Census Profile, 2016 Census
Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area [Health region, December 2017], British Columbia and Alberta [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}	267,160	130,700	136,460	4,026,650	2,020,510	2,006,140
English only	249,435	122,795	126,640	3,698,765	1,869,670	1,829,095
French only	45	15	25	3,895	1,725	2,165
English and French	16,780	7,510	9,270	264,720	124,400	140,315
Neither English nor French	900	375	525	59,280	24,715	34,565
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}	267,160	130,700	136,460	4,026,650	2,020,510	2,006,140
English	262,705	128,595	134,110	3,880,685	1,950,980	1,929,705
French	3,280	1,610	1,675	71,535	37,205	34,330
English and French	310	150	165	16,605	8,350	8,255
Neither English nor French	860	350	510	57,830	23,970	33,860
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	3,435	1,680	1,755	79,840	41,380	38,455
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.0	1.9
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	267,160	130,700	136,460	4,026,650	2,020,510	2,006,140
Single responses	264,690	129,535	135,155	3,934,580	1,975,615	1,958,970
Official languages	242,995	119,400	123,595	3,063,640	1,552,475	1,511,165
English	239,325	117,600	121,725	2,991,485	1,515,025	1,476,460
French	3,670	1,800	1,875	72,150	37,450	34,705
Non-official languages	21,695	10,135	11,555	870,940	423,140	447,805
Aboriginal languages	740	345	390	23,835	11,290	12,550
Algonquian languages	35	10	30	18,295	8,665	9,630
Blackfoot	0	0	0	2,750	1,305	1,445
Cree-Montagnais languages	30	5	25	14,960	7,105	7,850
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	5	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	10	0	5
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	50	15	35
Plains Cree	0	0	0	720	280	435
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	50	20	35
Woods Cree	0	0	5	910	430	480
Cree, n.o.s.	25	5	20	13,220	6,355	6,865
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	30	15	15
Malecite	0	0	0	0	5	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	35	20	15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	5	0	550	235	315
Algonquin	0	0	0	5	0	5
Ojibway	5	0	0	525	230	300
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	15	5	15
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	5
Athabaskan languages	20	5	10	1,865	865	1,000
Northern Athabaskan languages	15	10	5	1,855	860	990
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	35	15	15
Carrier	10	5	5	15	0	15
Chilcotin	0	0	0	5	0	0
Dene	5	5	0	1,470	710	760
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	40	10	30
Gwich'in	0	0	0	15	5	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	70	20	45
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	5	0	0	200	90	115
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	10	5	10
South Slavey	0	0	0	155	70	80
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	5	35	15	25
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	5	0	5
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	10	0	10
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	15	5	10	120	35	85
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	25	5	10
Inuktitut	10	0	5	60	20	45
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	35	10	30
Iroquoian languages	5	0	0	10	10	5
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	5	5	5
Oneida	0	0	0	0	5	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	5	0	0	5
Kutenai	0	0	0	5	0	0
Michif	5	5	0	80	45	35
Salish languages	385	190	195	15	5	10
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	350	170	180	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	5	5
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	5	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	35	20	15	5	0	5
Siouan languages	0	0	0	3,370	1,630	1,745
Dakota	0	0	0	350	165	185
Stoney	0	0	0	3,020	1,460	1,555
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tsimshian languages	20	5	10	15	5	5
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	5	0	5	0	0	0
Nisga'a	5	0	10	10	5	5
Tsimshian	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	215	105	105	5	5	5
Haisla	0	0	5	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	20	10	10	0	0	5
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	185	95	90	0	5	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	45	15	25	55	30	25
