Census Profile, 2016 Census
Skawahlook 1, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]

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Characteristic	Skawahlook 1, IRI British Columbia [Census subdivision]			British Columbia [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% dataCensus data footnote 15	x	x	x	4,598,415	2,255,395	2,343,015
English only	x	x	x	4,127,770	2,050,130	2,077,645
French only	x	x	x	1,810	820	985
English and French	x	x	x	314,925	140,650	174,275
Neither English nor French	x	x	x	153,910	63,795	90,115
First official language spokenUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16	x	x	x	4,598,415	2,255,395	2,343,020
English	x	x	x	4,373,330	2,156,680	2,216,655
French	x	x	x	55,325	27,680	27,640
English and French	x	x	x	18,000	8,315	9,685
Neither English nor French	x	x	x	151,760	62,720	89,040
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17	x	x	x	64,325	31,840	32,480
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17	x	x	x	1.4	1.4	1.4
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18	x	x	x	4,598,415	2,255,400	2,343,015
Single responses	x	x	x	4,494,995	2,205,775	2,289,220
Official languages	x	x	x	3,227,535	1,614,375	1,613,160
English	x	x	x	3,170,110	1,585,760	1,584,355
French	x	x	x	57,425	28,615	28,810
Non-official languages	x	x	x	1,267,460	591,400	676,060
Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	8,435	3,940	4,490
Algonquian languages	x	x	x	1,050	445	605
Blackfoot	x	x	x	40	5	35
Cree-Montagnais languages	x	x	x	840	375	465
Atikamekw	x	x	x	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Moose Cree	x	x	x	5	5	0
Naskapi	x	x	x	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	x	x	x	10	0	10
Plains Cree	x	x	x	150	60	85
Southern East Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	x	x	x	25	15	10
Woods Cree	x	x	x	60	25	35
Cree, n.o.s.	x	x	x	585	270	320
Eastern Algonquian languages	x	x	x	10	5	10
Malecite	x	x	x	5	0	0
Mi'kmaq	x	x	x	10	5	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	x	x	x	155	55	105
Algonquin	x	x	x	5	5	0
Ojibway	x	x	x	135	50	90
Oji-Cree	x	x	x	10	0	10
Ottawa (Odawa)	x	x	x	5	0	5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	2,310	1,045	1,260
Northern Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	2,295	1,045	1,250
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	x	x	x	110	55	55
Beaver	x	x	x	160	75	85
Carrier	x	x	x	1,005	460	550
Chilcotin	x	x	x	650	295	355
Dene	x	x	x	90	35	50
Dogrib (Tlicho)	x	x	x	5	0	0
Gwich'in	x	x	x	15	5	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	x	x	x	0	0	5
Sekani	x	x	x	85	40	45
Slavey-Hare languages	x	x	x	75	30	45
North Slavey (Hare)	x	x	x	5	0	0
South Slavey	x	x	x	20	5	15
Slavey, n.o.s.	x	x	x	50	25	30
Tahltan languages	x	x	x	105	45	50
Kaska (Nahani)	x	x	x	15	10	5
Tahltan	x	x	x	90	40	50
Tutchone languages	x	x	x	5	0	5
Northern Tutchone	x	x	x	5	0	0
Southern Tutchone	x	x	x	5	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	15	5	10
Haida	x	x	x	70	30	40
Inuit languages	x	x	x	80	30	55
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	x	x	x	10	0	10
Inuktitut	x	x	x	50	20	30
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	10	10
Iroquoian languages	x	x	x	15	10	5
Cayuga	x	x	x	0	0	0
Mohawk	x	x	x	10	5	5
Oneida	x	x	x	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Kutenai	x	x	x	100	55	50
Michif	x	x	x	35	20	10
Salish languages	x	x	x	2,270	1,115	1,155
Comox	x	x	x	80	45	40
Halkomelem	x	x	x	475	230	245
Lillooet	x	x	x	315	155	160
Okanagan	x	x	x	270	135	135
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	x	x	x	435	220	215
Squamish	x	x	x	35	20	20
Straits	x	x	x	80	40	40
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	x	x	x	330	150	185
Salish languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	250	130	120
Siouan languages	x	x	x	45	25	20
Dakota	x	x	x	30	15	20
