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Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), 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 first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Division No. 11
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 1,351,355 1,296,330 27,925 6,905 20,195 31,380 2.3
Single responses 1,278,690 1,227,440 25,640 5,415 20,195 28,345 2.2
Official languages 1,103,440 1,078,540 24,900 0 0 24,900 2.3
English 1,092,365 1,078,030 14,340 0 0 14,335 1.3
French 11,070 510 10,565 0 0 10,565 95.4
Non-official languages 175,250 148,905 740 5,415 20,195 3,445 2.0
Aboriginal languages 690 670 0 10 10 5 0.7
Algonquian languages 605 590 0 5 5 5 0.8
Blackfoot 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree-Montagnais languages 575 555 5 10 5 5 0.9
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 480 465 5 10 5 5 1.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Northern Athabaskan languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 174,560 148,235 735 5,405 20,185 3,435 2.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 20,355 16,275 255 1,230 2,595 870 4.3
Berber languages 95 45 5 35 5 20 21.1
Kabyle 55 30 0 20 0 10 18.2
Berber languages, n.i.e. 40 15 5 20 5 10 25.0
Cushitic languages 5,850 5,005 50 240 545 175 3.0
Bilen 215 165 0 0 45 0 0.0
Oromo 885 790 5 0 90 0 0.0
Somali 4,735 4,040 55 240 405 170 3.6
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 14,390 11,195 195 955 2,045 675 4.7
Amharic 1,695 1,580 0 15 100 10 0.6
Arabic 10,615 7,785 195 900 1,740 640 6.0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Harari 115 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hebrew 185 175 0 5 5 5 2.7
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 1,655 1,450 0 20 185 10 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 10 5 5 9.1
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,250 4,905 10 105 1,230 65 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 385 295 0 10 85 10 2.6
Vietnamese 5,865 4,605 10 95 1,150 60 1.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 23,190 22,785 15 75 315 50 0.2
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 830 810 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fijian 25 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 195 190 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 615 605 0 5 10 0 0.0
Malagasy 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Malay 140 125 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 130 125 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 21,110 20,760 10 65 275 40 0.2
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 570 255 45 245 25 170 29.8
Haitian Creole 40 10 5 15 0 15 37.5
Creole, n.o.s. 380 125 35 200 20 140 36.8
Creole languages, n.i.e. 145 115 5 25 0 15 10.3
Dravidian languages 4,465 4,135 0 45 280 25 0.6
Kannada 80 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 2,345 2,170 0 15 165 5 0.2
Tamil 1,470 1,375 0 25 70 10 0.7
Telugu 560 515 5 10 45 5 0.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-European languages 75,965 65,175 230 2,740 7,815 1,600 2.1
Albanian 370 320 0 5 40 5 1.4
Armenian 75 60 0 10 5 5 6.7
Balto-Slavic languages 12,890 11,360 25 475 1,025 265 2.1
Baltic languages 120 115 0 5 5 5 4.2
Latvian 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 70 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages 12,770 11,250 25 475 1,020 260 2.0
Belarusan 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 305 270 0 5 30 5 1.6
Bulgarian 290 235 5 40 15 25 8.6
Croatian 900 850 0 5 40 5 0.6
Czech 265 245 0 10 10 5 1.9
Macedonian 90 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 3,835 3,425 0 100 300 55 1.4
Russian 3,280 2,765 10 150 350 85 2.6
Serbian 1,005 900 0 35 70 15 1.5
Serbo-Croatian 120 110 0 5 5 5 4.2
Slovak 175 160 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,415 2,110 5 110 190 60 2.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 5 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 3,400 3,085 10 155 145 95 2.8
Afrikaans 320 310 0 5 5 5 1.6
Danish 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 300 265 0 30 10 15 5.0
Frisian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 2,610 2,355 10 110 125 70 2.7
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 375 340 0 10 25 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages 43,190 37,370 25 685 5,105 370 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 39,050 33,805 20 550 4,675 295 0.8
Bengali 1,460 1,330 0 60 65 25 1.7
Gujarati 3,665 3,245 0 70 350 40 1.1
Hindi 5,095 4,720 0 60 315 30 0.6
Kashmiri 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 330 315 0 5 10 5 1.5
Nepali 1,395 1,245 5 15 140 10 0.7
Oriya (Odia) 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20,655 16,970 15 245 3,430 135 0.7
Sindhi 465 425 0 10 25 5 1.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 785 755 0 10 15 5 0.6
Urdu 5,125 4,725 0 80 310 40 0.8
Iranian languages 4,020 3,465 5 135 420 75 1.9
Kurdish 375 300 0 10 65 5 1.3
Pashto 430 375 0 10 45 5 1.2
Persian (Farsi) 3,215 2,790 5 115 305 65 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 5 15 5 4.3
Italic (Romance) languages 15,660 12,640 165 1,385 1,470 855 5.5
Catalan 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italian 1,405 1,200 5 55 150 35 2.5
Portuguese 1,920 1,565 10 115 230 65 3.4
Romanian 1,355 1,055 10 210 80 110 8.1
Spanish 10,950 8,800 145 1,000 1,010 645 5.9
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 480 425 0 5 45 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 4,600 3,910 0 50 635 30 0.7
Mongolic languages 50 40 0 0 0 5 10.0
Mongolian 45 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 2,960 2,125 135 530 175 400 13.5
Akan (Twi) 450 415 0 15 10 5 1.1
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 50 5 5 35 5 20 40.0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 80 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Igbo 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lingala 45 10 10 15 5 20 44.4
Rundi (Kirundi) 195 30 20 120 20 80 41.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 285 115 25 130 20 85 29.8
Shona 215 215 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swahili 590 385 35 110 55 90 15.3
Wolof 90 15 30 40 5 50 55.6
Yoruba 280 270 0 5 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 505 425 10 40 35 30 5.9
Nilo-Saharan languages 365 340 5 0 20 0 0.0
Dinka 200 190 0 5 10 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 165 150 5 0 15 0 0.0
Sign languages 510 345 5 0 155 5 1.0
American Sign Language 195 145 5 5 45 5 2.6
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 315 205 0 0 110 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 32,370 25,470 15 255 6,625 145 0.4
Chinese languages 31,825 25,030 15 255 6,530 140 0.4
Cantonese 14,740 10,615 5 80 4,045 45 0.3
Hakka 215 160 0 0 55 0 0.0
Mandarin 14,730 12,605 5 175 1,945 95 0.6
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 550 385 0 0 165 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 120 85 0 0 30 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,445 1,160 0 5 275 5 0.3
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 540 440 0 0 100 5 0.9
Burmese 95 80 0 0 20 0 0.0
Karenic languages 360 290 0 0 70 0 0.0
Tibetan 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 475 415 5 15 50 10 2.1
Lao 185 155 5 10 15 5 2.7
Thai 285 250 0 0 35 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 1,310 1,075 10 65 170 40 3.1
Azerbaijani 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkish 1,140 930 5 55 145 30 2.6
Uyghur 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uzbek 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 505 440 0 35 30 15 3.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 475 415 0 30 35 10 2.1
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 75 60 5 0 10 5 6.7
Multiple responses 72,660 68,885 2,285 1,485 0 3,030 4.2
English and French 2,790 670 1,280 840 0 1,695 60.8
English and non-official language 67,940 67,795 145 0 0 145 0.2
French and non-official language 590 75 520 0 0 520 88.1
English, French and non-official language 1,340 345 345 645 0 670 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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-X2016070.

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