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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Alberta
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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 4,026,650 3,880,680 71,535 16,605 57,830 79,835 2.0
Single responses 3,837,615 3,700,200 66,560 13,020 57,830 73,075 1.9
Official languages 3,354,885 3,289,935 64,955 0 0 64,950 1.9
English 3,327,260 3,288,635 38,620 0 0 38,620 1.2
French 27,630 1,295 26,330 0 0 26,330 95.3
Non-official languages 482,730 410,265 1,610 13,025 57,830 8,120 1.7
Aboriginal languages 9,965 9,695 15 35 220 35 0.4
Algonquian languages 7,175 6,940 20 25 190 35 0.5
Blackfoot 1,110 1,100 0 5 5 5 0.5
Cree-Montagnais languages 5,875 5,660 15 20 175 25 0.4
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 125 125 0 0 5 0 0.0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 595 585 0 0 15 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5,120 4,930 10 20 150 25 0.5
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 190 180 5 0 10 5 2.6
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 185 175 0 0 10 5 2.7
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 620 595 0 5 15 5 0.8
Northern Athabaskan languages 620 600 0 5 15 0 0.0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 540 515 0 5 15 0 0.0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 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 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
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 2,120 2,110 0 0 10 5 0.2
Dakota 175 175 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 1,945 1,935 0 0 10 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. 25 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 472,760 400,570 1,590 12,985 57,610 8,085 1.7
Afro-Asiatic languages 43,770 34,915 480 2,420 5,955 1,685 3.8
Berber languages 195 75 5 95 20 55 28.2
Kabyle 95 45 5 45 5 20 21.1
Berber languages, n.i.e. 105 35 5 50 15 35 33.3
Cushitic languages 9,220 7,935 60 295 930 210 2.3
Bilen 275 225 0 5 50 0 0.0
Oromo 2,075 1,850 5 5 220 5 0.2
Somali 6,850 5,850 55 290 655 200 2.9
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 34,310 26,865 405 2,030 5,010 1,425 4.2
Amharic 4,920 4,590 10 50 275 30 0.6
Arabic 24,230 17,740 390 1,925 4,185 1,350 5.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 260 195 0 0 65 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 95 70 0 0 25 0 0.0
Harari 165 155 5 0 10 0 0.0
Hebrew 460 430 5 15 15 5 1.1
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 3,955 3,490 10 35 420 25 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 210 180 0 10 20 5 2.4
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 5 5 12.5
Austro-Asiatic languages 16,355 12,550 45 275 3,480 185 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 960 735 0 25 195 15 1.6
Vietnamese 15,380 11,805 45 250 3,280 170 1.1
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 60,860 59,670 40 230 920 160 0.3
Bikol 70 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 2,105 2,075 0 5 30 0 0.0
Fijian 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 475 460 0 5 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 1,975 1,930 0 5 40 0 0.0
Malagasy 20 0 5 15 0 15 75.0
Malay 405 370 0 5 30 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 225 220 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 55,105 54,065 40 205 795 140 0.3
Waray-Waray 120 120 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 275 265 0 5 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 975 435 85 410 45 290 29.7
Haitian Creole 50 15 10 25 0 20 40.0
Creole, n.o.s. 655 200 70 355 35 250 38.2
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 220 5 30 10 20 7.4
Dravidian languages 8,465 7,870 0 90 505 45 0.5
Kannada 210 195 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 4,065 3,775 0 25 255 10 0.2
Tamil 2,915 2,710 0 45 155 25 0.9
Telugu 1,245 1,155 0 10 80 5 0.4
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-European languages 230,275 197,020 615 7,585 25,050 4,410 1.9
Albanian 1,060 895 0 40 130 20 1.9
Armenian 215 175 0 25 15 10 4.7
Balto-Slavic languages 30,220 26,415 60 1,275 2,475 695 2.3
Baltic languages 405 375 0 10 25 5 1.2
Latvian 160 145 0 5 10 5 3.1
Lithuanian 245 225 0 5 10 5 2.0
Slavic languages 29,815 26,040 60 1,265 2,450 695 2.3
Belarusan 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 785 705 0 15 70 10 1.3
Bulgarian 820 675 5 95 45 55 6.7
Croatian 1,800 1,690 5 30 75 20 1.1
Czech 870 810 0 35 30 15 1.7
Macedonian 175 155 0 10 10 5 2.9
Polish 7,705 6,870 15 240 580 135 1.8
Russian 10,145 8,490 25 510 1,120 280 2.8
Serbian 2,095 1,865 0 100 135 50 2.4
Serbo-Croatian 315 285 0 15 10 5 1.6
Slovak 710 650 0 40 25 20 2.8
Slovene (Slovenian) 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 4,175 3,645 10 175 350 95 2.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 5 5 9.1
Celtic languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Germanic languages 40,910 36,580 55 600 3,680 350 0.9