Stoney	x	x	x	0	0	5
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	5	5	0
Tlingit	x	x	x	30	15	15
Tsimshian languages	x	x	x	1,460	715	740
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	x	x	x	875	435	445
Nisga'a	x	x	x	385	195	190
Tsimshian	x	x	x	195	90	110
Wakashan languages	x	x	x	795	365	435
Haisla	x	x	x	90	40	55
Heiltsuk	x	x	x	100	45	55
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	x	x	x	320	140	180
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	x	x	x	275	135	140
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	5	10	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	x	x	x	190	80	110
Non-Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	1,259,025	587,455	671,570
Afro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	24,870	13,405	11,465
Berber languages	x	x	x	115	75	45
Kabyle	x	x	x	40	30	15
Berber languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	80	45	30
Cushitic languages	x	x	x	1,505	765	740
Bilen	x	x	x	5	0	0
Oromo	x	x	x	205	115	95
Somali	x	x	x	1,270	640	640
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	10	15
Semitic languages	x	x	x	23,195	12,540	10,655
Amharic	x	x	x	1,370	670	700
Arabic	x	x	x	17,480	9,595	7,890
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	650	315	330
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	440	245	200
Harari	x	x	x	20	5	15
Hebrew	x	x	x	2,065	1,125	940
Maltese	x	x	x	215	100	115
Tigrigna	x	x	x	805	395	405
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	150	80	65
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	55	30	25
Austro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	28,740	13,170	15,575
Khmer (Cambodian)	x	x	x	1,560	710	850
Vietnamese	x	x	x	27,150	12,440	14,710
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	30	15	15
Austronesian languages	x	x	x	96,535	38,765	57,770
Bikol	x	x	x	375	165	215
Cebuano	x	x	x	4,065	1,565	2,505
Fijian	x	x	x	470	240	230
Hiligaynon	x	x	x	1,470	550	920
Ilocano	x	x	x	5,240	2,055	3,190
Malagasy	x	x	x	20	10	15
Malay	x	x	x	3,895	1,675	2,220
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	x	x	x	700	320	380
Pangasinan	x	x	x	295	130	170
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	x	x	x	78,770	31,550	47,220
Waray-Waray	x	x	x	215	85	135
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	1,015	435	580
Creole languages	x	x	x	840	440	400
Haitian Creole	x	x	x	35	20	15
Creole, n.o.s.	x	x	x	500	255	245
Creole languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	305	155	145
Dravidian languages	x	x	x	7,500	3,995	3,510
Kannada	x	x	x	280	150	135
Malayalam	x	x	x	2,385	1,260	1,130
Tamil	x	x	x	3,615	1,875	1,740
Telugu	x	x	x	1,175	695	480
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	45	20	25
Hmong-Mien languages	x	x	x	140	75	70
Indo-European languages	x	x	x	588,175	286,135	302,035
Albanian	x	x	x	1,465	765	705
Armenian	x	x	x	1,195	600	600
Balto-Slavic languages	x	x	x	83,110	38,595	44,515
Baltic languages	x	x	x	1,070	485	585
Latvian	x	x	x	565	255	300
Lithuanian	x	x	x	505	225	280
Slavic languages	x	x	x	82,040	38,110	43,930
Belarusan	x	x	x	95	45	50
Bosnian	x	x	x	1,360	675	685
Bulgarian	x	x	x	2,025	955	1,070
Croatian	x	x	x	7,475	3,655	3,820
Czech	x	x	x	5,920	2,850	3,070
Macedonian	x	x	x	325	160	165
Polish	x	x	x	16,910	7,875	9,035
Russian	x	x	x	25,955	11,640	14,310
Serbian	x	x	x	7,045	3,600	3,450
Serbo-Croatian	x	x	x	1,395	670	725
Slovak	x	x	x	3,400	1,525	1,870
Slovene (Slovenian)	x	x	x	1,160	545	615
Ukrainian	x	x	x	8,630	3,730	4,900
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	345	175	170
Celtic languages	x	x	x	615	325	290
Scottish Gaelic	x	x	x	240	130	110
Welsh	x	x	x	280	145	135
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	95	50	45
Germanic languages	x	x	x	101,725	48,350	53,380
Afrikaans	x	x	x	3,260	1,655	1,610
Danish	x	x	x	4,665	2,280	2,385
