Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (8), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (187), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (6), Age (8B) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details mother tongue , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Alberta
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Language spoken most often at home (187) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 2 3,978,145 2,972,670 70,440 846,270 10,005 74,515 2,785 1,455
Single responses 3,791,520 2,950,775 66,945 726,665 8,175 36,700 1,535 720
Official languages 3,328,060 2,932,185 66,345 292,730 8,070 27,070 1,115 550
English 3,301,755 2,930,880 43,845 290,980 7,580 27,065 860 545
French 26,305 1,310 22,495 1,750 495 0 250 0
Non-official languages 463,465 18,585 600 433,935 110 9,625 420 175
Aboriginal languages 9,740 1,085 0 8,425 0 225 0 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 453,725 17,505 600 425,515 110 9,405 415 175
Afro-Asiatic languages 43,505 2,605 95 39,465 50 1,055 175 65
Berber languages 220 0 0 205 0 10 10 0
Kabyle 70 0 0 70 0 10 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 145 0 0 135 0 10 10 0
Cushitic languages 9,135 605 10 8,375 0 130 10 10
Bilen 290 0 0 290 0 0 0 0
Oromo 2,025 100 0 1,880 0 40 0 0
Somali 6,815 505 10 6,195 0 95 0 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 34,095 1,995 85 30,835 50 910 165 60
Amharic 4,780 315 0 4,370 0 90 10 0
Arabic 23,700 1,395 80 21,220 50 735 165 60
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 250 0 0 250 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Harari 170 30 0 135 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 485 20 0 460 0 0 0 0
Maltese 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 4,420 225 0 4,120 0 75 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 170 10 0 165 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 55 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 16,340 840 30 15,295 0 160 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,015 65 0 925 0 25 0 0
Vietnamese 15,325 775 30 14,370 0 140 10 15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 62,145 3,210 0 56,545 0 2,365 20 0
Bikol 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 2,185 230 0 1,880 0 70 0 0
Fijian 70 15 0 50 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 505 10 0 495 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 2,025 125 0 1,820 0 85 0 0
Malagasy 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malay 400 10 0 370 0 20 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 300 0 0 300 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 70 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 56,090 2,745 0 51,140 0 2,175 20 0
Waray-Waray 170 0 0 170 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 310 70 0 230 0 15 0 0
Creole languages 1,125 50 70 885 35 30 50 20
Haitian Creole 30 0 10 20 0 0 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 755 40 60 555 30 10 40 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 335 10 0 305 0 15 10 0
Dravidian languages 8,430 665 0 7,325 0 445 0 0
Kannada 155 10 0 140 0 15 0 0
Malayalam 4,000 245 0 3,535 0 220 0 0
Tamil 3,105 350 0 2,625 0 130 0 0
Telugu 1,145 50 0 1,005 0 80 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 70 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 211,950 6,605 225 201,010 15 3,935 110 50
Albanian 1,260 30 0 1,210 0 20 0 0
Armenian 150 0 0 145 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 29,595 695 10 28,585 15 270 10 10
Baltic languages 450 15 0 430 0 0 0 0
Latvian 180 0 0 165 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 270 0 0 265 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 29,145 685 10 28,155 15 265 10 10
Belarusan 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 895 25 0 865 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 745 20 0 715 0 0 10 0
Croatian 1,595 15 0 1,580 0 0 0 0
Czech 760 35 0 720 0 0 0 10
Macedonian 205 0 0 210 0 0 0 0
Polish 7,620 155 0 7,380 0 75 0 10
Russian 9,885 205 0 9,565 0 95 0 0
Serbian 2,085 20 0 2,050 0 15 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 280 0 0 275 0 0 0 0
Slovak 790 10 0 790 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 115 0 0 105 0 10 0 0
Ukrainian 4,130 195 0 3,865 10 55 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 27,150 335 30 26,455 0 325 10 0
Afrikaans 1,585 25 0 1,520 0 45 0 0
Danish 105 0 0 90 0 10 0 0
Dutch 1,825 30 15 1,765 0 15 0 0
Frisian 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
German 21,600 250 10 21,090 0 240 0 0
Icelandic 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Swedish 125 15 0 100 0 10 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 85 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 1,780 10 0 1,760 0 10 0 0
