Language Used at Work (263), Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3), Mother Tongue (8) and Age (10) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2015, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Mother tongue (8): Total - Mother tongue
• Age (10): Total - Age

This table details language used at work , single and multiple responses of language used at work , mother tongue and age for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2015, in private households in Alberta

Language used at work (263)	Single and multiple responses of language used at work (3)
	Total - Single and multiple responses of language used at work^Footnote 1	Single responses of language used at work^Footnote 2	Multiple responses of language used at work^Footnote 3
Total - Language used at work^Footnote 4	2,467,410	2,350,435	116,980
Official languages	2,456,000	2,339,420	116,585
English	2,453,805	2,337,340	116,465
French	36,610	2,075	34,530
Non-official languages	95,455	11,015	84,440
Aboriginal languages	6,620	160	6,465
Algonquian languages	5,285	115	5,175
Blackfoot	1,340	10	1,330
Cree-Montagnais languages	3,835	95	3,740
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	10	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	10	0	0
Plains Cree	160	0	165
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	10	0	0
Woods Cree	120	0	115
Cree, n.o.s.	3,545	95	3,450
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	10
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	115	10	110
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	115	0	110
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	475	10	470
Northern Athabaskan languages	475	10	465
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	385	0	380
Dogrib (Tlicho)	15	0	15
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	25	0	25
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	50	10	45
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	40	0	35
Slavey, n.o.s.	10	0	10
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	25	0	25
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	10	0	0
Inuktitut	20	0	20
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	10
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	830	40	795
Dakota	65	0	60
Stoney	765	35	730
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	88,850	10,855	77,995
Afro-Asiatic languages	4,855	535	4,320
Berber languages	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	430	60	370
Bilen	10	10	10
Oromo	80	25	65
Somali	330	30	300
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	4,425	475	3,950
Amharic	420	35	385
Arabic	3,535	355	3,180
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	25	0	25
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	10	0	10
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	225	15	215
Maltese	0	0	0
Tigrigna	160	20	135
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	60	50	15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	4,295	755	3,535
Khmer (Cambodian)	90	10	90
Vietnamese	4,200	750	3,450
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	11,950	340	11,610
Bikol	0	0	0
Cebuano	115	0	110
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	70	10	70
Ilocano	135	0	125
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	65	0	65
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	10
Pangasinan	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	11,550	315	11,235
Waray-Waray	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	40	10	40
Creole languages	85	0	80
Haitian Creole	10	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	30	0	30
Creole languages, n.i.e.	45	10	40
Dravidian languages	295	35	255
Kannada	0	0	0
Malayalam	125	10	120
Tamil	130	25	100
Telugu	40	0	35
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	42,475	4,210	38,260
Albanian	140	20	120
Armenian	0	0	10
Balto-Slavic languages	4,865	280	4,585
Baltic languages	40	0	35
Latvian	15	0	15
Lithuanian	25	0	25
Slavic languages	4,830	280	4,550
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	125	0	120
Bulgarian	35	0	25
Croatian	200	0	195
Czech	40	0	45
Macedonian	10	10	10
Polish	1,395	60	1,325
Russian	1,760	105	1,655
Serbian	205	10	190
Serbo-Croatian	30	0	30
Slovak	60	10	50
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0
Ukrainian	990	65	925
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Celtic languages	20	0	20
Scottish Gaelic	15	0	15
Welsh	0	0	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Germanic languages	8,270	955	7,315
Afrikaans	115	0	115
Danish	40	10	30
Dutch	950	20	935
Frisian	15	0	20
German	6,560	865	5,690
Icelandic	0	0	0
Norwegian	30	0	30
Swedish	45	0	45
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0
Yiddish	10	0	10
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	505	60	450
Greek	175	10	165
Indo-Iranian languages	16,580	2,035	14,545
Indo-Aryan languages	15,605	1,935	13,670
Bengali	125	10	120
Gujarati	305	65	240
Hindi	2,290	105	2,190
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0
Marathi	10	0	10
Nepali	320	10	315
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	11,100	1,660	9,440
Sindhi	35	0	35
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	55	10	50
Urdu	1,500	80	1,420
Iranian languages	930	105	825
Kurdish	105	10	95
Pashto	75	0	75
Persian (Farsi)	755	90	660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	80	0	75
Italic (Romance) languages	12,450	905	11,545
Catalan	0	0	0
Italian	535	10	520
Portuguese	680	70	615
Romanian	430	35	400
Spanish	10,785	795	9,990
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	40	0	40
Japanese	960	90	870
Kartvelian languages	10	0	15
Georgian	10	0	10
Korean	2,615	400	2,215
Mongolic languages	30	0	30
Mongolian	25	0	25
Niger-Congo languages	355	15	345
Akan (Twi)	45	0	50
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	10
Ga	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0
Igbo	30	0	30
Lingala	10	0	10
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0
Shona	20	0	20
Swahili	120	10	110
Wolof	0	10	0
Yoruba	55	0	50
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	70	0	65
Nilo-Saharan languages	20	0	25
Dinka	20	0	15
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Sign languages	1,385	110	1,275
American Sign Language	695	40	650
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	700	70	630
Sino-Tibetan languages	18,625	4,210	14,410
Chinese languages	18,480	4,190	14,285
Cantonese	10,555	2,815	7,740
Hakka	15	10	10
Mandarin	7,120	1,160	5,960
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	70	20	50
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,055	190	865
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	155	20	140
Burmese	30	10	20
Karenic languages	75	10	65
Tibetan	40	0	35
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	25	0	25
Tai-Kadai languages	405	80	325
Lao	40	0	35
Thai	365	75	285
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	10	0	10
Turkic languages	345	40	305
Azerbaijani	10	0	10
Turkish	310	35	270
Uyghur	0	0	0
Uzbek	15	0	10
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Uralic languages	330	25	305
Estonian	0	0	0
Finnish	25	0	25
Hungarian	310	25	285
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	50	10	45

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple responses of language used at work' 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 and multiple responses of the language used at work received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single response to the language used at work occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple response to the language used at work 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

Refers to the language used at work, as reported on May 10, 2016 by the individuals aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015.

Data quality note(s) – Alberta

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016095.