Dutch	x	x	x	21,020	10,130	10,895
Frisian	x	x	x	295	145	145
German	x	x	x	66,885	31,525	35,360
Icelandic	x	x	x	275	135	145
Norwegian	x	x	x	2,005	970	1,035
Swedish	x	x	x	2,520	1,100	1,420
Vlaams (Flemish)	x	x	x	445	220	225
Yiddish	x	x	x	290	150	140
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	65	45	25
Greek	x	x	x	6,115	3,245	2,870
Indo-Iranian languages	x	x	x	297,800	147,830	149,970
Indo-Aryan languages	x	x	x	251,000	124,260	126,740
Bengali	x	x	x	3,180	1,665	1,510
Gujarati	x	x	x	6,895	3,290	3,605
Hindi	x	x	x	26,720	12,910	13,810
Kashmiri	x	x	x	65	35	25
Konkani	x	x	x	255	130	125
Marathi	x	x	x	620	325	295
Nepali	x	x	x	1,155	620	540
Oriya (Odia)	x	x	x	70	35	35
Punjabi (Panjabi)	x	x	x	198,805	98,525	100,285
Sindhi	x	x	x	1,675	780	895
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	x	x	x	1,675	845	830
Urdu	x	x	x	9,885	5,090	4,795
Iranian languages	x	x	x	46,390	23,355	23,035
Kurdish	x	x	x	1,765	945	825
Pashto	x	x	x	1,155	615	535
Persian (Farsi)	x	x	x	43,470	21,795	21,675
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	410	220	195
Italic (Romance) languages	x	x	x	96,135	46,430	49,710
Catalan	x	x	x	160	85	75
Italian	x	x	x	22,680	11,445	11,230
Portuguese	x	x	x	17,450	8,240	9,210
Romanian	x	x	x	8,730	4,250	4,480
Spanish	x	x	x	47,010	22,335	24,675
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	105	65	40
Japanese	x	x	x	21,350	7,195	14,150
Kartvelian languages	x	x	x	85	50	35
Georgian	x	x	x	85	50	40
Korean	x	x	x	52,160	23,495	28,670
Mongolic languages	x	x	x	360	150	205
Mongolian	x	x	x	360	155	210
Niger-Congo languages	x	x	x	3,725	1,875	1,850
Akan (Twi)	x	x	x	495	275	220
Bamanankan	x	x	x	10	5	5
Edo	x	x	x	85	50	35
Ewe	x	x	x	85	45	35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	x	x	x	45	25	20
Ga	x	x	x	45	20	25
Ganda	x	x	x	90	45	45
Igbo	x	x	x	245	145	105
Lingala	x	x	x	80	30	45
Rundi (Kirundi)	x	x	x	115	50	60
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	x	x	x	155	70	80
Shona	x	x	x	215	100	115
Swahili	x	x	x	805	400	405
Wolof	x	x	x	50	25	25
Yoruba	x	x	x	330	185	150
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	885	410	480
Nilo-Saharan languages	x	x	x	340	175	165
Dinka	x	x	x	105	60	45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	240	115	125
Sign languages	x	x	x	1,155	610	545
American Sign Language	x	x	x	470	230	240
Quebec Sign Language	x	x	x	5	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	690	380	305
Sino-Tibetan languages	x	x	x	410,920	187,725	223,190
Chinese languages	x	x	x	408,415	186,455	221,960
Cantonese	x	x	x	193,530	89,325	104,210
Hakka	x	x	x	2,325	1,010	1,315
Mandarin	x	x	x	186,325	84,370	101,955
Min Dong	x	x	x	230	105	120
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	x	x	x	11,210	4,995	6,215
Wu (Shanghainese)	x	x	x	4,540	1,995	2,545
Chinese, n.o.s.	x	x	x	10,050	4,570	5,480
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	205	85	120
Tibeto-Burman languages	x	x	x	2,500	1,265	1,230
Burmese	x	x	x	1,125	580	545
Karenic languages	x	x	x	815	395	425
Tibetan	x	x	x	330	175	160
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	230	120	110
Tai-Kadai languages	x	x	x	3,985	1,335	2,650
Lao	x	x	x	1,100	550	550
Thai	x	x	x	2,865	775	2,090
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	20	10	15
Turkic languages	x	x	x	4,140	2,295	1,845
Azerbaijani	x	x	x	530	290	235
Turkish	x	x	x	3,145	1,790	1,360
Uyghur	x	x	x	170	85	85
Uzbek	x	x	x	105	50	55
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	190	80	110
Uralic languages	x	x	x	13,490	6,285	7,205
Estonian	x	x	x	705	295	410
Finnish	x	x	x	3,760	1,555	2,200
Hungarian	x	x	x	9,025	4,435	4,590
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	500	280	225
Multiple responses	x	x	x	103,415	49,625	53,795
English and French	x	x	x	10,065	4,815	5,250
English and non-official language	x	x	x	89,135	42,820	46,315