Greek 1,125 80 0 1,045 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 109,090 3,770 35 102,645 0 2,590 50 10
Indo-Aryan languages 96,295 3,480 25 90,370 0 2,400 25 0
Bengali 4,470 175 0 4,220 0 75 0 0
Gujarati 7,770 375 0 7,175 0 200 10 0
Hindi 9,180 465 0 8,440 0 275 0 0
Kashmiri 25 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 15 0 25 0 25 0 0
Marathi 825 45 0 765 0 20 0 0
Nepali 3,495 60 0 3,350 0 85 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 75 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 50,765 1,510 15 48,150 0 1,080 10 0
Sindhi 1,325 80 0 1,160 0 85 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,660 25 0 1,565 0 70 0 0
Urdu 16,635 725 10 15,415 0 485 0 0
Iranian languages 12,150 275 10 11,645 0 190 25 0
Kurdish 820 10 0 795 0 20 0 0
Pashto 1,505 10 0 1,475 0 25 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 9,825 265 10 9,370 0 140 30 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 645 10 0 625 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 43,560 1,690 155 40,920 0 720 35 30
Catalan 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Italian 2,825 115 10 2,685 0 10 10 0
Portuguese 3,775 140 10 3,560 0 45 15 0
Romanian 4,490 115 60 4,275 0 30 0 0
Spanish 32,450 1,315 80 30,375 10 630 15 25
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 2,160 105 0 2,020 0 40 0 0
Kartvelian languages 170 0 0 150 0 15 0 0
Georgian 170 0 0 150 0 15 0 0
Korean 12,065 335 0 11,615 0 100 0 0
Mongolic languages 425 10 0 420 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 425 0 0 420 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 5,795 655 150 4,780 10 170 35 0
Akan (Twi) 810 135 0 615 0 55 0 0
Bamanankan 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Ewe 155 0 15 140 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 90 0 10 80 0 0 0 0
Ga 75 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Ganda 160 30 0 135 0 0 0 0
Igbo 320 80 0 245 0 0 0 0
Lingala 100 10 10 70 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 230 0 15 200 0 10 10 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 340 25 10 300 0 0 0 0
Shona 465 55 0 380 0 30 0 0
Swahili 930 75 55 775 0 30 0 0
Wolof 200 0 20 170 0 0 10 10
Yoruba 650 160 0 465 0 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,125 95 10 990 0 30 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 1,165 135 0 955 0 70 0 0
Dinka 665 70 0 545 0 45 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 505 65 0 410 0 30 0 0
Sign languages 1,110 405 0 630 0 75 0 0
American Sign Language 325 90 0 205 0 30 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 785 315 0 425 0 50 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 81,700 1,675 25 79,095 0 865 30 10
Chinese languages 80,140 1,640 25 77,610 0 825 25 10
Cantonese 38,755 715 0 37,605 0 415 10 10
Hakka 280 20 0 255 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 36,250 725 15 35,165 0 330 15 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,155 20 0 1,125 0 10 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 360 0 0 335 0 10 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,300 155 0 3,085 0 55 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,560 30 0 1,490 0 40 0 0
Burmese 240 0 0 230 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 650 15 0 630 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 575 0 0 535 0 35 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,105 45 0 1,030 0 25 0 0
Lao 510 20 0 485 0 10 0 10
Thai 585 25 0 540 0 15 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 2,130 90 0 1,995 0 35 0 0
Azerbaijani 125 0 0 120 0 0 0 0
Turkish 1,540 65 10 1,440 0 25 0 0
Uyghur 165 0 0 165 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 220 20 0 190 0 10 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,085 55 0 2,015 0 10 0 0
Estonian 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Finnish 80 10 0 80 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,970 50 0 1,905 0 10 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 240 35 0 200 0 10 0 0
Multiple responses 186,625 21,890 3,495 119,610 1,830 37,820 1,250 735
English and French 6,560 1,410 2,910 350 1,605 35 180 70
English and non-official language 175,995 20,095 180 117,485 95 37,495 365 290
French and non-official language 1,210 20 235 565 10 10 325 40
English, French and non-official language 2,855 370 165 1,210 120 285 380 330

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information on generation status variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

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.
  • 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-X2016196.

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