Census Profile, 2016 Census
Saint John [Population centre], New Brunswick and New Brunswick [Province]

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	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Knowledge of official languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 15}	57,120	26,985	30,135	736,280	360,440	375,840
English only	48,840	23,440	25,405	420,820	210,555	210,260
French only	90	45	45	63,140	29,955	33,190
English and French	7,580	3,190	4,395	249,950	118,705	131,245
Neither English nor French	610	315	295	2,370	1,220	1,150
First official language spokenUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 16}	57,120	26,985	30,135	736,280	360,440	375,845
English	54,130	25,585	28,545	498,365	244,230	254,135
French	2,220	1,000	1,220	232,450	113,500	118,945
English and French	180	90	90	3,210	1,550	1,655
Neither English nor French	590	310	285	2,255	1,150	1,100
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	2,310	1,050	1,265	234,055	114,280	119,775
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	4.0	3.9	4.2	31.8	31.7	31.9
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	57,120	26,985	30,135	736,280	360,440	375,845
Single responses	56,580	26,730	29,850	726,990	356,005	370,990
Official languages	53,625	25,190	28,435	703,840	344,285	359,555
English	51,230	24,125	27,100	472,725	231,595	241,135
French	2,395	1,065	1,330	231,110	112,690	118,415
Non-official languages	2,955	1,540	1,415	23,150	11,715	11,435
Aboriginal languages	5	0	0	2,165	1,035	1,135
Algonquian languages	5	0	5	2,130	1,020	1,110
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0	10	5	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	0	0	2,115	1,010	1,105
Malecite	0	0	0	280	125	155
Mi'kmaq	0	0	5	1,835	885	950
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	10	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	5	5	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	5	0	5
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	5	20	5	15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	15	5	10
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5	5	5	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	10	0	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	2,950	1,535	1,410	20,990	10,685	10,300
Afro-Asiatic languages	720	410	310	3,190	1,805	1,385
Berber languages	0	0	0	40	25	15
Kabyle	0	0	0	20	10	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	15	10
Cushitic languages	20	10	15	30	15	20
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	5	5	5
Somali	20	10	10	25	10	15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	700	400	300	3,110	1,760	1,355
Amharic	5	0	0	65	35	25
Arabic	670	385	285	2,855	1,615	1,235
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	5	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	30	15	15	170	90	80
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	5
Tigrigna	0	5	0	20	15	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	75	30	45	635	305	330
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0	10	5	10
Vietnamese	80	30	45	620	305	320
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	155	65	90	1,375	510	865
Bikol	0	0	0	5	0	5
Cebuano	15	5	10	105	35	65
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	15	5	10
Ilocano	5	0	5	50	15	35
Malagasy	0	0	0	15	5	10
Malay	5	5	5	45	20	30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	5	0	5
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	135	60	80	1,120	420	700
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	5	0	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5	15	5	10
Creole languages	5	5	5	135	70	65
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	15	10	5
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	80	30	50
Creole languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	40	30	10
Dravidian languages	40	25	20	285	155	130
Kannada	0	0	0	20	15	10
Malayalam	10	5	10	40	15	20
Tamil	10	5	5	105	60	50
Telugu	25	15	10	110	60	45
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	5	5	0
Indo-European languages	1,010	535	470	9,325	4,790	4,530
Albanian	5	0	5	50	25	25
Armenian	5	0	0	30	15	10
Balto-Slavic languages	175	90	90	1,740	865	875
Baltic languages	0	0	0	55	30	30
Latvian	0	0	0	25	10	10
Lithuanian	0	0	0	35	15	15
Slavic languages	180	85	95	1,685	835	850
Belarusan	0	0	0	5	5	0
Bosnian	10	5	5	50	25	25
Bulgarian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Croatian	0	0	0	75	35	40
Czech	5	0	0	55	25	25
Macedonian	0	0	0	15	10	5
Polish	10	5	5	230	105	125
Russian	115	55	60	880	440	435
Serbian	5	5	0	105	55	45
Serbo-Croatian	5	5	0	35	15	20
Slovak	0	0	0	25	15	15
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	5	5	15	10	10
Ukrainian	25	10	15	170	85	90
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	30	5	20
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	5	15	5	10
Welsh	0	0	0	10	0	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Germanic languages	110	50	55	2,875	1,415	1,465
Afrikaans	0	0	0	50	30	25
Danish	5	0	5	125	55	75
Dutch	40	20	15	885	470	410
Frisian	0	0	0	35	25	10
German	60	25	30	1,650	780	865
Icelandic	0	0	0	5	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	40	25	20
Swedish	0	0	0	50	15	35
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	20	10	10
