Census Profile, 2016 Census
Newfoundland and Labrador [Province] and Newfoundland and Labrador [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}	515,680	252,315	263,370	515,680	252,315	263,370
English only	488,800	241,310	247,490	488,800	241,310	247,490
French only	120	60	60	120	60	60
English and French	25,940	10,580	15,365	25,940	10,580	15,365
Neither English nor French	820	365	455	820	365	455
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}	515,680	252,315	263,365	515,680	252,315	263,365
English	512,350	250,610	261,740	512,350	250,610	261,740
French	2,255	1,205	1,050	2,255	1,205	1,050
English and French	350	180	165	350	180	165
Neither English nor French	725	315	410	725	315	410
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	2,425	1,295	1,135	2,425	1,295	1,135
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	515,680	252,310	263,370	515,680	252,310	263,370
Single responses	513,980	251,490	262,495	513,980	251,490	262,495
Official languages	502,060	245,305	256,760	502,060	245,305	256,760
English	499,710	244,065	255,645	499,710	244,065	255,645
French	2,350	1,240	1,115	2,350	1,240	1,115
Non-official languages	11,920	6,190	5,735	11,920	6,190	5,735
Aboriginal languages	2,620	1,270	1,350	2,620	1,270	1,350
Algonquian languages	2,130	1,030	1,100	2,130	1,030	1,100
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	2,120	1,025	1,095	2,120	1,025	1,095
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	1,505	725	780	1,505	725	780
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	605	295	310	605	295	310
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	5	0	5	5	0	5
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.	5	0	5	5	0	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	0	5	5	0	5
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	0	0	5	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	5	0	5	5	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	490	235	255	490	235	255
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	435	205	230	435	205	230
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	50	30	20	50	30	20
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.	5	0	0	5	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	9,300	4,920	4,380	9,300	4,920	4,380
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,295	730	565	1,295	730	565
Berber languages	0	5	0	0	5	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	45	20	20	45	20	20
Bilen	10	5	5	10	5	5
Oromo	35	15	15	35	15	15
Somali	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	5	0
Semitic languages	1,245	700	545	1,245	700	545
Amharic	25	10	15	25	10	15
Arabic	1,140	645	490	1,140	645	490
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	5	5	0	5	5	0
Maltese	5	5	0	5	5	0
Tigrigna	65	30	35	65	30	35
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	60	30	25	60	30	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	5	5	0	5
Vietnamese	55	30	25	55	30	25
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	1,120	475	645	1,120	475	645
Bikol	5	5	0	5	5	0
Cebuano	60	15	40	60	15	40
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	5	5	5	5	5	5
Ilocano	25	10	15	25	10	15
Malagasy	0	5	0	0	5	0
Malay	25	15	10	25	15	10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	10	10	5	10	10	5
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	970	415	560	970	415	560
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	10	5	5
Creole languages	35	20	15	35	20	15
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	25	10	5	25	10	5
Creole languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5	15	5	5
Dravidian languages	275	150	120	275	150	120
Kannada	15	5	10	15	5	10
Malayalam	100	55	45	100	55	45
Tamil	115	70	45	115	70	45
Telugu	50	25	20	50	25	20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	4,020	2,265	1,760	4,020	2,265	1,760
Albanian	85	45	40	85	45	40
Armenian	5	5	0	5	5	0
Balto-Slavic languages	585	310	275	585	310	275
Baltic languages	10	10	5	10	10	5
Latvian	10	10	5	10	10	5
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	575	300	270	575	300	270
Belarusan	0	5	0	0	5	0
Bosnian	15	10	5	15	10	5
Bulgarian	65	35	30	65	35	30
Croatian	30	20	15	30	20	15
Czech	35	20	15	35	20	15
Macedonian	5	5	5	5	5	5
Polish	105	55	50	105	55	50
Russian	220	120	100	220	120	100
Serbian	30	15	15	30	15	15
Serbo-Croatian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Slovak	5	5	5	5	5	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	5	5	10	5	5
Ukrainian	40	15	25	40	15	25
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	5	0
Celtic languages	20	10	5	20	10	5
Scottish Gaelic	10	10	0	10	10	0
Welsh	5	5	5	5	5	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	10	5	0
Germanic languages	715	425	290	715	425	290