French and non-official language	x	x	x	2,100	1,040	1,065
English, French and non-official language	x	x	x	2,115	950	1,165
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% dataCensus data footnote 19	x	x	x	4,598,415	2,255,395	2,343,015
Single responses	x	x	x	4,365,875	2,145,020	2,220,855
Official languages	x	x	x	3,648,500	1,807,825	1,840,675
English	x	x	x	3,631,700	1,799,625	1,832,075
French	x	x	x	16,795	8,195	8,605
Non-official languages	x	x	x	717,375	337,200	380,180
Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	1,565	765	795
Algonquian languages	x	x	x	105	50	55
Blackfoot	x	x	x	0	5	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	x	x	x	85	40	45
Atikamekw	x	x	x	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Moose Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Naskapi	x	x	x	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Plains Cree	x	x	x	15	10	10
Southern East Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Woods Cree	x	x	x	0	0	5
Cree, n.o.s.	x	x	x	60	30	30
Eastern Algonquian languages	x	x	x	5	0	0
Malecite	x	x	x	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	x	x	x	5	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	x	x	x	10	5	5
Algonquin	x	x	x	0	0	0
Ojibway	x	x	x	15	5	5
Oji-Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	x	x	x	5	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	610	290	320
Northern Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	605	290	315
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	x	x	x	20	10	10
Beaver	x	x	x	40	20	20
Carrier	x	x	x	245	110	130
Chilcotin	x	x	x	260	125	130
Dene	x	x	x	15	5	10
Dogrib (Tlicho)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Gwich'in	x	x	x	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Sekani	x	x	x	15	10	5
Slavey-Hare languages	x	x	x	10	5	5
North Slavey (Hare)	x	x	x	0	0	0
South Slavey	x	x	x	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	x	x	x	10	5	5
Tahltan languages	x	x	x	5	0	5
Kaska (Nahani)	x	x	x	5	0	0
Tahltan	x	x	x	5	0	0
Tutchone languages	x	x	x	0	5	0
Northern Tutchone	x	x	x	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	x	x	x	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Haida	x	x	x	10	5	5
Inuit languages	x	x	x	10	5	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Inuktitut	x	x	x	10	0	5
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	5
Iroquoian languages	x	x	x	0	0	0
Cayuga	x	x	x	0	0	0
Mohawk	x	x	x	0	0	0
Oneida	x	x	x	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Kutenai	x	x	x	15	10	5
Michif	x	x	x	0	5	0
Salish languages	x	x	x	275	130	150
Comox	x	x	x	0	0	0
Halkomelem	x	x	x	50	20	30
Lillooet	x	x	x	25	15	15
Okanagan	x	x	x	85	35	45
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	x	x	x	50	30	20
Squamish	x	x	x	5	5	0
Straits	x	x	x	25	10	15
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	x	x	x	20	10	10
Salish languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	10	10
Siouan languages	x	x	x	15	10	5
Dakota	x	x	x	10	10	5
Stoney	x	x	x	5	5	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Tlingit	x	x	x	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	x	x	x	405	215	195
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	x	x	x	310	155	155
Nisga'a	x	x	x	70	45	25
Tsimshian	x	x	x	25	15	10
Wakashan languages	x	x	x	75	40	35
Haisla	x	x	x	20	10	15
Heiltsuk	x	x	x	5	5	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	x	x	x	25	10	10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	x	x	x	30	15	10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	x	x	x	45	15	25
Non-Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	715,815	336,435	379,380
Afro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	13,990	7,065	6,920
Berber languages	x	x	x	45	25	20
Kabyle	x	x	x	20	10	15
Berber languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	25	15	10