Yiddish	0	0	0	10	5	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Greek	50	35	15	145	100	50
Indo-Iranian languages	360	210	155	1,850	1,020	835
Indo-Aryan languages	225	140	90	1,175	655	525
Bengali	50	25	20	205	120	85
Gujarati	10	5	5	75	40	30
Hindi	45	35	10	225	135	95
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	10	5	5
Marathi	5	0	0	50	20	25
Nepali	35	15	20	180	90	90
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	5
Punjabi (Panjabi)	20	10	5	125	75	50
Sindhi	10	0	5	25	10	10
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	30	15	15
Urdu	60	35	25	240	140	100
Iranian languages	130	70	60	655	355	305
Kurdish	20	10	5	55	30	25
Pashto	5	5	0	25	15	10
Persian (Farsi)	110	55	55	580	310	270
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	10	10
Italic (Romance) languages	300	150	150	2,605	1,355	1,250
Catalan	0	0	0	5	5	0
Italian	30	15	10	400	225	175
Portuguese	55	25	30	260	130	130
Romanian	40	25	20	485	250	240
Spanish	175	85	90	1,460	755	705
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Japanese	5	0	5	110	25	85
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	190	95	95	1,550	800	750
Mongolic languages	5	0	0	5	5	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	5	5	5
Niger-Congo languages	80	40	40	700	385	315
Akan (Twi)	10	5	5	25	10	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	60	35	25
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	5	5	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	40	30	15
Ga	0	0	0	5	5	5
Ganda	0	0	0	10	0	0
Igbo	5	5	5	30	20	10
Lingala	0	0	0	25	15	15
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	5	45	25	20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	0	5	40	20	20
Shona	5	0	5	20	10	10
Swahili	20	15	5	135	65	70
Wolof	0	0	0	25	20	10
Yoruba	0	5	0	30	15	20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	195	105	85
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	5	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Sign languages	15	10	10	145	75	70
American Sign Language	10	0	5	40	20	30
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	0	95	55	45
Sino-Tibetan languages	590	295	300	3,115	1,570	1,545
Chinese languages	590	295	295	3,085	1,555	1,530
Cantonese	75	40	35	440	225	210
Hakka	5	0	5	20	10	10
Mandarin	445	215	225	2,250	1,105	1,150
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	5	5	35	15	15
Wu (Shanghainese)	15	10	5	100	45	55
Chinese, n.o.s.	55	35	25	240	150	85
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	30	15	15
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	5
Karenic languages	0	0	0	25	15	10
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	10	0	5	60	15	50
Lao	0	0	0	5	0	0
Thai	5	5	5	55	10	45
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	20	10	10	105	60	45
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	5	5	5
Turkish	20	15	5	75	50	30
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	10	5	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Uralic languages	20	5	15	250	115	135
Estonian	0	5	0	20	5	10
Finnish	5	0	5	45	15	30
Hungarian	15	5	10	185	90	95
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	25	10	10
Multiple responses	540	255	285	9,290	4,440	4,855
English and French	325	165	160	7,285	3,470	3,815
English and non-official language	205	85	120	1,535	725	810
French and non-official language	10	0	5	330	175	155
English, French and non-official language	10	5	5	145	65	75
Language spoken most often at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 19}	57,120	26,985	30,135	736,280	360,435	375,845
Single responses	56,430	26,650	29,785	724,940	355,025	369,910
Official languages	54,425	25,620	28,800	712,250	348,510	363,740
English	53,580	25,235	28,345	505,935	247,610	258,325
French	850	390	455	206,315	100,900	105,415
Non-official languages	2,005	1,025	980	12,690	6,515	6,175
Aboriginal languages	0	0	0	820	400	420
Algonquian languages	0	0	0	820	395	420
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0	0	5	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	815	395	420
Malecite	0	0	0	50	25	25
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	765	370	395
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	5	5	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	5	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	5	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	2,010	1,025	980	11,870	6,115	5,750
Afro-Asiatic languages	635	345	295	2,285	1,210	1,075
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	15	10	10	20	10	10
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	15	10	10	20	5	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	620	335	285	2,265	1,200	1,065
Amharic	0	0	0	20	10	10
Arabic	585	315	265	2,110	1,125	990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	35	15	20	130	60	70
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	5
Tigrigna	0	0	0	5	0	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	65	30	40	525	255	270
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	5	5	0
Vietnamese	70	30	40	520	250	270
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	80	35	40	510	235	270
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	10	5	5	40	15	25
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	5	0	5
