30 0 20 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 40 20 0 15 0
Telugu 10 0 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 13,295 2,605 2,780 7,190 720
Albanian 45 20 5 25 5
Armenian 55 10 10 40 0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,795 705 435 1,525 135
Baltic languages 20 10 0 10 0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 5 0
Slavic languages 2,780 700 430 1,515 135
Belarusan 10 0 0 5 0
Bosnian 160 30 45 75 5
Bulgarian 210 60 15 125 10
Croatian 170 30 25 110 5
Czech 55 20 5 30 5
Macedonian 10 5 0 5 0
Polish 385 140 25 210 5
Russian 660 235 100 265 60
Serbian 570 75 115 350 30
Serbo-Croatian 355 35 70 230 15
Slovak 35 15 5 20 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 5 0 0 0
Ukrainian 145 35 20 80 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 605 220 20 360 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Danish 15 10 0 5 0
Dutch 140 55 0 80 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 135 10 240 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 5 0
Swedish 20 5 5 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 25 0 0 15 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Greek 130 50 5 75 5
Indo-Iranian languages 1,025 525 60 380 60
Indo-Aryan languages 350 220 5 115 5
Bengali 85 55 0 25 0
Gujarati 15 5 5 10 5
Hindi 45 35 0 15 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 60 40 0 20 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 5 0
Urdu 115 75 5 35 0
Iranian languages 670 300 55 265 50
Kurdish 80 40 5 25 5
Pashto 25 15 0 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 560 240 50 230 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 8,635 1,075 2,255 4,785 520
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 380 65 25 295 0
Portuguese 2,555 225 635 1,505 190
Romanian 980 85 175 690 30
Spanish 4,715 700 1,420 2,290 300
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 105 45 10 55 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 125 55 0 55 20
Mongolic languages 5 5 5 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,120 135 1,200 1,705 80
Akan (Twi) 30 10 5 15 0
Bamanankan 75 0 40 30 0
Edo 5 0 0 10 0
Ewe 90 5 45 45 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 160 0 75 85 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 0 0 0
Igbo 20 15 0 5 5
Lingala 185 10 65 110 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 655 0 245 405 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 495 15 120 360 10
Shona 10 5 0 5 0
Swahili 475 30 220 200 25
Wolof 195 0 70 120 5
Yoruba 30 10 0 15 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 680 25 325 305 30
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 0 15 15 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 15 0
Sign languages 50 5 15 15 10
American Sign Language 5 5 0 5 0
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 15 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 20 5 5 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,785 880 155 550 200
Chinese languages 1,775 875 155 540 200
Cantonese 285 125 15 105 40
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,345 695 125 375 155
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 50 15 5 35 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 5 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 80 35 10 25 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 10 5 0 5 0
Burmese 5 0 0 5 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 160 40 20 85 15
Lao 115 15 15 70 15
Thai 50 30 0 20 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 120 60 15 40 10
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 90 55 0 30 5
Uyghur 10 5 0 5 0
Uzbek 15 0 10 5 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Uralic languages 145 50 5 90 0
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0
Finnish 15 10 0 10 0
Hungarian 120 40 5 80 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 55 5 20 35 0
Multiple responses 7,990 465 1,000 6,500 30
English and French 4,635 90 115 4,430 5
English and non-official language 675 355 5 310 10
French and non-official language 2,100 10 850 1,230 10
English, French and non-official language 575 15 30 525 0

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

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