Census Profile, 2016 Census
Wood Buffalo, Specialized municipality [Census subdivision], Alberta and Division No. 16, Census division [Census division], Alberta

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Characteristic	Wood Buffalo, SM Alberta [Census subdivision]			Division No. 16, CDR Alberta [Census division]
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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}	71,545	38,530	33,015	73,945	39,750	34,195
English only	65,735	35,545	30,190	68,100	36,755	31,345
French only	150	70	80	145	70	80
English and French	5,040	2,630	2,415	5,055	2,635	2,425
Neither English nor French	625	290	335	635	295	345
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}	71,550	38,535	33,015	73,945	39,750	34,195
English	68,685	36,965	31,720	71,065	38,175	32,890
French	1,870	1,070	800	1,870	1,075	805
English and French	395	225	175	395	225	175
Neither English nor French	595	270	320	610	280	335
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	2,070	1,180	885	2,070	1,185	890
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	2.9	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.6
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	71,545	38,530	33,015	73,945	39,750	34,195
Single responses	70,335	37,885	32,445	72,640	39,065	33,575
Official languages	55,890	30,435	25,455	57,310	31,160	26,155
English	54,020	29,385	24,635	55,430	30,105	25,330
French	1,880	1,055	825	1,880	1,060	825
Non-official languages	14,445	7,450	6,990	15,330	7,910	7,420
Aboriginal languages	465	215	250	1,345	665	675
Algonquian languages	290	130	160	970	485	485
Blackfoot	5	0	0	0	5	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	270	120	150	950	475	475
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	5	0	0	0	5	0
Plains Cree	5	5	5	5	5	5
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	5	0
Woods Cree	5	0	0	180	95	85
Cree, n.o.s.	255	110	140	755	370	390
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	5	0	5	0	5
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	0	5	10	5	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	10	0	5	10	10	5
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	5	0	10	5	5
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	165	75	90	365	175	185
Northern Athabaskan languages	165	80	90	365	175	185
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	160	75	85	360	175	185
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	5	5	5	5	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)	5	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	5	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	5
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	5	0	0	5	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	0	0	5	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	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	5	5	0	5	5	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	13,975	7,240	6,740	13,980	7,240	6,745
Afro-Asiatic languages	2,665	1,610	1,060	2,665	1,610	1,060
Berber languages	15	10	5	15	5	10
Kabyle	10	5	5	5	5	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	5	5
Cushitic languages	800	525	275	800	525	275
Bilen	10	5	5	10	5	0
Oromo	60	25	35	65	25	35
Somali	730	485	240	725	490	240
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Semitic languages	1,845	1,070	775	1,845	1,070	775
Amharic	455	270	185	450	265	180
Arabic	1,270	725	545	1,275	725	545
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5	0	5	5	0	5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0	10	10	0
Harari	5	0	5	5	0	0
Hebrew	5	5	0	5	5	0
Maltese	5	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	90	55	35	90	55	35
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	5	10	5	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	65	25	45	65	25	40
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	5	5	10	10	5
Vietnamese	55	20	35	55	15	35
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	3,195	1,360	1,835	3,195	1,360	1,835
Bikol	10	0	5	10	5	5
Cebuano	80	35	45	80	40	45
Fijian	5	0	0	0	5	0
Hiligaynon	20	5	15	25	10	15
Ilocano	75	25	45	75	20	50
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	25	10	15	25	10	15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	5	5	0	0
Pangasinan	10	5	5	10	5	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,920	1,245	1,670	2,920	1,245	1,670
Waray-Waray	5	5	0	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	50	30	20	50	30	20
Creole languages	40	25	15	40	25	15
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	20	15	10	20	15	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	20	10	5	15	5	10
Dravidian languages	360	200	160	360	195	165
Kannada	15	10	5	15	10	10
Malayalam	150	80	70	150	80	70
Tamil	125	70	50	125	75	50
Telugu	70	35	40	70	35	40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	5,710	3,035	2,680	5,715	3,035	2,680
Albanian	20	10	5	15	15	5
Armenian	10	0	0	5	5	0
Balto-Slavic languages	570	285	280	565	285	280