Malay	0	0	0	15	0	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	70	35	35	450	215	235
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	5
Creole languages	0	0	0	65	25	35
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	20	0	15
Creole languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	45	20	20
Dravidian languages	15	10	5	110	60	45
Kannada	0	0	0	5	0	0
Malayalam	5	0	0	20	5	10
Tamil	5	5	0	35	20	20
Telugu	5	5	5	45	30	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	5	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	495	245	250	4,160	2,175	1,990
Albanian	5	5	0	30	15	10
Armenian	0	0	0	20	5	10
Balto-Slavic languages	100	50	50	975	505	470
Baltic languages	0	0	0	35	20	15
Latvian	0	0	0	10	5	5
Lithuanian	0	0	0	25	15	10
Slavic languages	105	50	50	935	480	455
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	25	15	10
Bulgarian	0	0	0	5	5	0
Croatian	0	0	0	25	10	15
Czech	0	0	0	5	0	5
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	0	0	0	55	25	30
Russian	75	35	40	620	320	305
Serbian	0	5	0	80	45	35
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	5	5	5
Slovak	0	0	0	5	5	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	20	10	10	90	50	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	10	0	5
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	5	0	5
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	10	0	5	640	320	320
Afrikaans	0	0	0	35	15	20
Danish	0	0	0	5	5	5
Dutch	5	5	5	150	80	75
Frisian	0	0	0	5	0	5
German	5	0	5	425	215	210
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	5	0	5
Swedish	0	0	0	5	0	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	25	10	10	45	25	25
Indo-Iranian languages	225	120	105	1,140	595	545
Indo-Aryan languages	125	65	60	655	335	325
Bengali	35	15	15	130	70	60
Gujarati	10	5	5	40	15	20
Hindi	10	5	5	115	60	50
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	5	5	0
Marathi	5	0	0	20	10	10
Nepali	30	15	15	135	60	75
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	5	0	5	50	25	25
Sindhi	0	0	5	10	5	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	5	5	5
Urdu	35	20	15	140	75	70
Iranian languages	100	55	45	470	255	220
Kurdish	15	10	5	35	25	10
Pashto	10	5	0	15	5	5
Persian (Farsi)	80	40	40	425	225	195
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	10	5
Italic (Romance) languages	130	60	70	1,305	705	600
Catalan	0	0	0	5	5	0
Italian	10	5	5	85	40	45
Portuguese	25	10	15	110	50	60
Romanian	15	10	10	290	145	140
Spanish	80	40	40	820	470	350
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	0	0	0	20	10	15
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	175	90	80	1,245	645	605
Mongolic languages	0	0	5	5	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	50	20	25	240	125	120
Akan (Twi)	5	0	5	10	5	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	20	15	5
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	10	10	5
Ga	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	5	5	0
Lingala	0	0	0	10	5	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	5	20	15	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Shona	0	0	0	5	0	5
Swahili	20	10	10	80	35	45
Wolof	0	0	0	5	5	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	5	5	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	15	5	10	50	25	25
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	15	10	5	200	115	85
American Sign Language	10	5	5	55	30	25
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	0	150	90	60
Sino-Tibetan languages	470	235	230	2,390	1,210	1,175
Chinese languages	465	235	230	2,365	1,195	1,170
Cantonese	45	25	20	260	130	130
Hakka	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mandarin	360	175	185	1,855	930	920
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	15	10	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	20	10	10	85	40	45
Chinese, n.o.s.	40	25	15	140	80	55
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	25	15	10
Burmese	0	0	0	5	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	20	10	10
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	5	0	5	10	0	5
Lao	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	5	0	0	10	5	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	10	5	0	30	15	10
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	5	5	0	25	15	5
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	0	0	0	70	35	40
Estonian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	5	5	5
Hungarian	0	0	0	55	30	30
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	685	330	350	11,345	5,415	5,925
English and French	215	100	110	7,275	3,370	3,905
English and non-official language	450	220	230	3,435	1,715	1,720
French and non-official language	5	5	5	340	185	160
English, French and non-official language	10	5	5	290	140	145
Other language spoken regularly at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 20}	57,120	26,985	30,135	736,280	360,435	375,845
None	53,970	25,510	28,455	647,960	318,560	329,400
English	1,165	555	610	49,925	24,065	25,855
French	1,230	530	705	30,030	13,760	16,275
Non-official language	685	355	330	7,545	3,650	3,895
Aboriginal	5	5	5	1,300	625	685
Non-Aboriginal	680	355	330	6,240	3,030	3,210
English and French	20	10	10	180	90	90
English and non-official language	25	10	10	300	160	145