Non-Aboriginal languages	20,960	9,795	11,165	847,105	411,850	435,255
Afro-Asiatic languages	450	305	150	68,415	36,215	32,200
Berber languages	0	0	0	340	190	145
Kabyle	0	0	0	165	90	75
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	175	100	75
Cushitic languages	10	10	5	12,525	6,495	6,030
Bilen	0	0	0	315	185	130
Oromo	0	0	0	2,650	1,375	1,275
Somali	5	5	0	9,520	4,915	4,605
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	40	20	20
Semitic languages	440	295	145	55,425	29,450	25,980
Amharic	10	10	0	7,320	3,605	3,720
Arabic	370	255	120	40,540	21,840	18,705
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	400	210	190
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	145	80	65
Harari	0	0	0	260	135	120
Hebrew	40	20	15	960	505	460
Maltese	20	5	10	75	30	40
Tigrigna	0	0	0	5,415	2,880	2,535
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	305	155	145
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	130	80	50
Austro-Asiatic languages	630	305	330	25,295	11,760	13,535
Khmer (Cambodian)	95	50	50	1,925	910	1,010
Vietnamese	540	255	285	23,350	10,840	12,505
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	25	10	15
Austronesian languages	1,225	395	830	115,405	50,190	65,210
Bikol	5	0	5	425	205	225
Cebuano	70	15	50	5,135	2,155	2,980
Fijian	10	10	5	125	75	50
Hiligaynon	20	5	15	1,500	640	855
Ilocano	65	15	50	5,350	2,310	3,040
Malagasy	0	0	0	35	10	25
Malay	45	10	30	1,460	615	845
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	765	370	390
Pangasinan	0	0	0	290	115	175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	975	320	660	99,035	43,120	55,920
Waray-Waray	5	0	5	305	145	160
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	35	20	15	980	430	550
Creole languages	20	15	10	1,895	990	910
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	95	45	50
Creole, n.o.s.	15	10	5	1,175	640	540
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	625	305	325
Dravidian languages	90	50	35	13,490	7,075	6,415
Kannada	5	0	0	535	270	265
Malayalam	65	35	30	6,345	3,285	3,060
Tamil	20	15	10	4,430	2,360	2,070
Telugu	10	5	0	2,130	1,135	995
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	50	25	25
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	5	105	55	45
Indo-European languages	13,915	6,685	7,230	442,685	220,330	222,355
Albanian	5	0	5	2,345	1,270	1,075
Armenian	15	10	5	500	250	245
Balto-Slavic languages	2,325	1,080	1,245	80,330	37,750	42,580
Baltic languages	65	30	35	1,010	475	535
Latvian	45	20	20	415	195	220
Lithuanian	25	15	15	600	285	315
Slavic languages	2,255	1,050	1,215	79,325	37,275	42,050
Belarusan	5	0	0	65	30	30
Bosnian	15	10	5	1,835	915	920
Bulgarian	35	20	10	1,545	790	755
Croatian	310	155	150	4,655	2,340	2,320
Czech	245	110	135	3,000	1,430	1,575
Macedonian	20	15	10	360	185	175
Polish	465	215	250	20,130	9,425	10,705
Russian	370	155	215	17,810	8,150	9,665
Serbian	85	40	45	4,020	2,035	1,985
Serbo-Croatian	25	10	15	970	480	485
Slovak	110	50	55	2,185	1,070	1,115
Slovene (Slovenian)	80	35	45	695	320	370
Ukrainian	465	220	245	21,835	9,985	11,850
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	15	15	215	120	100
Celtic languages	65	35	30	370	200	170
Scottish Gaelic	25	15	10	135	70	65
Welsh	35	20	15	175	85	80
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5	65	40	25
Germanic languages	7,080	3,360	3,720	104,260	51,525	52,735
Afrikaans	210	110	100	3,010	1,475	1,535
Danish	565	285	275	2,380	1,245	1,135
Dutch	1,980	925	1,050	16,135	8,095	8,045
Frisian	25	10	10	360	200	160
German	3,780	1,765	2,015	80,050	39,435	40,615
Icelandic	15	10	10	115	55	60
Norwegian	215	105	115	815	370	445
Swedish	210	95	115	875	405	470
Vlaams (Flemish)	60	35	25	320	150	170
Yiddish	15	10	5	140	70	70
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	55	30	25
Greek	140	80	50	3,130	1,655	1,475
Indo-Iranian languages	2,310	1,185	1,130	166,805	85,250	81,560
Indo-Aryan languages	2,115	1,075	1,040	145,900	74,320	71,580
Bengali	30	20	15	7,000	3,630	3,370
Gujarati	60	35	25	13,140	6,785	6,355
Hindi	195	105	90	17,055	8,675	8,385
Kashmiri	0	0	0	105	60	50
Konkani	0	0	0	370	190	185
Marathi	0	0	0	1,510	775	730
Nepali	15	10	5	5,175	2,690	2,490
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	190	100	90
Punjabi (Panjabi)	1,720	855	865	68,695	34,935	33,760