Baltic languages	20	5	10	20	5	15
Latvian	15	5	10	15	5	5
Lithuanian	5	0	5	5	5	0
Slavic languages	550	280	270	550	280	270
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	10	10	5	10	5	5
Bulgarian	30	15	15	30	10	15
Croatian	20	5	10	20	10	10
Czech	15	10	10	20	5	10
Macedonian	5	5	0	5	5	0
Polish	135	75	60	135	75	60
Russian	160	75	85	160	75	85
Serbian	60	35	25	65	30	30
Serbo-Croatian	5	5	0	10	5	0
Slovak	15	5	10	15	10	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	5	5	10	5	5
Ukrainian	75	35	40	80	40	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Celtic languages	5	0	0	5	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	5	5	5	0	0
Welsh	0	5	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	410	230	180	410	230	180
Afrikaans	165	80	90	165	80	90
Danish	5	5	5	5	5	0
Dutch	70	45	25	70	45	25
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	155	95	55	150	95	55
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Swedish	10	5	5	10	5	10
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	5	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	25	15	10	25	20	5
Indo-Iranian languages	3,595	1,940	1,655	3,595	1,940	1,660
Indo-Aryan languages	3,365	1,805	1,560	3,365	1,810	1,555
Bengali	240	130	110	240	130	110
Gujarati	1,070	575	500	1,075	570	500
Hindi	415	225	190	420	225	190
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	5	0	5	5	0	5
Marathi	70	40	30	70	35	30
Nepali	35	20	15	35	20	10
Oriya (Odia)	5	0	5	5	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	425	250	175	425	245	180
Sindhi	15	5	10	15	10	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	50	25	20	55	25	25
Urdu	1,035	540	495	1,035	540	495
Iranian languages	215	120	90	210	120	90
Kurdish	10	5	5	10	5	5
Pashto	75	45	35	75	40	35
Persian (Farsi)	125	75	55	125	75	50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	15	10	10
Italic (Romance) languages	1,085	545	540	1,085	540	540
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	35	15	20	30	15	15
Portuguese	130	65	70	135	60	75
Romanian	115	60	50	115	65	50
Spanish	805	400	405	805	400	405
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Japanese	25	5	20	25	5	20
Kartvelian languages	25	15	10	25	10	15
Georgian	30	10	15	30	10	15
Korean	160	75	80	160	80	80
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	790	410	380	785	410	375
Akan (Twi)	70	30	40	70	35	35
Bamanankan	5	5	0	0	5	0
Edo	10	5	0	5	5	0
Ewe	20	10	10	20	15	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	5	0	5	5	0
Ganda	20	15	5	20	10	0
Igbo	50	25	25	50	25	25
Lingala	5	5	0	5	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	5	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	25	15	10	25	15	15
Shona	115	60	55	115	60	60
Swahili	70	45	30	70	40	30
Wolof	10	5	5	10	5	5
Yoruba	100	50	50	105	55	50
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	285	140	145	285	140	145
Nilo-Saharan languages	80	60	15	80	65	15
Dinka	35	30	5	30	30	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	45	35	10	45	35	10
Sign languages	5	5	5	5	5	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	5	10	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	685	340	345	685	340	345
Chinese languages	675	335	340	670	335	340
Cantonese	125	60	65	125	60	60
Hakka	5	0	5	10	5	5
Mandarin	335	165	170	335	165	170
Min Dong	0	0	0	5	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0	5	10	5	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	195	100	95	200	100	100
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	5	0	10	10	0
Burmese	0	0	0	5	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	10	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	50	5	45	50	10	40
Lao	10	0	5	10	5	5
Thai	40	0	40	40	5	40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	35	20	10	30	20	15
Azerbaijani	5	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	25	15	10	25	15	10
Uyghur	5	0	5	5	5	5
Uzbek	0	0	0	5	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Uralic languages	60	35	25	60	35	25
Estonian	0	0	0	0	5	0
Finnish	10	5	5	5	5	5
Hungarian	55	25	25	50	25	25
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	25	20	10	30	20	10
Multiple responses	1,210	645	570	1,305	690	620
English and French	140	70	75	145	70	70
English and non-official language	970	510	455	1,065	555	510
French and non-official language	70	45	25	75	50	20
English, French and non-official language	30	15	15	30	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}	71,550	38,530	33,015	73,945	39,755	34,190
Single responses	69,300	37,365	31,935	71,560	38,515	33,040
Official languages	60,845	32,895	27,955	62,555	33,770	28,785
English	59,820	32,305	27,515	61,525	33,180	28,345
French	1,030	590	435	1,030	590	440
Non-official languages	8,450	4,470	3,980	9,005	4,750	4,260
Aboriginal languages	145	60	90	700	335	365
Algonquian languages	80	35	50	555	270	285
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	80	30	55	555	270	285
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	170	90	85