French and non-official language	25	10	15	335	155	185
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	10	5	5
Knowledge of languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 44}	56,580	26,715	29,865	730,710	357,855	372,850
Official languages	55,965	26,390	29,580	728,310	356,615	371,690
English	55,865	26,355	29,510	666,315	326,905	339,415
French	7,585	3,180	4,400	310,550	147,845	162,705
Non-official languages	3,945	1,985	1,955	34,880	17,355	17,525
Aboriginal languages	25	0	20	3,065	1,470	1,595
Algonquian languages	15	0	15	2,990	1,455	1,540
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0	10	0	10
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	10
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	15	0	10	2,965	1,435	1,530
Malecite	0	0	10	720	335	385
Mi'kmaq	10	0	10	2,265	1,115	1,150
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	15	15	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	10	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	10	10	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	10	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	55	10	45
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	45	10	40
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	10	0	10
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	10	0	10
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	10	10	0
Salish languages	0	10	0	0	10	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	3,925	1,980	1,940	31,865	15,915	15,955
Afro-Asiatic languages	760	420	335	4,355	2,385	1,980
Berber languages	0	0	0	80	40	35
Kabyle	0	0	0	40	20	15
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	40	25	20
Cushitic languages	10	10	0	15	10	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	10	10	10	10	10	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	740	405	335	4,300	2,340	1,960
Amharic	0	0	0	165	100	65
Arabic	665	380	285	3,685	2,030	1,660
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	80	30	50	435	205	230
Maltese	0	0	0	0	10	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	50	25	25
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	15	15	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	120	45	80	835	430	400
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	10	0	0
Vietnamese	120	45	75	820	435	390
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	0
Austronesian languages	150	40	110	1,790	695	1,090
Bikol	0	0	0	10	0	10
Cebuano	15	0	10	185	70	115
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	35	10	30
Ilocano	0	0	0	50	10	45
Malagasy	0	0	0	25	10	15
Malay	20	0	15	75	20	55
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	120	35	85	1,595	625	970
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	20	15	0
Creole languages	15	10	10	430	195	235
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	50	20	30
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	240	105	135
Creole languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	140	75	65
Dravidian languages	35	25	15	435	245	195
Kannada	0	0	0	60	30	25
Malayalam	15	10	10	55	35	25
Tamil	0	10	0	190	115	75
Telugu	20	10	0	175	90	85
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	20	10	10
Hmong-Mien languages	10	15	0	10	10	0
Indo-European languages	1,550	785	765	16,505	8,155	8,350
Albanian	0	0	0	80	45	35
Armenian	0	0	0	60	35	25
Balto-Slavic languages	235	120	110	2,065	1,100	965
Baltic languages	0	10	0	55	40	20
Latvian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Lithuanian	0	0	0	30	20	10
Slavic languages	225	120	110	2,025	1,070	955
Belarusan	0	0	0	10	0	0
Bosnian	15	10	0	75	40	40
Bulgarian	0	0	0	45	15	35
Croatian	15	10	0	95	45	55
Czech	10	10	0	115	65	45
Macedonian	10	10	10	35	25	10
Polish	15	0	10	320	165	160
Russian	160	80	80	1,200	630	570
Serbian	10	10	0	90	70	20
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	40	30	10
Slovak	0	0	0	45	15	30
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	15	10	0
Ukrainian	70	35	35	310	145	165
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	10
Celtic languages	10	0	10	140	40	100
Scottish Gaelic	10	0	0	95	20	75
Welsh	0	0	0	10	0	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	40	20	20
Germanic languages	220	90	135	4,745	2,360	2,380
Afrikaans	10	0	10	130	70	60
Danish	10	0	0	155	60	95
Dutch	30	10	15	1,185	560	625
Frisian	0	0	0	50	40	15
German	190	85	110	3,260	1,675	1,580
Icelandic	0	0	0	10	10	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	130	65	65
Swedish	0	0	0	110	45	60
Vlaams (Flemish)	10	0	0	40	20	25
Yiddish	0	0	0	20	20	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	75	60	15	220	125	95
Indo-Iranian languages	480	290	190	2,325	1,275	1,050
Indo-Aryan languages	280	175	100	1,570	875	695
Bengali	15	10	0	225	150	80
Gujarati	25	10	10	110	45	65
Hindi	220	135	85	790	430	355
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	15	0	10	55	20	30
Nepali	10	0	0	185	90	95
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	35	35	0	205	130	75
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	35	10	20
Urdu	80	55	15	355	215	140
Iranian languages	210	120	95	805	430	375
Kurdish	35	15	15	130	65	60
Pashto	20	10	10	60	45	20
Persian (Farsi)	165	90	75	620	330	285
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	585	250	335	7,600	3,540	4,055