Afrikaans	55	30	25	55	30	25
Danish	55	30	20	55	30	20
Dutch	110	70	40	110	70	40
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	380	210	170	380	210	170
Icelandic	30	20	10	30	20	10
Norwegian	55	45	15	55	45	15
Swedish	20	10	5	20	10	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	5	0	0	5	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	10	5	0
Greek	55	40	15	55	40	15
Indo-Iranian languages	1,640	965	670	1,640	965	670
Indo-Aryan languages	1,325	800	530	1,325	800	530
Bengali	325	220	105	325	220	105
Gujarati	70	45	25	70	45	25
Hindi	175	100	70	175	100	70
Kashmiri	0	5	0	0	5	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	30	15	10	30	15	10
Nepali	135	75	55	135	75	55
Oriya (Odia)	5	5	0	5	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	215	130	90	215	130	90
Sindhi	25	10	10	25	10	10
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	70	35	40	70	35	40
Urdu	285	165	120	285	165	120
Iranian languages	280	145	130	280	145	130
Kurdish	10	10	5	10	10	5
Pashto	30	10	15	30	10	15
Persian (Farsi)	235	125	110	235	125	110
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	30	25	10	30	25	10
Italic (Romance) languages	915	465	455	915	465	455
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	105	60	45	105	60	45
Portuguese	165	90	70	165	90	70
Romanian	45	15	30	45	15	30
Spanish	595	290	305	595	290	305
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Japanese	45	15	30	45	15	30
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	5	0	0	5	0	0
Korean	125	50	80	125	50	80
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	5	0	5	5	0	5
Niger-Congo languages	320	170	145	320	170	145
Akan (Twi)	30	20	10	30	20	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	5	5	0	5	5	0
Ewe	5	0	0	5	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	10	5	5	10	5	5
Igbo	30	20	10	30	20	10
Lingala	10	0	5	10	0	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	10	0	5	10	0	5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	0	5	5	0	5
Shona	30	15	15	30	15	15
Swahili	55	25	25	55	25	25
Wolof	5	5	5	5	5	5
Yoruba	60	40	25	60	40	25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	65	35	35	65	35	35
Nilo-Saharan languages	35	20	15	35	20	15
Dinka	10	5	5	10	5	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	25	15	15	25	15	15
Sign languages	125	70	55	125	70	55
American Sign Language	50	25	20	50	25	20
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	75	45	30	75	45	30
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,620	830	790	1,620	830	790
Chinese languages	1,590	815	775	1,590	815	775
Cantonese	360	195	165	360	195	165
Hakka	10	5	5	10	5	5
Mandarin	990	495	490	990	495	490
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	35	15	25	35	15	25
Wu (Shanghainese)	15	5	10	15	5	10
Chinese, n.o.s.	190	100	85	190	100	85
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	30	10	15	30	10	15
Burmese	10	0	10	10	0	10
Karenic languages	10	5	0	10	5	0
Tibetan	5	5	5	5	5	5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages	50	20	30	50	20	30
Lao	5	5	5	5	5	5
Thai	45	20	25	45	20	25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	70	40	25	70	40	25
Azerbaijani	10	5	0	10	5	0
Turkish	45	35	15	45	35	15
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	10	5	5	10	5	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	5	0	5
Uralic languages	90	20	70	90	20	70
Estonian	20	10	10	20	10	10
Finnish	20	5	20	20	5	20
Hungarian	55	10	40	55	10	40
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5	20	15	5
Multiple responses	1,700	820	880	1,700	820	880
English and French	585	250	335	585	250	335
English and non-official language	1,025	530	500	1,025	530	500
French and non-official language	60	30	30	60	30	30
English, French and non-official language	25	15	15	25	15	15
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}	515,675	252,310	263,370	515,675	252,310	263,370
Single responses	513,025	250,995	262,030	513,025	250,995	262,030
Official languages	506,485	247,615	258,865	506,485	247,615	258,865
English	505,550	247,155	258,395	505,550	247,155	258,395
French	935	465	475	935	465	475
Non-official languages	6,545	3,380	3,160	6,545	3,380	3,160
Aboriginal languages	1,910	950	960	1,910	950	960
Algonquian languages	1,800	890	910	1,800	890	910
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	1,800	890	910	1,800	890	910
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	1,200	600	605	1,200	600	605
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	600	295	310	600	295	310
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	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	5	0	0	5	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	105	55	50	105	55	50
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	105	55	50	105	55	50