Afrikaans 1,710 1,645 0 40 25 20 1.2
Danish 145 145 0 0 5 5 3.4
Dutch 1,980 1,740 5 175 60 95 4.8
Frisian 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
German 36,290 32,385 40 335 3,530 210 0.6
Icelandic 35 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 145 130 0 10 0 10 6.9
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 30 0 25 0 15 27.3
Yiddish 15 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 420 355 0 0 55 0 0.0
Greek 1,020 915 0 35 65 20 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages 111,980 95,795 70 1,630 14,480 885 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 98,605 84,360 50 1,195 13,005 645 0.7
Bengali 4,530 4,190 0 145 185 75 1.7
Gujarati 8,020 7,210 5 115 690 60 0.7
Hindi 9,945 9,220 5 120 600 65 0.7
Kashmiri 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 845 785 5 20 40 10 1.2
Nepali 3,710 3,135 0 45 530 25 0.7
Oriya (Odia) 90 85 0 0 5 5 5.6
Punjabi (Panjabi) 51,010 40,960 30 425 9,600 245 0.5
Sindhi 1,245 1,145 5 25 70 10 0.8
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,485 1,420 0 15 45 10 0.7
Urdu 17,605 16,085 5 280 1,225 145 0.8
Iranian languages 12,720 10,890 20 430 1,375 240 1.9
Kurdish 850 685 0 15 145 10 1.2
Pashto 1,640 1,420 0 20 205 10 0.6
Persian (Farsi) 10,235 8,780 20 400 1,030 220 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 655 545 0 10 95 5 0.8
Italic (Romance) languages 44,830 36,210 430 3,980 4,205 2,420 5.4
Catalan 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Italian 2,840 2,410 15 135 280 75 2.6
Portuguese 3,905 3,180 20 285 420 165 4.2
Romanian 4,130 3,060 35 760 280 415 10.0
Spanish 33,905 27,525 365 2,800 3,220 1,765 5.2
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 2,245 2,010 0 30 205 15 0.7
Kartvelian languages 155 130 0 5 25 0 0.0
Georgian 155 130 0 5 25 5 3.2
Korean 12,780 11,130 5 110 1,540 55 0.4
Mongolic languages 330 300 0 10 25 5 1.5
Mongolian 335 295 0 15 25 5 1.5
Niger-Congo languages 5,600 4,185 230 875 315 665 11.9
Akan (Twi) 850 795 0 30 20 15 1.8
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Edo 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 80 55 5 20 5 10 12.5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 100 15 15 60 15 45 45.0
Ga 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 100 90 0 5 0 0 0.0
Igbo 265 250 0 10 10 5 1.9
Lingala 80 25 25 30 5 35 43.8
Rundi (Kirundi) 280 55 25 160 40 110 39.3
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 345 135 30 150 30 105 30.4
Shona 410 390 0 10 5 5 1.2
Swahili 1,090 730 60 200 100 165 15.1
Wolof 170 25 40 90 20 85 50.0
Yoruba 690 665 0 15 15 10 1.4
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,015 835 25 95 60 70 6.9
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,525 1,410 0 10 105 5 0.3
Dinka 800 735 0 0 60 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 720 675 0 5 40 0 0.0
Sign languages 1,095 705 5 5 375 10 0.9
American Sign Language 330 230 0 5 90 5 1.5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 765 475 5 0 285 5 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 82,380 63,265 45 660 18,405 380 0.5
Chinese languages 80,880 62,035 50 660 18,135 380 0.5
Cantonese 38,275 26,820 10 205 11,235 120 0.3
Hakka 315 230 0 0 80 0 0.0
Mandarin 37,125 31,045 35 415 5,625 240 0.6
Min Dong 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,245 855 0 10 380 5 0.4
Wu (Shanghainese) 340 245 0 5 90 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,545 2,815 5 25 710 10 0.3
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,505 1,225 0 5 275 0 0.0
Burmese 280 240 0 5 35 0 0.0
Karenic languages 665 505 0 0 160 0 0.0
Tibetan 420 355 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 140 125 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,130 895 10 25 205 20 1.8
Lao 465 380 5 15 65 15 3.2
Thai 655 500 5 5 145 10 1.5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 2,390 1,955 10 125 300 75 3.1
Azerbaijani 160 140 0 5 15 5 3.1
Turkish 1,950 1,575 10 115 245 70 3.6
Uyghur 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Uzbek 135 115 0 5 15 5 3.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Uralic languages 2,125 1,875 5 110 135 60 2.8
Estonian 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Finnish 105 90 0 10 10 10 9.5
Hungarian 1,995 1,765 5 95 135 50 2.5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 235 210 5 5 20 10 4.3
Multiple responses 189,040 180,485 4,975 3,580 0 6,765 3.6
English and French 6,880 1,785 3,045 2,050 0 4,070 59.2
English and non-official language 178,065 177,715 350 0 0 355 0.2
French and non-official language 1,125 175 950 0 0 950 84.4
English, French and non-official language 2,965 805 625 1,530 0 1,390 46.9

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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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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-X2016073.

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