Cushitic languages	x	x	x	770	355	415
Bilen	x	x	x	0	0	0
Oromo	x	x	x	90	50	45
Somali	x	x	x	665	300	360
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	15	5	10
Semitic languages	x	x	x	13,155	6,680	6,475
Amharic	x	x	x	600	275	320
Arabic	x	x	x	10,415	5,335	5,080
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	405	195	210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	310	165	145
Harari	x	x	x	10	5	5
Hebrew	x	x	x	900	465	440
Maltese	x	x	x	15	5	10
Tigrigna	x	x	x	410	190	225
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	95	45	50
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	10	10
Austro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	17,870	8,305	9,560
Khmer (Cambodian)	x	x	x	800	375	420
Vietnamese	x	x	x	17,055	7,920	9,130
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	15	10	5
Austronesian languages	x	x	x	40,605	17,945	22,660
Bikol	x	x	x	75	30	35
Cebuano	x	x	x	1,305	585	715
Fijian	x	x	x	110	65	55
Hiligaynon	x	x	x	415	175	240
Ilocano	x	x	x	1,615	695	930
Malagasy	x	x	x	10	5	10
Malay	x	x	x	1,120	510	605
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	x	x	x	150	70	80
Pangasinan	x	x	x	55	25	30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	x	x	x	35,375	15,600	19,770
Waray-Waray	x	x	x	55	25	35
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	310	150	160
Creole languages	x	x	x	335	150	180
Haitian Creole	x	x	x	0	0	5
Creole, n.o.s.	x	x	x	235	105	130
Creole languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	95	50	45
Dravidian languages	x	x	x	3,940	1,995	1,940
Kannada	x	x	x	110	55	60
Malayalam	x	x	x	1,225	615	605
Tamil	x	x	x	2,055	1,025	1,030
Telugu	x	x	x	535	295	240
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	15	5	10
Hmong-Mien languages	x	x	x	55	25	30
Indo-European languages	x	x	x	282,090	137,135	144,955
Albanian	x	x	x	695	335	360
Armenian	x	x	x	545	240	305
Balto-Slavic languages	x	x	x	31,640	15,150	16,490
Baltic languages	x	x	x	210	90	115
Latvian	x	x	x	80	30	50
Lithuanian	x	x	x	125	60	65
Slavic languages	x	x	x	31,430	15,060	16,370
Belarusan	x	x	x	15	5	5
Bosnian	x	x	x	595	300	300
Bulgarian	x	x	x	1,035	485	550
Croatian	x	x	x	2,235	1,055	1,180
Czech	x	x	x	1,595	800	795
Macedonian	x	x	x	150	75	75
Polish	x	x	x	5,690	2,720	2,970
Russian	x	x	x	13,310	6,290	7,020
Serbian	x	x	x	3,695	1,870	1,825
Serbo-Croatian	x	x	x	500	235	265
Slovak	x	x	x	1,000	480	520
Slovene (Slovenian)	x	x	x	145	65	85
Ukrainian	x	x	x	1,430	665	765
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	40	20	20
Celtic languages	x	x	x	70	40	30
Scottish Gaelic	x	x	x	35	20	10
Welsh	x	x	x	25	10	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	5	5	5
Germanic languages	x	x	x	14,430	6,870	7,555
Afrikaans	x	x	x	1,475	715	760
Danish	x	x	x	305	145	160
Dutch	x	x	x	1,895	890	1,005
Frisian	x	x	x	10	5	5
German	x	x	x	10,085	4,795	5,295
Icelandic	x	x	x	75	35	35
Norwegian	x	x	x	140	60	80
Swedish	x	x	x	360	170	195
Vlaams (Flemish)	x	x	x	50	30	20
Yiddish	x	x	x	10	10	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	15	5	5
Greek	x	x	x	2,010	975	1,035
Indo-Iranian languages	x	x	x	194,590	95,380	99,215
Indo-Aryan languages	x	x	x	164,185	80,610	83,575
Bengali	x	x	x	1,815	895	920
Gujarati	x	x	x	2,970	1,320	1,645
Hindi	x	x	x	12,310	5,890	6,425
Kashmiri	x	x	x	10	5	5
Konkani	x	x	x	40	25	25
Marathi	x	x	x	270	140	130
Nepali	x	x	x	665	345	320
Oriya (Odia)	x	x	x	35	20	15
Punjabi (Panjabi)	x	x	x	139,080	68,565	70,515
Sindhi	x	x	x	615	270	345
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	x	x	x	675	330	340
Urdu	x	x	x	5,705	2,825	2,880
Iranian languages	x	x	x	30,205	14,665	15,540
Kurdish	x	x	x	1,080	540	535
Pashto	x	x	x	700	350	350
Persian (Farsi)	x	x	x	28,420	13,765	14,660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	200	100	100
Italic (Romance) languages	x	x	x	38,110	18,145	19,970