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	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	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	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	4,635	2,430	2,205	4,635	2,430	2,205
Afro-Asiatic languages	830	425	410	830	425	410
Berber languages	5	0	0	5	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	5	0	5
Cushitic languages	40	20	20	40	20	20
Bilen	10	5	0	10	5	0
Oromo	30	20	15	30	20	15
Somali	0	0	5	0	0	5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	790	400	390	790	400	390
Amharic	10	5	5	10	5	5
Arabic	725	375	355	725	375	355
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	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	50	20	25	50	20	25
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	40	20	20	40	20	20
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	40	20	15	40	20	15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	500	235	265	500	235	265
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	15	5	10	15	5	10
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	5	0	0	5	0	0
Ilocano	5	5	0	5	5	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	5	5	0	5	5	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	5	5	5	5	5
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	475	225	245	475	225	245
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	15	10	5	15	10	5
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	10	5	0	10	5	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	10	5	5
Dravidian languages	120	65	55	120	65	55
Kannada	0	0	5	0	0	5
Malayalam	35	15	15	35	15	15
Tamil	55	30	25	55	30	25
Telugu	25	15	10	25	15	10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	1,620	890	730	1,620	890	730
Albanian	30	20	15	30	20	15
Armenian	5	5	0	5	5	0
Balto-Slavic languages	195	100	100	195	100	100
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	195	100	95	195	100	95
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	5	0	5	5	0
Bulgarian	30	15	15	30	15	15
Croatian	0	0	5	0	0	5
Czech	5	5	0	5	5	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	30	15	15	30	15	15
Russian	95	50	45	95	50	45
Serbian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	5	5	5	5	5	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	5	0	0	5	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	155	85	70	155	85	70
Afrikaans	15	5	10	15	5	10
Danish	25	10	10	25	10	10
Dutch	15	10	5	15	10	5
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	65	30	25	65	30	25
Icelandic	15	10	10	15	10	10
Norwegian	20	10	5	20	10	5
Swedish	5	0	5	5	0	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	10	10	5	10	10	5
Indo-Iranian languages	860	505	360	860	505	360
Indo-Aryan languages	685	410	275	685	410	275
Bengali	150	105	45	150	105	45
Gujarati	20	10	10	20	10	10
Hindi	75	45	30	75	45	30
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	10	5	5	10	5	5
Nepali	95	55	40	95	55	40
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	145	80	60	145	80	60
Sindhi	10	10	0	10	10	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	45	25	20	45	25	20
Urdu	130	70	60	130	70	60
Iranian languages	155	85	75	155	85	75
Kurdish	5	0	5	5	0	5
Pashto	10	5	0	10	5	0
Persian (Farsi)	145	75	65	145	75	65
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	15	10	10
Italic (Romance) languages	365	175	190	365	175	190
Catalan	5	0	0	5	0	0
Italian	20	10	10	20	10	10
Portuguese	50	25	25	50	25	25
Romanian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Spanish	275	130	145	275	130	145
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	20	5	10	20	5	10
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	60	30	35	60	30	35
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	105	50	55	105	50	55
Akan (Twi)	5	0	0	5	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	5	0	5	5	0	5
Igbo	0	5	0	0	5	0
Lingala	5	0	0	5	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	10	0	5	10	0	5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	5	5	0	5	5	0
Swahili	45	20	25	45	20	25
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	20	10	5	20	10	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10	5	10	10	5	10
Nilo-Saharan languages	5	10	0	5	10	0
Dinka	5	5	0	5	5	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Sign languages	210	120	90	210	120	90
American Sign Language	60	30	30	60	30	30
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	155	85	70	155	85	70
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,040	545	495	1,040	545	495
Chinese languages	1,030	535	490	1,030	535	490
Cantonese	190	100	90	190	100	90
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	705	365	335	705	365	335
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	15	5	5	15	5	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	120	65	55	120	65	55