Sindhi	10	0	5	2,770	1,300	1,475
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	10	5	5	2,590	1,320	1,265
Urdu	65	30	30	27,295	13,865	13,430
Iranian languages	195	105	90	19,600	10,235	9,365
Kurdish	0	5	0	1,550	845	705
Pashto	5	5	5	2,560	1,320	1,235
Persian (Farsi)	190	100	85	15,490	8,070	7,425
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	1,310	695	615
Italic (Romance) languages	1,970	930	1,045	84,940	42,425	42,515
Catalan	0	0	0	75	30	45
Italian	680	365	315	11,375	5,760	5,615
Portuguese	265	120	140	9,050	4,380	4,670
Romanian	95	45	50	8,035	4,080	3,955
Spanish	935	400	530	56,370	28,160	28,205
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	35	20	15
Japanese	475	165	315	4,875	1,715	3,160
Kartvelian languages	0	5	5	230	130	105
Georgian	5	0	0	230	130	100
Korean	645	275	370	17,920	8,485	9,435
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	545	255	290
Mongolian	0	0	0	540	255	290
Niger-Congo languages	105	55	55	15,360	7,870	7,495
Akan (Twi)	15	10	5	1,755	915	835
Bamanankan	0	0	0	35	20	15
Edo	0	0	5	275	155	120
Ewe	5	0	5	245	145	100
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	5	230	120	100
Ga	5	0	5	145	80	65
Ganda	0	0	0	280	145	135
Igbo	5	5	0	1,165	625	540
Lingala	0	0	0	270	130	140
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	605	305	295
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	0	0	805	405	400
Shona	5	5	0	1,100	545	555
Swahili	10	10	0	2,380	1,160	1,215
Wolof	0	0	0	280	165	110
Yoruba	15	5	10	2,435	1,305	1,125
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	35	10	20	3,370	1,640	1,735
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	2,720	1,395	1,330
Dinka	0	0	0	1,345	705	640
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	1,375	685	690
Sign languages	45	25	20	830	440	390
American Sign Language	20	10	10	335	165	165
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	25	15	10	495	275	225
Sino-Tibetan languages	2,405	1,100	1,305	122,450	57,740	64,705
Chinese languages	2,395	1,095	1,305	120,375	56,675	63,700
Cantonese	685	315	380	59,145	27,755	31,385
Hakka	10	0	10	990	465	530
Mandarin	1,440	665	775	50,660	23,940	26,720
Min Dong	0	0	0	115	50	65
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	50	15	35	3,060	1,375	1,695
Wu (Shanghainese)	15	5	10	630	305	330
Chinese, n.o.s.	190	95	95	5,725	2,770	2,955
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	40	15	25
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	10	5	2,075	1,065	1,005
Burmese	0	5	0	430	230	200
Karenic languages	0	0	0	795	415	380
Tibetan	10	5	0	575	295	275
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	275	130	140
Tai-Kadai languages	125	25	100	2,670	955	1,710
Lao	5	0	5	1,020	485	535
Thai	120	25	95	1,630	465	1,165
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	20	10	15
Turkic languages	45	30	20	4,050	2,250	1,800
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	365	215	155
Turkish	40	25	20	3,140	1,760	1,375
Uyghur	0	0	0	130	70	60
Uzbek	0	5	0	205	115	90
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	215	95	120
Uralic languages	745	360	390	7,470	3,600	3,870
Estonian	40	15	20	190	90	105
Finnish	260	110	145	810	330	480
Hungarian	450	230	220	6,470	3,185	3,285
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	690	415	280
Multiple responses	2,475	1,165	1,305	92,070	44,900	47,175
English and French	600	275	320	10,230	4,950	5,280
English and non-official language	1,755	835	920	77,520	37,815	39,705
French and non-official language	65	30	30	2,685	1,375	1,305
English, French and non-official language	55	25	30	1,640	760	880
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}	267,165	130,705	136,460	4,026,655	2,020,510	2,006,145
Single responses	263,390	128,965	134,425	3,837,615	1,928,230	1,909,385
Official languages	256,940	125,860	131,080	3,354,885	1,690,490	1,664,395
English	256,280	125,560	130,720	3,327,255	1,676,360	1,650,895
French	655	300	360	27,630	14,130	13,500
Non-official languages	6,450	3,105	3,345	482,725	237,740	244,990
Aboriginal languages	70	35	35	9,970	4,940	5,020
Algonquian languages	0	0	0	7,175	3,575	3,605
Blackfoot	0	0	0	1,110	555	555
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	0	5,875	2,925	2,945
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	20	10	10
Plains Cree	0	0	0	125	60	60
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	5	0	5