Cree, n.o.s.	80	30	50	385	180	205
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	5	0	0	5	0
Malecite	0	5	0	5	5	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	65	25	40	145	65	80
Northern Athabaskan languages	65	25	35	145	65	80
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	65	30	40	140	60	80
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	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	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	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	8,300	4,410	3,890	8,305	4,410	3,895
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,845	1,085	760	1,845	1,090	760
Berber languages	5	5	0	5	5	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5	5	0	5
Cushitic languages	570	370	205	570	365	205
Bilen	0	5	0	5	0	0
Oromo	35	20	20	35	15	20
Somali	530	350	185	535	345	185
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	1,265	715	555	1,270	715	550
Amharic	315	185	135	315	185	130
Arabic	865	480	385	865	485	380
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	5	5	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	5	0	0	0	0	5
Hebrew	5	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	80	45	30	75	45	35
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	5	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	20	10	15	20	5	15
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	5	5	0	5
Vietnamese	20	5	15	20	10	15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	1,570	750	820	1,570	750	825
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	10	5	5	10	5	5
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	5	0	5	5	5	0
Ilocano	45	20	25	40	20	25
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	5	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	5	0	5	5	0
Pangasinan	5	0	5	5	0	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,485	715	775	1,485	710	775
Waray-Waray	5	5	0	10	5	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	10	10	5	15	5	5
Creole languages	15	10	10	20	10	5
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	10	5	0	10	10	5
Creole languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	10	5	5
Dravidian languages	265	135	125	265	140	125
Kannada	5	5	0	10	5	0
Malayalam	85	45	45	90	45	45
Tamil	100	55	45	100	55	45
Telugu	65	35	35	65	35	30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	3,535	1,860	1,680	3,535	1,860	1,675
Albanian	10	5	5	10	5	0
Armenian	5	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	255	135	120	255	130	120
Baltic languages	5	0	0	0	0	5
Latvian	5	0	0	5	5	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	250	135	115	250	135	120
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	20	10	5	20	10	10
Croatian	5	0	5	5	5	0
Czech	5	0	0	5	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	40	20	15	40	25	15
Russian	95	45	55	95	45	50
Serbian	50	25	25	50	25	25
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	10	5	15	5	5
Ukrainian	25	15	10	25	15	10
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0	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	145	75	70	145	75	70
Afrikaans	105	50	55	105	50	55
Danish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch	15	5	5	10	10	5
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	30	15	10	25	20	10
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	2,505	1,315	1,185	2,500	1,320	1,185
Indo-Aryan languages	2,345	1,235	1,115	2,345	1,235	1,115
Bengali	145	75	75	150	70	80
Gujarati	795	420	380	795	420	380
Hindi	305	170	140	305	165	135
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	50	25	20	45	25	20
Nepali	15	10	5	10	10	5
Oriya (Odia)	5	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	270	150	115	265	150	115
Sindhi	10	5	0	5	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	40	25	20	45	20	15
Urdu	715	360	355	715	360	355
Iranian languages	150	80	70	150	80	70
Kurdish	10	5	0	10	0	0
Pashto	60	30	25	55	30	30
Persian (Farsi)	85	50	40	90	45	35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5	10	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages	620	325	300	620	320	300
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	5	0	0	5	0	0
Portuguese	70	30	35	65	35	35
Romanian	65	40	30	65	40	30
Spanish	490	255	235	485	250	235
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	10	5	5	10	5	5
Kartvelian languages	20	5	10	20	5	10
Georgian	20	10	5	15	10	10
Korean	110	55	55	110	55	55
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	375	195	180	375	195	185
Akan (Twi)	30	15	15	35	15	15
Bamanankan	5	5	0	5	0	0
Edo	5	0	0	0	5	0
Ewe	10	5	5	10	5	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	0	5	5	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	5	5	0	5	5	0
Igbo	20	10	5	15	10	10
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	25	10	10	25	15	10
Shona	75	35	40	75	35	40
Swahili	35	30	10	35	30	10
Wolof	5	5	0	5	5	0
Yoruba	25	10	15	25	10	15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	145	70	75	145	70	75
