Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) 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 , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Alberta
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Mother Tongue (263) Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 1 Single mother tongue responsesFootnote 2 Multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 3
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 4 4,026,650 3,934,580 92,070
Official languages 3,155,710 3,063,635 92,070
English 3,080,875 2,991,485 89,390
French 86,705 72,150 14,550
Non-official languages 952,785 870,940 81,845
Aboriginal languages 27,175 23,835 3,335
Algonquian languages 21,185 18,295 2,885
Blackfoot 3,385 2,755 635
Cree-Montagnais languages 17,125 14,960 2,165
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 5 0
Moose Cree 10 5 5
Naskapi 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 55 50 5
Plains Cree 955 720 235
Southern East Cree 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 60 50 5
Woods Cree 970 910 60
Cree, n.o.s. 15,080 13,220 1,855
Eastern Algonquian languages 40 35 10
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 35 30 5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 630 550 80
Algonquin 5 5 0
Ojibway 600 530 75
Oji-Cree 20 15 5
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5
Athabaskan languages 2,025 1,865 160
Northern Athabaskan languages 2,010 1,850 160
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 45 30 10
Carrier 15 15 5
Chilcotin 5 5 5
Dene 1,570 1,470 105
Dogrib (Tlicho) 45 40 10
Gwich'in 15 10 5
Sarsi (Sarcee) 85 70 15
Sekani 0 5 0
Slavey-Hare languages 210 200 10
North Slavey (Hare) 15 10 0
South Slavey 155 150 5
Slavey, n.o.s. 40 35 0
Tahltan languages 5 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0
Tahltan 5 0 0
Tutchone languages 5 0 0
Northern Tutchone 5 0 5
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0
Haida 5 5 0
Inuit languages 145 125 20
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 25 20 0
Inuktitut 75 65 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 40 40 5
Iroquoian languages 20 15 10
Cayuga 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 10 10
Oneida 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 5 5 0
Michif 115 80 35
Salish languages 20 15 5
Comox 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 5 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 5
Squamish 5 5 0
Straits 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Siouan languages 3,575 3,370 210
Dakota 370 350 25
Stoney 3,200 3,020 180
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5
Tlingit 5 5 0
Tsimshian languages 10 15 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 10 5
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 5 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 65 55 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 925,610 847,105 78,505
Afro-Asiatic languages 76,375 68,415 7,960
Berber languages 390 340 55
Kabyle 185 160 25
Berber languages, n.i.e. 200 175 25
Cushitic languages 13,295 12,525 770
Bilen 325 315 10
Oromo 2,780 2,650 125
Somali 10,155 9,520 635
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0
Semitic languages 62,540 55,425 7,115
Amharic 7,760 7,320 440
Arabic 46,705 40,545 6,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 420 400 20
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 145 145 5
Harari 280 260 20
Hebrew 1,055 965 90
Maltese 90 70 15
Tigrigna 5,755 5,420 335
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 335 305 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 150 125 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 27,045 25,295 1,750
Khmer (Cambodian) 2,120 1,925 195
Vietnamese 24,890 23,350 1,545
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 20 15
Austronesian languages 133,185 115,405 17,785
Bikol 455 425 30
Cebuano 5,740 5,135 605
Fijian 140 125 15
Hiligaynon 1,665 1,500 165
Ilocano 5,770 5,350 420
Malagasy 50 35 15
Malay 1,595 1,455 140
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 810 765 50
Pangasinan 305 295 15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 115,235 99,035 16,200
Waray-Waray 330 310 20
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 1,095 985 115
Creole languages 2,460 1,895 560
Haitian Creole 120 90 30
Creole, n.o.s. 1,540 1,175 365
Creole languages, n.i.e. 795 630 170
Dravidian languages 15,485 13,490 1,995
Kannada 630 535 90
Malayalam 7,040 6,345 700