Woods Cree	0	0	0	600	300	295
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5,120	2,540	2,575
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	5	5	5
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	5	5	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	190	95	95
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	0	5	185	90	95
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	5	0	620	320	300
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	620	325	300
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	10	5	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	5	0	0	540	280	260
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	5	0	5
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	5	5	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	60	35	30
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	55	30	25
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5	5	5
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	10	0	10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	5
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	5	0	5
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	10	5	5
Salish languages	35	20	20	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	35	15	20	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	2,125	1,025	1,095
Dakota	0	0	0	175	85	85
Stoney	0	0	0	1,945	935	1,010
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	25	15	10	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)	25	15	10	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	5	5	5	25	15	10
Non-Aboriginal languages	6,385	3,070	3,310	472,760	232,800	239,965
Afro-Asiatic languages	240	145	100	43,770	22,535	21,235
Berber languages	0	0	0	200	105	95
Kabyle	0	0	0	90	45	40
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	105	60	45
Cushitic languages	10	5	5	9,220	4,750	4,470
Bilen	0	0	0	280	160	115
Oromo	0	0	0	2,075	1,060	1,015
Somali	5	0	0	6,850	3,520	3,325
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5	15	5	10
Semitic languages	230	135	95	34,310	17,660	16,655
Amharic	5	5	0	4,915	2,390	2,530
Arabic	210	125	85	24,230	12,555	11,675
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	260	130	130
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	95	50	40
Harari	0	0	0	165	80	85
Hebrew	15	10	5	460	235	225
Maltese	0	0	0	15	10	10
Tigrigna	0	0	0	3,955	2,095	1,860
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	210	110	100
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	45	20	20
Austro-Asiatic languages	425	215	215	16,355	7,635	8,715
Khmer (Cambodian)	65	35	35	960	460	500
Vietnamese	360	180	180	15,380	7,175	8,205
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	15	0	10
Austronesian languages	330	140	190	60,860	28,765	32,100
Bikol	0	0	0	70	40	35
Cebuano	5	5	5	2,110	1,015	1,090
Fijian	0	0	0	45	25	20
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	470	215	255
Ilocano	5	0	5	1,975	935	1,035
Malagasy	0	0	0	20	10	10
Malay	0	0	0	405	205	195
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	0	0	220	110	110
Pangasinan	0	0	0	45	20	30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	295	125	170	55,105	26,005	29,100
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	125	60	60
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	15	5	10	280	120	155
Creole languages	0	0	0	970	495	475
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	50	25	25
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	655	345	310
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	270	125	140
Dravidian languages	40	20	15	8,460	4,335	4,125
Kannada	0	5	0	210	105	105
Malayalam	30	15	15	4,060	2,070	1,990
Tamil	0	0	0	2,915	1,515	1,395
Telugu	5	5	0	1,245	635	615
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	30	10	15
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	70	35	35
Indo-European languages	2,980	1,425	1,550	230,270	115,280	114,995
Albanian	0	0	0	1,060	570	485
Armenian	5	5	0	215	115	105
Balto-Slavic languages	505	235	270	30,220	14,820	15,400
Baltic languages	5	0	10	410	210	200
Latvian	5	0	5	165	85	80
Lithuanian	5	0	0	250	125	120
Slavic languages	500	230	265	29,815	14,610	15,205
Belarusan	0	0	0	15	10	5
Bosnian	5	0	0	785	400	385
Bulgarian	15	5	10	825	415	405
Croatian	70	35	40	1,800	905	895
Czech	60	30	30	875	440	430