Catalan	x	x	x	65	35	35
Italian	x	x	x	5,200	2,245	2,955
Portuguese	x	x	x	6,725	3,140	3,580
Romanian	x	x	x	3,800	1,830	1,970
Spanish	x	x	x	22,310	10,900	11,410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	5	10
Japanese	x	x	x	9,860	4,070	5,790
Kartvelian languages	x	x	x	30	15	10
Georgian	x	x	x	30	15	15
Korean	x	x	x	38,605	17,785	20,820
Mongolic languages	x	x	x	170	80	90
Mongolian	x	x	x	165	80	85
Niger-Congo languages	x	x	x	960	430	530
Akan (Twi)	x	x	x	150	80	65
Bamanankan	x	x	x	5	5	5
Edo	x	x	x	15	10	10
Ewe	x	x	x	20	5	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	x	x	x	20	5	10
Ga	x	x	x	5	5	0
Ganda	x	x	x	10	5	5
Igbo	x	x	x	40	20	15
Lingala	x	x	x	35	15	20
Rundi (Kirundi)	x	x	x	55	20	40
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	x	x	x	60	25	35
Shona	x	x	x	65	25	40
Swahili	x	x	x	200	90	115
Wolof	x	x	x	20	10	10
Yoruba	x	x	x	60	30	35
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	200	85	120
Nilo-Saharan languages	x	x	x	140	60	75
Dinka	x	x	x	55	30	20
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	85	30	55
Sign languages	x	x	x	1,535	850	685
American Sign Language	x	x	x	455	230	225
Quebec Sign Language	x	x	x	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	1,080	615	460
Sino-Tibetan languages	x	x	x	299,420	137,555	161,865
Chinese languages	x	x	x	297,675	136,670	161,000
Cantonese	x	x	x	137,075	62,545	74,525
Hakka	x	x	x	700	295	410
Mandarin	x	x	x	146,435	67,695	78,740
Min Dong	x	x	x	65	25	35
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	x	x	x	4,820	2,185	2,630
Wu (Shanghainese)	x	x	x	2,595	1,195	1,400
Chinese, n.o.s.	x	x	x	5,885	2,680	3,205
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	105	45	55
Tibeto-Burman languages	x	x	x	1,745	885	865
Burmese	x	x	x	720	375	350
Karenic languages	x	x	x	725	355	370
Tibetan	x	x	x	205	110	90
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	90	45	45
Tai-Kadai languages	x	x	x	1,380	595	785
Lao	x	x	x	460	225	235
Thai	x	x	x	920	370	545
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	x	x	x	10	5	5
Turkic languages	x	x	x	1,695	880	815
Azerbaijani	x	x	x	195	105	95
Turkish	x	x	x	1,310	685	630
Uyghur	x	x	x	95	50	50
Uzbek	x	x	x	45	25	20
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	40	20	25
Uralic languages	x	x	x	3,005	1,415	1,590
Estonian	x	x	x	95	40	55
Finnish	x	x	x	725	325	400
Hungarian	x	x	x	2,185	1,050	1,130
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	145	70	75
Multiple responses	x	x	x	232,540	110,375	122,165
English and French	x	x	x	6,155	2,970	3,185
English and non-official language	x	x	x	222,670	105,750	116,920
French and non-official language	x	x	x	650	290	360
English, French and non-official language	x	x	x	3,065	1,365	1,700
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% dataCensus data footnote 20	x	x	x	4,598,415	2,255,400	2,343,015
None	x	x	x	3,931,210	1,940,390	1,990,820
English	x	x	x	274,535	132,990	141,545
French	x	x	x	41,020	18,435	22,590
Non-official language	x	x	x	340,930	158,590	182,345
Aboriginal	x	x	x	7,985	3,765	4,215
Non-Aboriginal	x	x	x	332,945	154,820	178,125
English and French	x	x	x	1,195	545	650
English and non-official language	x	x	x	5,660	2,655	3,005
French and non-official language	x	x	x	3,765	1,745	2,020
English, French and non-official language	x	x	x	100	45	50
Knowledge of languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44	x	x	x	4,560,235	2,237,490	2,322,745
Official languages	x	x	x	4,407,125	2,173,840	2,233,285
English	x	x	x	4,405,380	2,173,040	2,232,340
French	x	x	x	314,225	140,085	174,140
Non-official languages	x	x	x	1,546,550	727,200	819,355
Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	17,190	8,115	9,075
Algonquian languages	x	x	x	1,950	905	1,045
Blackfoot	x	x	x	35	0	35
Cree-Montagnais languages	x	x	x	1,600	795	805