Catalan	0	0	0	15	10	0
Italian	50	25	25	825	405	420
Portuguese	55	35	25	450	250	200
Romanian	50	20	30	555	290	265
Spanish	450	185	260	6,065	2,775	3,290
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	10
Japanese	35	15	20	430	190	240
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	200	115	90	1,695	860	835
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	10	10	10
Mongolian	0	0	0	15	10	10
Niger-Congo languages	220	110	110	1,525	890	640
Akan (Twi)	20	0	20	35	15	25
Bamanankan	30	15	15	155	70	85
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	100	85	15
Ga	0	0	0	10	10	0
Ganda	0	0	0	10	10	0
Igbo	35	30	0	60	50	15
Lingala	0	0	0	125	95	35
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	10	0	90	55	35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	10	0	0	70	40	30
Shona	15	0	10	40	15	25
Swahili	70	25	40	355	185	170
Wolof	0	0	0	70	45	25
Yoruba	10	15	0	60	45	20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	15	25	545	315	230
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	10	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	230	85	140	1,155	450	705
American Sign Language	110	45	65	425	150	280
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	15	10	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	125	50	80	745	305	435
Sino-Tibetan languages	715	375	345	3,585	1,885	1,700
Chinese languages	715	375	340	3,510	1,855	1,660
Cantonese	145	65	80	610	285	320
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	500	260	245	2,760	1,455	1,310
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	10	10	0	60	30	30
Wu (Shanghainese)	30	15	20	140	65	75
Chinese, n.o.s.	105	60	45	310	195	115
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	40	10	30
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	70	30	40
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	65	25	45
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	15	0	10	85	20	65
Lao	0	0	0	10	0	10
Thai	10	0	10	80	20	60
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	50	40	0	175	105	75
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	45	40	0	165	105	60
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	10
Uralic languages	25	15	10	270	130	140
Estonian	0	0	0	20	15	0
Finnish	0	0	0	35	15	20
Hungarian	25	15	10	220	105	115
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	10	0	100	70	30

Note(s):

Footnote 15

Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both languages or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

For more information on language 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 Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 16

Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

First official language spoken is specified within the framework of the Official Languages Act. It refers to the first official language (i.e., English or French) spoken by the person.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 17

Official language minority

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 18

Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned. For a person who learned two languages at the same time in early childhood, the mother tongue is the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. The person has two mother tongues only if the two languages were used equally often and are still understood by the person. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, the mother tongue is the language spoken most often to this child at home. The child has two mother tongues only if both languages are spoken equally often so that the child learns both languages at the same time.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 19

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Language spoken most often at home refers to the language the person speaks most often at home at the time of data collection. A person can report more than one language as 'spoken most often at home' if the languages are spoken equally often.

For a person who lives alone, the language spoken most often at home is the language in which he or she feels most comfortable. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this is the language spoken most often to the child at home. Where two languages are spoken to the child, the language spoken most often at home is the language spoken most often. If both languages are used equally often, then both languages are included here.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 20

Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Other language(s) spoken regularly at home refers to the languages, if any, that the person speaks at home on a regular basis at the time of data collection, other than the language or languages he or she speaks most often at home.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 44

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language 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 Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Saint John [Population centre], New Brunswick and New Brunswick [Province] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 30, 2024).

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