Macedonian	5	0	5	175	90	85
Polish	85	40	45	7,705	3,675	4,030
Russian	185	90	95	10,145	4,965	5,175
Serbian	10	5	5	2,100	1,045	1,055
Serbo-Croatian	5	0	5	315	160	155
Slovak	10	5	5	710	345	365
Slovene (Slovenian)	25	10	15	150	70	75
Ukrainian	25	15	15	4,180	2,060	2,110
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	55	30	25
Celtic languages	10	5	5	40	25	15
Scottish Gaelic	5	0	5	15	15	5
Welsh	0	0	5	15	5	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	0
Germanic languages	680	330	350	40,915	20,280	20,625
Afrikaans	85	40	45	1,705	835	875
Danish	35	10	15	150	75	75
Dutch	150	75	75	1,980	985	1,000
Frisian	0	0	0	60	30	30
German	370	180	190	36,295	18,010	18,290
Icelandic	5	5	5	30	15	15
Norwegian	10	5	5	60	20	35
Swedish	15	10	10	145	65	80
Vlaams (Flemish)	10	5	5	60	30	25
Yiddish	0	0	0	15	5	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	425	215	210
Greek	35	20	15	1,015	490	525
Indo-Iranian languages	1,275	625	655	111,975	56,535	55,445
Indo-Aryan languages	1,180	575	600	98,610	49,790	48,815
Bengali	15	10	5	4,530	2,300	2,225
Gujarati	20	10	10	8,025	4,085	3,935
Hindi	65	35	30	9,945	5,115	4,825
Kashmiri	0	0	0	50	20	25
Konkani	0	0	0	75	40	40
Marathi	0	0	0	845	440	405
Nepali	5	0	5	3,710	1,905	1,805
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	95	50	45
Punjabi (Panjabi)	1,035	500	530	51,010	25,720	25,295
Sindhi	0	0	0	1,240	575	665
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	1,480	750	730
Urdu	40	15	20	17,600	8,795	8,810
Iranian languages	95	45	50	12,720	6,415	6,305
Kurdish	0	0	0	850	440	410
Pashto	0	0	0	1,640	845	795
Persian (Farsi)	100	45	55	10,230	5,135	5,100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	650	325	325
Italic (Romance) languages	470	215	260	44,830	22,445	22,385
Catalan	0	0	0	35	10	20
Italian	90	40	50	2,840	1,275	1,560
Portuguese	55	20	30	3,905	1,875	2,030
Romanian	20	10	10	4,135	2,115	2,020
Spanish	305	145	165	33,910	17,160	16,755
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Japanese	190	85	110	2,245	945	1,300
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	160	85	70
Georgian	0	0	0	160	85	70
Korean	445	210	240	12,775	6,205	6,570
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	335	160	175
Mongolian	0	0	0	335	155	175
Niger-Congo languages	15	10	10	5,600	2,725	2,875
Akan (Twi)	5	0	5	845	415	430
Bamanankan	0	0	0	10	10	0
Edo	0	0	0	70	35	35
Ewe	0	0	0	80	45	35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	0	0	105	55	45
Ga	0	0	0	40	20	20
Ganda	0	0	0	95	50	50
Igbo	0	0	0	265	125	145
Lingala	0	0	0	85	35	45
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	280	135	145
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	350	175	170
Shona	0	0	0	410	190	225
Swahili	0	0	0	1,090	530	565
Wolof	0	0	0	170	95	75
Yoruba	0	0	5	690	340	350
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	1,015	485	535
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	1,525	765	755
Dinka	0	0	0	800	420	380
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	725	350	375
Sign languages	70	40	30	1,095	630	465
American Sign Language	20	15	5	325	170	155
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	45	30	20	765	455	310
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,490	725	765	82,380	39,230	43,155
Chinese languages	1,480	715	765	80,880	38,455	42,420
Cantonese	335	160	175	38,275	17,810	20,460
Hakka	5	0	0	315	135	185
Mandarin	1,010	480	530	37,125	18,030	19,095
Min Dong	0	0	0	20	5	10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	20	10	15	1,245	540	705
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	0	0	340	175	165
Chinese, n.o.s.	110	60	45	3,550	1,760	1,785
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	5	5	1,500	770	730
Burmese	0	0	0	280	145	130
Karenic languages	0	0	0	665	340	320
Tibetan	10	10	0	420	220	200
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	140	65	75
Tai-Kadai languages	20	5	15	1,130	505	625
Lao	0	0	0	465	215	245
Thai	20	10	10	655	285	370
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	10	5	10
Turkic languages	15	10	10	2,390	1,270	1,120
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	155	90	75
Turkish	15	10	5	1,945	1,030	915
Uyghur	0	0	0	80	45	40
Uzbek	0	0	0	135	70	65
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	70	35	25
Uralic languages	110	50	60	2,130	1,040	1,085
Estonian	10	0	5	25	10	15
Finnish	35	20	20	105	50	50