Nilo-Saharan languages	50	35	10	45	35	10
Dinka	20	15	5	20	15	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	30	20	5	30	20	10
Sign languages	10	5	0	10	5	5
American Sign Language	5	5	0	5	5	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	5	0	10	5	5
Sino-Tibetan languages	405	210	195	405	210	195
Chinese languages	400	210	195	400	205	195
Cantonese	60	30	25	60	35	25
Hakka	5	0	0	5	5	5
Mandarin	220	115	110	220	115	105
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	115	60	55	115	60	55
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	5	5	5	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages	15	5	10	10	5	10
Lao	5	5	5	5	5	5
Thai	5	0	5	10	0	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	10	10	0	10	10	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	5	10	5	5	10	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Uralic languages	25	10	15	25	15	15
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	5	0	5	5	0	0
Hungarian	25	10	15	20	10	10
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	20	20	5	20	20	5
Multiple responses	2,250	1,165	1,085	2,385	1,230	1,150
English and French	125	65	60	125	70	60
English and non-official language	2,035	1,045	995	2,170	1,110	1,065
French and non-official language	30	20	15	30	20	10
English, French and non-official language	55	40	15	55	35	20
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}	71,545	38,535	33,015	73,945	39,750	34,195
None	63,395	34,380	29,020	64,875	35,130	29,750
English	3,475	1,820	1,655	3,900	2,025	1,880
French	780	415	370	785	415	365
Non-official language	3,760	1,855	1,905	4,250	2,115	2,135
Aboriginal	325	160	165	810	420	395
Non-Aboriginal	3,435	1,695	1,740	3,440	1,700	1,740
English and French	20	10	15	25	10	10
English and non-official language	70	35	35	70	35	30
French and non-official language	45	20	25	45	20	25
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0	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}	71,475	38,495	32,985	73,880	39,720	34,160
Official languages	70,855	38,205	32,650	73,235	39,420	33,820
English	70,750	38,155	32,595	73,135	39,370	33,760
French	5,125	2,700	2,430	5,145	2,705	2,440
Non-official languages	18,635	9,515	9,125	19,920	10,175	9,745
Aboriginal languages	795	360	430	2,065	1,015	1,045
Algonquian languages	575	265	310	1,535	760	770
Blackfoot	20	10	15	25	0	15
Cree-Montagnais languages	535	250	280	1,485	750	740
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	15	0	10	15	0	10
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	20	10	10	220	115	100
Cree, n.o.s.	495	240	260	1,270	635	635
Eastern Algonquian languages	15	0	10	20	0	10
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	15	10	10	15	10	10
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	10	0	0	15	0	10
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	10	0	10
Oji-Cree	0	0	10	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	225	95	125	550	265	290
Northern Athabaskan languages	225	95	125	555	265	290
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	225	100	125	555	265	285
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	10	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	10	10	10	10	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	10	10	0	10	10	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	15	0	0	15	10	10
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	15	10	10	15	10	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	10	10	10	10	10	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	17,855	9,155	8,695	17,865	9,165	8,700
Afro-Asiatic languages	3,240	1,930	1,315	3,240	1,930	1,315
Berber languages	50	30	20	55	30	20
Kabyle	25	15	10	25	15	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	30	15	15	30	15	15
Cushitic languages	625	400	225	625	405	220
Bilen	30	25	10	30	25	10
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	595	380	220	595	380	215
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	2,640	1,535	1,100	2,640	1,535	1,100
Amharic	545	320	225	545	315	225
Arabic	1,830	1,035	795	1,830	1,035	795
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	10	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	10	10	0
Hebrew	25	20	0	25	20	0
Maltese	10	10	0	0	10	0
Tigrigna	240	170	70	240	170	70
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0	15	10	10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	95	45	50	90	45	50
Khmer (Cambodian)	30	20	10	30	20	10
Vietnamese	65	25	35	65	25	35
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	4,465	1,955	2,505	4,470	1,955	2,510
Bikol	0	10	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	135	70	65	135	70	65
Fijian	20	10	0	15	10	10
Hiligaynon	30	15	15	30	15	10
Ilocano	135	55	80	135	60	80
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	80	45	40	80	45	40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	10	10	0	0	10	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	4,250	1,855	2,390	4,250	1,855	2,395