Tamil 5,210 4,430 780
Telugu 2,530 2,130 400
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 75 55 25
Hmong-Mien languages 105 100 5
Indo-European languages 478,110 442,685 35,425
Albanian 2,515 2,345 175
Armenian 545 500 45
Balto-Slavic languages 85,190 80,335 4,860
Baltic languages 1,060 1,010 50
Latvian 440 415 25
Lithuanian 620 595 25
Slavic languages 84,130 79,320 4,815
Belarusan 65 65 5
Bosnian 1,935 1,840 100
Bulgarian 1,600 1,550 55
Croatian 4,870 4,655 215
Czech 3,135 3,005 135
Macedonian 390 360 25
Polish 21,280 20,135 1,150
Russian 18,645 17,810 835
Serbian 4,205 4,020 185
Serbo-Croatian 1,005 970 35
Slovak 2,305 2,185 120
Slovene (Slovenian) 720 695 25
Ukrainian 23,740 21,830 1,910
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 235 215 20
Celtic languages 505 370 130
Scottish Gaelic 190 135 50
Welsh 205 170 35
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 110 65 45
Germanic languages 110,245 104,260 5,985
Afrikaans 3,280 3,010 265
Danish 2,550 2,380 170
Dutch 17,000 16,135 870
Frisian 365 360 5
German 84,460 80,045 4,415
Icelandic 140 120 20
Norwegian 885 815 70
Swedish 985 875 105
Vlaams (Flemish) 355 320 30
Yiddish 155 140 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 15
Greek 3,470 3,130 345
Indo-Iranian languages 184,790 166,810 17,985
Indo-Aryan languages 162,645 145,900 16,750
Bengali 7,805 7,000 810
Gujarati 14,670 13,135 1,530
Hindi 20,320 17,055 3,270
Kashmiri 115 110 10
Konkani 470 375 100
Marathi 1,735 1,505 225
Nepali 5,435 5,175 255
Oriya (Odia) 205 190 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 74,490 68,695 5,800
Sindhi 3,245 2,775 480
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,860 2,585 270
Urdu 31,295 27,300 4,000
Iranian languages 20,750 19,595 1,155
Kurdish 1,680 1,550 130
Pashto 2,775 2,555 215
Persian (Farsi) 16,295 15,490 805
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,395 1,310 80
Italic (Romance) languages 90,845 84,940 5,905
Catalan 80 80 5
Italian 12,350 11,380 975
Portuguese 9,710 9,050 660
Romanian 8,360 8,035 325
Spanish 60,295 56,365 3,930
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 45 35 15
Japanese 5,330 4,875 455
Kartvelian languages 240 230 10
Georgian 240 230 10
Korean 18,810 17,920 890
Mongolic languages 565 540 25
Mongolian 570 545 25
Niger-Congo languages 18,785 15,365 3,420
Akan (Twi) 2,075 1,755 320
Bamanankan 50 35 10
Edo 340 280 60
Ewe 280 245 35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 275 225 50
Ga 170 145 30
Ganda 315 280 35
Igbo 1,580 1,160 420
Lingala 380 270 110
Rundi (Kirundi) 715 605 115
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 905 800 105
Shona 1,290 1,095 195
Swahili 2,910 2,375 535
Wolof 335 280 55
Yoruba 3,215 2,435 785
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,950 3,370 580
Nilo-Saharan languages 2,990 2,725 265
Dinka 1,485 1,345 140
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 1,505 1,380 125
Sign languages 1,390 830 560
American Sign Language 625 330 290
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 765 495 265
Sino-Tibetan languages 128,620 122,450 6,170
Chinese languages 126,405 120,375 6,025
Cantonese 62,645 59,140 3,505
Hakka 1,055 990 60
Mandarin 52,525 50,660 1,865
Min Dong 115 115 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,245 3,065 180
Wu (Shanghainese) 650 630 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,125 5,725 395
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,220 2,075 145
Burmese 460 430 30
Karenic languages 845 800 45
Tibetan 620 575 50
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 290 275 15
Tai-Kadai languages 2,885 2,670 210
Lao 1,130 1,020 110
Thai 1,725 1,630 100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 25 25 5
Turkic languages 4,375 4,050 325
Azerbaijani 395 370 30
Turkish 3,390 3,140 250
Uyghur 140 130 10
Uzbek 220 205 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 235 215 20
Uralic languages 7,985 7,470 515
Estonian 210 190 20
Finnish 885 805 75
Hungarian 6,890 6,470 415
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 870 690 180

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

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Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

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Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

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Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016060.

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