Hungarian	65	35	35	1,995	980	1,015
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	240	140	95
Multiple responses	3,775	1,735	2,035	189,040	92,280	96,760
English and French	295	135	160	6,885	3,410	3,475
English and non-official language	3,405	1,570	1,830	178,070	86,895	91,170
French and non-official language	15	5	10	1,125	540	580
English, French and non-official language	60	30	30	2,965	1,430	1,530
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}	267,160	130,700	136,460	4,026,650	2,020,510	2,006,140
None	253,570	124,505	129,070	3,492,295	1,760,240	1,732,055
English	3,015	1,445	1,570	221,305	110,655	110,650
French	2,560	1,115	1,445	41,840	19,470	22,375
Non-official language	7,780	3,525	4,255	262,255	125,640	136,615
Aboriginal	715	330	385	17,430	8,325	9,105
Non-Aboriginal	7,060	3,195	3,865	244,825	117,315	127,510
English and French	20	15	5	1,535	775	760
English and non-official language	85	40	40	4,545	2,345	2,195
French and non-official language	130	55	75	2,795	1,340	1,455
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	85	50	40
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}	264,070	129,070	135,000	3,978,145	1,998,500	1,979,645
Official languages	263,080	128,640	134,440	3,920,530	1,974,435	1,946,095
English	263,045	128,630	134,420	3,916,805	1,972,800	1,944,005
French	16,615	7,455	9,160	264,600	123,940	140,660
Non-official languages	30,300	14,095	16,205	1,082,425	527,770	554,655
Aboriginal languages	1,485	725	765	36,465	17,415	19,045
Algonquian languages	70	45	25	29,675	14,120	15,555
Blackfoot	0	0	0	5,575	2,665	2,905
Cree-Montagnais languages	40	25	15	23,465	11,155	12,310
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	25	0	15
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	90	20	70
Plains Cree	0	10	0	1,580	620	965
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	10	10	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	45	25	25
Woods Cree	0	0	0	1,135	525	610
Cree, n.o.s.	35	20	20	20,665	9,990	10,675
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	35	15	15
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	35	15	15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	30	25	10	955	425	530
Algonquin	0	0	0	10	10	0
Ojibway	35	30	10	925	415	505
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	20	10	15
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	10
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	0
Athabaskan languages	20	10	10	2,640	1,255	1,385
Northern Athabaskan languages	15	10	10	2,630	1,250	1,380
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	10	0
Beaver	0	0	0	85	50	35
Carrier	10	0	0	45	10	35
Chilcotin	0	0	0	20	15	10
Dene	0	0	10	2,010	975	1,035
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0	75	30	45
Gwich'in	0	0	0	10	0	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	150	65	85
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	285	140	145
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	25	15	10
South Slavey	0	0	0	190	90	100
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	75	35	45
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	10
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	10	0	10
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	10	0	10
Haida	15	10	10	10	0	10
Inuit languages	25	15	10	135	50	80
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	35	10	25
Inuktitut	10	10	0	60	20	35
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	15	0	10	40	25	20
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	40	25	10
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	10	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	35	25	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	10	10
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	10	0	10	145	75	70
Salish languages	810	390	420	50	25	25
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	730	355	375	10	0	0
Lillooet	0	10	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	10	15	10	10
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	10	0	10
Squamish	10	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	15	0	10	10	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	10	0	10
Salish languages, n.i.e.	50	20	25	10	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	10	4,050	2,005	2,045
Dakota	0	0	0	530	285	245