Atikamekw	x	x	x	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Moose Cree	x	x	x	15	0	10
Naskapi	x	x	x	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	x	x	x	10	0	10
Plains Cree	x	x	x	345	160	180
Southern East Cree	x	x	x	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	x	x	x	55	25	30
Woods Cree	x	x	x	80	45	40
Cree, n.o.s.	x	x	x	1,090	560	525
Eastern Algonquian languages	x	x	x	30	20	10
Malecite	x	x	x	10	10	0
Mi'kmaq	x	x	x	25	15	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	x	x	x	310	100	205
Algonquin	x	x	x	20	0	15
Ojibway	x	x	x	275	95	180
Oji-Cree	x	x	x	15	0	15
Ottawa (Odawa)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	4,375	2,050	2,330
Northern Athabaskan languages	x	x	x	4,345	2,035	2,315
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	x	x	x	200	100	95
Beaver	x	x	x	255	130	130
Carrier	x	x	x	2,045	940	1,110
Chilcotin	x	x	x	1,130	525	605
Dene	x	x	x	130	55	80
Dogrib (Tlicho)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Gwich'in	x	x	x	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	x	x	x	0	0	0
Sekani	x	x	x	185	85	100
Slavey-Hare languages	x	x	x	125	60	75
North Slavey (Hare)	x	x	x	10	0	10
South Slavey	x	x	x	25	15	10
Slavey, n.o.s.	x	x	x	105	45	60
Tahltan languages	x	x	x	290	155	130
Kaska (Nahani)	x	x	x	35	20	15
Tahltan	x	x	x	250	135	120
Tutchone languages	x	x	x	10	0	10
Northern Tutchone	x	x	x	0	0	10
Southern Tutchone	x	x	x	10	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	30	15	10
Haida	x	x	x	455	195	255
Inuit languages	x	x	x	170	70	95
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	x	x	x	20	10	10
Inuktitut	x	x	x	120	50	70
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	35	15	25
Iroquoian languages	x	x	x	30	10	15
Cayuga	x	x	x	0	0	0
Mohawk	x	x	x	25	10	15
Oneida	x	x	x	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	0	10	0
Kutenai	x	x	x	170	95	80
Michif	x	x	x	110	50	60
Salish languages	x	x	x	5,660	2,690	2,970
Comox	x	x	x	185	75	105
Halkomelem	x	x	x	1,045	470	570
Lillooet	x	x	x	790	405	385
Okanagan	x	x	x	805	360	445
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	x	x	x	1,280	630	650
Squamish	x	x	x	280	125	155
Straits	x	x	x	360	160	200
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	x	x	x	440	220	220
Salish languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	540	280	260
Siouan languages	x	x	x	55	20	35
Dakota	x	x	x	30	15	15
Stoney	x	x	x	10	10	10
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	15	10	10
Tlingit	x	x	x	60	40	20
Tsimshian languages	x	x	x	2,685	1,330	1,350
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	x	x	x	1,275	635	645
Nisga'a	x	x	x	1,035	535	500
Tsimshian	x	x	x	405	180	230
Wakashan languages	x	x	x	1,460	670	795
Haisla	x	x	x	175	65	105
Heiltsuk	x	x	x	120	50	70
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	x	x	x	590	275	315
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	x	x	x	560	265	295
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	20	15	10
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	x	x	x	240	105	135
Non-Aboriginal languages	x	x	x	1,529,635	719,190	810,440
Afro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	35,115	18,585	16,530
Berber languages	x	x	x	145	95	45
Kabyle	x	x	x	65	40	25
Berber languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	80	60	20
Cushitic languages	x	x	x	2,070	955	1,120
Bilen	x	x	x	20	10	15
Oromo	x	x	x	245	140	110
Somali	x	x	x	1,800	815	985
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	10	0	10
Semitic languages	x	x	x	33,110	17,660	15,460
Amharic	x	x	x	2,095	1,050	1,045
Arabic	x	x	x	24,230	13,180	11,050
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	760	370	390
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	x	x	x	570	285	285
Harari	x	x	x	55	35	20
Hebrew	x	x	x	5,450	2,805	2,645
Maltese	x	x	x	315	155	155
Tigrigna	x	x	x	1,055	560	495