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	5	5	10	5	5
Burmese	5	0	5	5	0	5
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	10	5	5	10	5	5
Lao	5	0	0	5	0	0
Thai	5	0	5	5	0	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	30	15	15	30	15	15
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	15	5	10	15	5	10
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	10	0	5	10	0	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	0	0
Uralic languages	25	10	10	25	10	10
Estonian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Finnish	0	5	0	0	5	0
Hungarian	10	5	5	10	5	5
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Multiple responses	2,655	1,320	1,340	2,655	1,320	1,340
English and French	400	185	215	400	185	215
English and non-official language	2,175	1,095	1,080	2,175	1,095	1,080
French and non-official language	30	15	15	30	15	15
English, French and non-official language	55	25	30	55	25	30
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}	515,680	252,310	263,365	515,680	252,310	263,365
None	505,060	247,185	257,870	505,060	247,185	257,870
English	3,190	1,655	1,535	3,190	1,655	1,535
French	3,160	1,305	1,855	3,160	1,305	1,855
Non-official language	4,135	2,095	2,035	4,135	2,095	2,035
Aboriginal	685	315	370	685	315	370
Non-Aboriginal	3,450	1,785	1,670	3,450	1,785	1,670
English and French	20	10	5	20	10	5
English and non-official language	45	25	25	45	25	25
French and non-official language	65	35	35	65	35	35
English, French and non-official language	5	5	0	5	5	0
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}	512,250	250,910	261,340	512,250	250,910	261,340
Official languages	511,220	250,445	260,775	511,220	250,445	260,775
English	511,100	250,390	260,705	511,100	250,390	260,705
French	25,965	10,395	15,575	25,965	10,395	15,575
Non-official languages	17,245	8,800	8,445	17,245	8,800	8,445
Aboriginal languages	3,035	1,425	1,610	3,035	1,425	1,610
Algonquian languages	2,270	1,085	1,180	2,270	1,085	1,180
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	2,220	1,070	1,150	2,220	1,070	1,150
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	1,575	765	810	1,575	765	810
Moose Cree	10	0	10	10	0	10
Naskapi	665	315	350	665	315	350
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.	10	0	10	10	0	10
Eastern Algonquian languages	50	15	35	50	15	35
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	50	15	35	50	15	35
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	10	0	0	10	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	10	10	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	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	765	340	425	765	340	425
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	690	290	400	690	290	400
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	75	50	25	75	50	25
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	10	0	0	10	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.	10	0	0	10	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	14,220	7,380	6,840	14,220	7,380	6,840
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,705	930	770	1,705	930	770
Berber languages	20	10	15	20	10	15
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	20	0	10	20	0	10
Cushitic languages	35	10	25	35	10	25
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	15	10	10	15	10	10
Somali	20	10	15	20	10	15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	1,640	900	735	1,640	900	735
Amharic	50	35	20	50	35	20
Arabic	1,560	860	700	1,560	860	700
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	10	10	10	10	10	10
Maltese	10	10	10	10	10	10
Tigrigna	25	20	10	25	20	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	35	15	15	35	15	15
Austro-Asiatic languages	55	30	25	55	30	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	50	25	20	50	25	20
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	1,315	530	785	1,315	530	785
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	95	30	75	95	30	75
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	35	10	30	35	10	30
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	110	70	40	110	70	40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,170	450	715	1,170	450	715
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	15	10	10
Creole languages	60	30	25	60	30	25
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	35	15	20	35	15	20
Creole languages, n.i.e.	25	15	10	25	15	10
Dravidian languages	450	245	210	450	245	210
Kannada	35	10	25	35	10	25
Malayalam	150	75	80	150	75	80
Tamil	245	145	100	245	145	100
Telugu	45	30	15	45	30	15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	7,080	3,835	3,245	7,080	3,835	3,245
Albanian	125	70	60	125	70	60