Stoney	10	0	10	3,650	1,790	1,855
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	10
Tlingit	0	0	0	10	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	35	15	15
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	20	10	10
Nisga'a	10	0	10	15	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	485	230	255	10	10	0
Haisla	10	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	50	30	20	10	10	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	420	195	230	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	45	25	20	30	15	15
Non-Aboriginal languages	28,840	13,375	15,465	1,046,245	510,495	535,750
Afro-Asiatic languages	590	370	210	96,210	50,675	45,535
Berber languages	0	10	0	540	335	205
Kabyle	0	0	0	225	125	90
Berber languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	315	210	110
Cushitic languages	0	0	10	15,445	8,055	7,385
Bilen	0	0	0	370	235	135
Oromo	0	0	0	3,125	1,625	1,500
Somali	0	0	0	12,030	6,240	5,795
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	55	20	40
Semitic languages	575	375	205	82,200	43,405	38,800
Amharic	0	0	0	10,870	5,595	5,275
Arabic	470	335	140	62,730	33,365	29,370
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	430	225	210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	150	70	75
Harari	0	0	0	340	150	185
Hebrew	90	35	55	3,250	1,650	1,600
Maltese	10	10	10	145	85	55
Tigrigna	0	0	0	7,315	3,915	3,400
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	450	250	205
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	10	375	225	145
Austro-Asiatic languages	760	380	380	32,730	15,440	17,290
Khmer (Cambodian)	100	65	35	2,700	1,375	1,330
Vietnamese	660	315	350	30,150	14,130	16,015
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	0	10
Austronesian languages	1,665	535	1,130	145,745	63,615	82,130
Bikol	10	0	0	330	150	180
Cebuano	140	50	90	6,690	2,940	3,750
Fijian	25	15	10	340	195	145
Hiligaynon	15	0	10	1,760	745	1,020
Ilocano	120	35	90	7,370	3,160	4,215
Malagasy	0	0	0	80	40	40
Malay	125	45	75	3,040	1,435	1,610
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	10	1,185	565	625
Pangasinan	0	0	0	445	190	250
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,460	450	1,010	138,440	60,115	78,325
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	420	170	245
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	1,160	505	650
Creole languages	45	20	20	4,585	2,390	2,195
Haitian Creole	10	0	0	255	140	115
Creole, n.o.s.	20	10	15	2,675	1,425	1,250
Creole languages, n.i.e.	15	0	10	1,680	840	850
Dravidian languages	155	75	80	18,190	9,660	8,525
Kannada	10	0	10	1,035	520	515
Malayalam	100	50	50	8,150	4,255	3,900
Tamil	45	25	25	7,195	3,900	3,295
Telugu	15	10	0	2,910	1,560	1,345
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	150	80	70
Hmong-Mien languages	10	10	0	115	55	55
Indo-European languages	20,315	9,610	10,705	550,490	274,510	275,980
Albanian	10	10	0	2,880	1,550	1,325
Armenian	20	10	10	530	255	275
Balto-Slavic languages	2,610	1,180	1,425	93,150	44,750	48,395
Baltic languages	45	25	25	1,360	660	705
Latvian	30	15	15	590	300	290
Lithuanian	20	0	10	775	360	415
Slavic languages	2,560	1,155	1,405	92,300	44,340	47,960
Belarusan	0	0	0	200	95	105
Bosnian	35	15	15	2,880	1,450	1,435
Bulgarian	40	25	20	1,795	945	850
Croatian	455	210	245	6,280	3,260	3,025
Czech	325	170	150	3,590	1,650	1,940
Macedonian	20	10	10	535	270	265
Polish	470	215	265	23,650	11,455	12,195
Russian	495	190	310	27,375	13,195	14,175
Serbian	120	35	85	5,355	2,630	2,730
Serbo-Croatian	60	35	20	1,095	550	540
Slovak	130	55	70	2,780	1,495	1,285
Slovene (Slovenian)	100	45	55	735	360	375
Ukrainian	520	220	295	26,600	11,980	14,620
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	250	120	130
Celtic languages	130	70	55	1,180	615	560
Scottish Gaelic	65	35	25	440	215	225
Welsh	40	25	15	315	180	130
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	450	220	225
Germanic languages	9,120	4,310	4,805	112,670	56,325	56,345
Afrikaans	460	240	225	5,165	2,655	2,515
Danish	620	260	360	2,800	1,360	1,440
Dutch	2,425	1,090	1,330	19,480	9,595	9,890
Frisian	60	30	30	475	275	205
German	5,280	2,595	2,690	83,010	41,905	41,105
Icelandic	15	10	0	160	70	95
Norwegian	245	110	140	1,450	635	810
Swedish	360	150	210	1,635	800	835
Vlaams (Flemish)	65	35	30	380	170	215
Yiddish	35	20	15	250	130	115