Waray-Waray	15	0	0	10	0	10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	120	70	50	120	70	55
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	80	55	25	80	55	30
Creole languages, n.i.e.	40	15	25	45	15	30
Dravidian languages	540	300	235	540	300	235
Kannada	25	15	10	25	15	10
Malayalam	205	110	95	200	110	95
Tamil	235	135	100	235	135	100
Telugu	80	50	30	80	50	30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	7,150	3,755	3,395	7,160	3,760	3,400
Albanian	10	10	0	10	10	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balto-Slavic languages	720	320	405	725	320	405
Baltic languages	10	10	10	10	10	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	10	10	10	10	10	0
Slavic languages	715	315	400	715	315	395
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	15	0	10	20	10	10
Bulgarian	30	15	15	30	15	15
Croatian	60	15	40	60	20	40
Czech	10	0	0	10	0	10
Macedonian	20	10	10	20	10	10
Polish	180	90	90	180	90	90
Russian	245	100	140	245	105	145
Serbian	105	50	55	110	50	55
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	0	0	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	15	10	10	15	10	10
Ukrainian	105	35	70	105	40	70
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	15	10	10	15	10	10
Scottish Gaelic	10	0	10	10	0	10
Welsh	0	10	0	10	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	595	335	260	600	340	260
Afrikaans	200	100	100	200	100	100
Danish	10	10	0	10	0	10
Dutch	110	75	35	110	80	35
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	300	170	135	305	170	135
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	10	0	10	0	0
Swedish	10	0	10	15	10	10
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	10	10	0	10
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	45	35	15	50	35	15
Indo-Iranian languages	4,125	2,215	1,910	4,125	2,215	1,910
Indo-Aryan languages	3,985	2,140	1,850	3,985	2,140	1,845
Bengali	225	130	100	225	125	95
Gujarati	1,130	585	545	1,130	585	545
Hindi	1,130	630	500	1,130	630	500
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	10	0	10	10	0	0
Marathi	110	60	50	110	60	50
Nepali	70	50	15	70	50	20
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	640	385	250	640	385	255
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	145	70	70	140	70	75
Urdu	1,340	690	645	1,340	690	645
Iranian languages	120	70	50	115	70	50
Kurdish	10	0	10	10	0	0
Pashto	40	20	20	40	25	20
Persian (Farsi)	75	45	30	75	45	30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	35	20	20	40	15	25
Italic (Romance) languages	1,745	880	860	1,745	880	860
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	140	85	55	140	90	55
Portuguese	145	60	80	145	60	80
Romanian	120	60	50	115	65	55
Spanish	1,375	685	685	1,375	690	690
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	25	15	10	25	15	10
Japanese	60	20	45	65	20	45
Kartvelian languages	25	10	15	20	10	10
Georgian	25	10	10	25	10	15
Korean	200	95	110	200	90	110
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,195	645	550	1,200	645	555
Akan (Twi)	90	40	50	85	40	45
Bamanankan	10	0	0	0	10	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	30	15	10	30	20	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	55	40	15	55	40	10
Igbo	125	60	65	125	65	65
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	55	30	30	55	30	25
Shona	135	70	70	140	65	70
Swahili	140	80	65	145	80	65
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	220	130	90	225	135	90
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	390	200	185	390	200	190
Nilo-Saharan languages	45	35	0	50	40	10
Dinka	30	25	0	30	30	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	20	10	0	20	10	10
Sign languages	40	10	30	45	10	35
American Sign Language	25	10	25	25	10	25
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	15	10	10
Sino-Tibetan languages	915	425	485	910	430	485
Chinese languages	890	420	475	890	415	470
Cantonese	195	115	80	195	115	85
Hakka	20	10	15	25	10	15
Mandarin	580	255	330	580	250	325
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	15	10	10	15	10	10
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	125	55	65	125	60	65
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	20	10	10	25	10	10
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	25	15	15
Tai-Kadai languages	125	45	80	125	40	80
Lao	30	20	15	35	15	15
Thai	75	20	60	75	20	60
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	15	0	10
Turkic languages	65	40	25	65	45	25
Azerbaijani	10	10	0	0	10	0
Turkish	40	25	20	45	25	20
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	25	15	10
Uralic languages	90	65	30	90	65	30
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	90	60	30	90	60	25
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	25	20	10	30	20	10

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. Wood Buffalo, SM [Census subdivision], Alberta and Division No. 16, CDR [Census division], Alberta (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 29, 2024).

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