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 Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Alberta

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	4,026,655	3,934,580	92,070
Official languages	3,155,710	3,063,635	92,070
English	3,080,870	2,991,485	89,385
French	86,705	72,155	14,555
Non-official languages	952,785	870,940	81,840
Aboriginal languages	27,175	23,840	3,340
Algonquian languages	21,180	18,295	2,890
Blackfoot	3,385	2,755	635
Cree-Montagnais languages	17,120	14,960	2,165
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	10	5	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	50	45	5
Plains Cree	955	720	235
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	60	45	10
Woods Cree	970	910	60
Cree, n.o.s.	15,075	13,225	1,855
Eastern Algonquian languages	40	30	5
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	40	30	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	625	550	75
Algonquin	5	5	0
Ojibway	605	530	75
Oji-Cree	15	15	5
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Athabaskan languages	2,020	1,865	160
Northern Athabaskan languages	2,010	1,850	160
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	45	35	10
Carrier	20	10	5
Chilcotin	5	0	0
Dene	1,575	1,470	105
Dogrib (Tlicho)	50	40	10
Gwich'in	15	15	5
Sarsi (Sarcee)	80	65	15
Sekani	5	5	0
Slavey-Hare languages	210	200	10
North Slavey (Hare)	15	10	0
South Slavey	160	150	10
Slavey, n.o.s.	40	40	5
Tahltan languages	5	5	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	5	0
Tahltan	5	5	0
Tutchone languages	5	0	5
Northern Tutchone	5	0	5
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	10	15	0
Haida	0	5	0
Inuit languages	145	125	20
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	25	20	5
Inuktitut	75	60	15
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	45	40	5
Iroquoian languages	20	15	10
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	10	5	10
Oneida	5	5	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Kutenai	5	0	0
Michif	115	80	35
Salish languages	20	15	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	5	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	5	0	5
Squamish	5	5	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	5	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Siouan languages	3,575	3,370	210
Dakota	375	350	25
Stoney	3,200	3,015	180
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	10	10	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	15	10	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	5	5	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	5	5	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	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	50
Kabyle	190	165	25
Berber languages, n.i.e.	200	170	25
Cushitic languages	13,300	12,525	770
Bilen	320	315	5
Oromo	2,780	2,650	130
Somali	10,155	9,520	635
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	45	40	0
Semitic languages	62,540	55,425	7,115
Amharic	7,765	7,320	435
Arabic	46,705	40,545	6,160
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	415	400	20
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	150	140	10
Harari	275	260	20
Hebrew	1,055	965	95
Maltese	85	70	15
Tigrigna	5,750	5,415	335
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	335	300	30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	145	125	20
Austro-Asiatic languages	27,045	25,295	1,755
Khmer (Cambodian)	2,120	1,925	195
Vietnamese	24,895	23,350	1,545
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	35	20	15
Austronesian languages	133,190	115,405	17,785
Bikol	455	425	25
Cebuano	5,735	5,135	600
Fijian	140	125	15
Hiligaynon	1,665	1,495	170
Ilocano	5,765	5,350	415
Malagasy	45	35	15
Malay	1,595	1,455	140
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	815	760	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	980	110
Creole languages	2,460	1,895	560
Haitian Creole	125	90	30
Creole, n.o.s.	1,535	1,175	365
Creole languages, n.i.e.	800	630	170
Dravidian languages	15,485	13,490	1,995
Kannada	630	535	95
Malayalam	7,040	6,345	695
Tamil	5,205	4,425	780
Telugu	2,530	2,130	400
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	80	50	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	85,195	80,330	4,860
Baltic languages	1,055	1,010	50
Latvian	440	415	25
Lithuanian	620	595	25
Slavic languages	84,135	79,320	4,810
Belarusan	65	65	5
Bosnian	1,935	1,840	100
Bulgarian	1,600	1,545	55
Croatian	4,870	4,650	220
Czech	3,135	3,005	135
Macedonian	390	360	30
Polish	21,285	20,130	1,150
Russian	18,645	17,815	835
Serbian	4,210	4,025	180
Serbo-Croatian	1,000	965	35
Slovak	2,305	2,185	120
Slovene (Slovenian)	720	690	30
Ukrainian	23,740	21,830	1,910
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	240	215	20
Celtic languages	505	370	135
Scottish Gaelic	190	135	50
Welsh	210	170	35
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	115	65	50
Germanic languages	110,245	104,260	5,985
Afrikaans	3,280	3,015	265
Danish	2,550	2,380	165
Dutch	17,000	16,135	865
Frisian	365	360	10
German	84,465	80,045	4,415
Icelandic	135	115	20
Norwegian	885	815	70
Swedish	980	875	105
Vlaams (Flemish)	355	320	35
Yiddish	155	140	15
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	75	60	20
Greek	3,470	3,130	345
Indo-Iranian languages	184,790	166,810	17,980
Indo-Aryan languages	162,645	145,900	16,745
Bengali	7,810	7,005	810
Gujarati	14,670	13,135	1,530
Hindi	20,320	17,055	3,270
Kashmiri	115	105	10
Konkani	470	375	100
Marathi	1,730	1,505	225
Nepali	5,430	5,175	255
Oriya (Odia)	205	190	15
Punjabi (Panjabi)	74,495	68,695	5,800
Sindhi	3,250	2,775	475
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	2,855	2,590	270
Urdu	31,295	27,300	4,000
Iranian languages	20,750	19,595	1,150
Kurdish	1,680	1,550	130
Pashto	2,775	2,555	215
Persian (Farsi)	16,300	15,490	805
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	1,395	1,310	85
Italic (Romance) languages	90,840	84,940	5,905
Catalan	85	75	5
Italian	12,350	11,375	970
Portuguese	9,710	9,050	660
Romanian	8,360	8,030	325
Spanish	60,295	56,370	3,925
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	885
Mongolic languages	565	540	25
Mongolian	570	545	25
Niger-Congo languages	18,780	15,360	3,425
Akan (Twi)	2,075	1,750	320
Bamanankan	45	35	15
Edo	335	280	60
Ewe	285	245	40
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	275	225	45
Ga	170	140	30
Ganda	310	280	30
Igbo	1,580	1,160	420
Lingala	380	270	110
Rundi (Kirundi)	720	600	115
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	905	800	105
Shona	1,295	1,100	195
Swahili	2,910	2,380	535
Wolof	335	280	55
Yoruba	3,220	2,435	780
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	3,950	3,370	575
Nilo-Saharan languages	2,985	2,720	260
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	5	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e	765	495	270
Sino-Tibetan languages	128,625	122,450	6,170
Chinese languages	126,400	120,375	6,025
Cantonese	62,650	59,140	3,505
Hakka	1,055	990	65
Mandarin	52,525	50,665	1,865
Min Dong	115	115	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	3,245	3,065	180
Wu (Shanghainese)	650	635	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	150
Burmese	465	435	30
Karenic languages	845	795	50
Tibetan	620	575	45
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	295	275	20
Tai-Kadai languages	2,885	2,670	215
Lao	1,130	1,020	110
Thai	1,730	1,630	100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	25	25	0
Turkic languages	4,375	4,050	330
Azerbaijani	395	365	30
Turkish	3,385	3,135	250
Uyghur	140	125	15
Uzbek	220	205	15
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	235	210	20
Uralic languages	7,980	7,470	510
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.

Footnote 2

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

Footnote 3

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

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.

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

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-X2016061.