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	2,115	1,095	1,015
Greek	215	120	95	4,935	2,535	2,400
Indo-Iranian languages	3,085	1,565	1,525	206,725	106,045	100,675
Indo-Aryan languages	2,810	1,415	1,400	186,005	95,045	90,960
Bengali	40	25	15	8,530	4,385	4,140
Gujarati	85	35	50	18,005	8,945	9,055
Hindi	605	300	310	61,290	31,900	29,385
Kashmiri	0	0	0	125	80	45
Konkani	10	10	10	625	300	320
Marathi	10	0	0	2,575	1,385	1,195
Nepali	40	15	25	5,510	3,000	2,510
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	255	135	120
Punjabi (Panjabi)	2,290	1,160	1,130	90,485	46,350	44,135
Sindhi	10	10	0	4,595	2,065	2,530
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	10	10	10	3,800	1,925	1,875
Urdu	170	95	75	41,235	21,245	20,000
Iranian languages	285	155	130	22,140	11,665	10,475
Kurdish	0	0	0	1,930	1,100	825
Pashto	10	10	0	3,330	1,795	1,530
Persian (Farsi)	280	150	130	17,600	9,220	8,375
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	1,760	960	805
Italic (Romance) languages	5,880	2,755	3,125	142,340	69,885	72,450
Catalan	0	0	0	170	95	80
Italian	1,185	580	610	19,900	9,875	10,020
Portuguese	510	210	295	12,670	6,255	6,415
Romanian	135	80	55	9,915	5,185	4,735
Spanish	4,325	1,980	2,350	104,445	50,960	53,490
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	250	130	125
Japanese	820	345	475	9,215	4,115	5,100
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	225	130	100
Georgian	0	0	0	230	130	100
Korean	565	275	285	19,950	9,405	10,545
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	800	375	430
Mongolian	0	0	0	800	370	430
Niger-Congo languages	270	150	120	29,430	14,980	14,450
Akan (Twi)	20	15	10	2,925	1,505	1,420
Bamanankan	0	0	0	60	30	30
Edo	0	0	0	620	325	290
Ewe	10	10	0	335	170	165
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	10	0	10	300	165	135
Ga	10	0	0	345	190	155
Ganda	25	10	15	610	305	305
Igbo	35	25	10	2,550	1,345	1,210
Lingala	0	0	0	1,240	640	605
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	830	420	410
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	10	1,155	605	550
Shona	15	10	0	1,810	850	960
Swahili	80	30	50	6,700	3,470	3,235
Wolof	0	0	0	600	365	235
Yoruba	55	35	25	5,930	3,035	2,890
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	65	35	30	6,585	3,265	3,320
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	3,070	1,495	1,575
Dinka	0	0	0	1,655	825	825
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	1,425	675	750
Sign languages	465	165	305	5,910	2,350	3,555
American Sign Language	225	70	150	3,085	1,130	1,955
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	10
Sign languages, n.i.e.	260	100	155	2,855	1,230	1,625
Sino-Tibetan languages	2,825	1,335	1,490	141,860	67,945	73,915
Chinese languages	2,815	1,325	1,490	139,385	66,700	72,685
Cantonese	850	370	480	74,770	35,490	39,280
Hakka	0	0	10	1,180	515	660
Mandarin	1,885	895	990	70,510	33,310	37,195
Min Dong	0	0	0	85	50	40
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	110	40	75	4,140	1,765	2,380
Wu (Shanghainese)	25	10	15	855	380	470
Chinese, n.o.s.	215	115	100	6,335	3,160	3,175
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	55	25	35
Tibeto-Burman languages	10	10	10	2,590	1,290	1,300
Burmese	10	10	0	605	305	295
Karenic languages	0	0	0	805	415	390
Tibetan	10	10	0	860	430	430
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	445	215	235
Tai-Kadai languages	185	40	140	3,705	1,510	2,195
Lao	15	0	20	1,520	730	795
Thai	175	40	130	2,400	850	1,545
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	45	25	25
Turkic languages	100	55	50	5,795	3,180	2,625
Azerbaijani	30	10	20	630	325	300
Turkish	70	40	30	4,255	2,420	1,835
Uyghur	0	0	0	290	135	155
Uzbek	0	0	0	425	200	225
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	355	170	180
Uralic languages	850	375	470	8,895	4,315	4,575
Estonian	45	20	20	185	85	105
Finnish	280	130	155	1,045	455	590
Hungarian	520	225	300	7,660	3,770	3,890
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	10	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	45	30	15	1,820	1,025	790

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. Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area [Health region, December 2017], British Columbia and Alberta [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 July 4, 2024).

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