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	855	450	405	855	450	405
Baltic languages	15	0	10	15	0	10
Latvian	10	0	10	10	0	10
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	845	450	400	845	450	400
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	20	15	10	20	15	10
Bulgarian	60	25	35	60	25	35
Croatian	65	45	20	65	45	20
Czech	50	25	25	50	25	25
Macedonian	10	10	10	10	10	10
Polish	125	85	40	125	85	40
Russian	515	250	265	515	250	265
Serbian	15	20	0	15	20	0
Serbo-Croatian	10	0	0	10	0	0
Slovak	15	15	0	15	15	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	120	55	70	120	55	70
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	115	75	35	115	75	35
Scottish Gaelic	30	30	0	30	30	0
Welsh	40	30	10	40	30	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	50	20	25	50	20	25
Germanic languages	1,765	965	800	1,765	965	800
Afrikaans	85	50	40	85	50	40
Danish	100	55	45	100	55	45
Dutch	150	80	75	150	80	75
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	1,270	685	580	1,270	685	580
Icelandic	50	35	20	50	35	20
Norwegian	130	75	55	130	75	55
Swedish	55	40	15	55	40	15
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	10	0	0	10	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	95	55	40	95	55	40
Indo-Iranian languages	2,070	1,230	840	2,070	1,230	840
Indo-Aryan languages	1,760	1,070	690	1,760	1,070	690
Bengali	370	240	125	370	240	125
Gujarati	60	35	20	60	35	20
Hindi	595	355	240	595	355	240
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	10	0	0	10	0	0
Marathi	25	10	15	25	10	15
Nepali	175	110	60	175	110	60
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	485	305	180	485	305	180
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	80	45	35	80	45	35
Urdu	405	255	145	405	255	145
Iranian languages	275	150	130	275	150	130
Kurdish	25	25	0	25	25	0
Pashto	50	35	15	50	35	15
Persian (Farsi)	205	90	110	205	90	110
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	70	45	30	70	45	30
Italic (Romance) languages	2,450	1,240	1,210	2,450	1,240	1,210
Catalan	10	10	0	10	10	0
Italian	360	190	165	360	190	165
Portuguese	395	215	180	395	215	180
Romanian	55	30	25	55	30	25
Spanish	1,820	895	930	1,820	895	930
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	20	10	15	20	10	15
Japanese	155	45	110	155	45	110
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	130	50	75	130	50	75
Mongolic languages	0	0	10	0	0	10
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	795	445	345	795	445	345
Akan (Twi)	60	55	10	60	55	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	10	10	0	10	10	0
Ewe	10	10	0	10	10	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	55	35	20	55	35	20
Igbo	90	45	45	90	45	45
Lingala	10	10	0	10	10	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	10	10	10	10	10	10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	25	15	20	25	15	20
Shona	105	35	75	105	35	75
Swahili	180	110	70	180	110	70
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	200	115	80	200	115	80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	130	75	60	130	75	60
Nilo-Saharan languages	55	35	20	55	35	20
Dinka	35	25	10	35	25	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	20	10	15	20	10	15
Sign languages	710	315	395	710	315	395
American Sign Language	350	130	215	350	130	215
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	370	190	180	370	190	180
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,870	1,025	840	1,870	1,025	840
Chinese languages	1,820	995	820	1,820	995	820
Cantonese	395	230	165	395	230	165
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	1,265	665	595	1,265	665	595
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	35	25	15	35	25	15
Wu (Shanghainese)	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chinese, n.o.s.	265	160	110	265	160	110
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	50	30	20	50	30	20
Burmese	25	15	10	25	15	10
Karenic languages	35	25	10	35	25	10
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	65	30	35	65	30	35
Lao	15	10	0	15	10	0
Thai	55	25	30	55	25	30
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	80	50	30	80	50	30
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	60	45	15	60	45	15
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	20	10	10	20	10	10
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	10	0	10
Uralic languages	120	35	80	120	35	80
Estonian	25	15	10	25	15	10
Finnish	15	0	10	15	0	10
Hungarian	85	25	65	85	25	65
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	40	20	20	40	20	20

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. Newfoundland and Labrador [Province] and Newfoundland and Labrador [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 May 31, 2024).

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