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	300	160	140
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	170	85	85
Austro-Asiatic languages	x	x	x	35,915	17,130	18,785
Khmer (Cambodian)	x	x	x	1,875	850	1,020
Vietnamese	x	x	x	34,140	16,295	17,840
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	55	30	25
Austronesian languages	x	x	x	125,425	51,215	74,210
Bikol	x	x	x	530	215	310
Cebuano	x	x	x	5,365	2,000	3,370
Fijian	x	x	x	1,095	655	440
Hiligaynon	x	x	x	1,685	710	975
Ilocano	x	x	x	6,450	2,480	3,970
Malagasy	x	x	x	25	15	10
Malay	x	x	x	7,495	3,480	4,010
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	x	x	x	855	365	495
Pangasinan	x	x	x	480	205	275
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	x	x	x	113,265	45,455	67,805
Waray-Waray	x	x	x	320	130	195
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	1,515	740	775
Creole languages	x	x	x	2,485	1,320	1,165
Haitian Creole	x	x	x	135	55	75
Creole, n.o.s.	x	x	x	1,310	730	585
Creole languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	1,055	540	515
Dravidian languages	x	x	x	10,390	5,485	4,905
Kannada	x	x	x	510	250	265
Malayalam	x	x	x	3,350	1,795	1,550
Tamil	x	x	x	5,445	2,830	2,610
Telugu	x	x	x	1,720	970	750
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	85	30	55
Hmong-Mien languages	x	x	x	165	85	80
Indo-European languages	x	x	x	764,815	371,760	393,060
Albanian	x	x	x	1,640	840	795
Armenian	x	x	x	1,680	845	835
Balto-Slavic languages	x	x	x	94,050	44,710	49,340
Baltic languages	x	x	x	1,030	515	520
Latvian	x	x	x	555	290	265
Lithuanian	x	x	x	475	220	250
Slavic languages	x	x	x	93,235	44,305	48,940
Belarusan	x	x	x	245	115	125
Bosnian	x	x	x	2,075	1,020	1,050
Bulgarian	x	x	x	2,430	1,105	1,325
Croatian	x	x	x	10,685	5,255	5,430
Czech	x	x	x	7,480	3,665	3,815
Macedonian	x	x	x	400	220	185
Polish	x	x	x	19,175	8,980	10,190
Russian	x	x	x	33,990	15,850	18,135
Serbian	x	x	x	9,110	4,625	4,485
Serbo-Croatian	x	x	x	1,525	770	750
Slovak	x	x	x	4,270	2,045	2,225
Slovene (Slovenian)	x	x	x	1,375	610	760
Ukrainian	x	x	x	10,740	4,835	5,905
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	420	215	205
Celtic languages	x	x	x	1,855	990	865
Scottish Gaelic	x	x	x	660	395	265
Welsh	x	x	x	345	145	195
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	860	450	410
Germanic languages	x	x	x	136,685	65,350	71,335
Afrikaans	x	x	x	7,670	3,875	3,800
Danish	x	x	x	5,510	2,490	3,020
Dutch	x	x	x	24,060	11,520	12,550
Frisian	x	x	x	465	230	240
German	x	x	x	95,005	45,840	49,165
Icelandic	x	x	x	405	210	195
Norwegian	x	x	x	2,845	1,425	1,415
Swedish	x	x	x	4,825	2,125	2,695
Vlaams (Flemish)	x	x	x	545	270	275
Yiddish	x	x	x	505	225	280
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	155	95	60
Greek	x	x	x	9,095	4,725	4,370
Indo-Iranian languages	x	x	x	363,205	181,340	181,865
Indo-Aryan languages	x	x	x	311,955	155,465	156,490
Bengali	x	x	x	3,670	1,885	1,785
Gujarati	x	x	x	11,500	5,455	6,050
Hindi	x	x	x	81,330	39,950	41,380
Kashmiri	x	x	x	60	30	25
Konkani	x	x	x	415	215	200
Marathi	x	x	x	1,475	780	695
Nepali	x	x	x	1,485	725	760
Oriya (Odia)	x	x	x	70	40	30
Punjabi (Panjabi)	x	x	x	244,485	122,450	122,035
Sindhi	x	x	x	3,300	1,415	1,885
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	x	x	x	2,430	1,265	1,170
Urdu	x	x	x	16,750	8,840	7,915
Iranian languages	x	x	x	52,300	26,435	25,870
Kurdish	x	x	x	2,225	1,185	1,040
Pashto	x	x	x	1,660	940	725
Persian (Farsi)	x	x	x	49,835	25,135	24,690
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	935	490	450
Italic (Romance) languages	x	x	x	177,685	83,505	94,185
Catalan	x	x	x	395	210	180
Italian	x	x	x	37,475	18,075	19,400
Portuguese	x	x	x	23,260	11,060	12,200
Romanian	x	x	x	10,045	4,945	5,105
Spanish	x	x	x	115,115	53,215	61,900
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	380	245	140
Japanese	x	x	x	36,990	15,955	21,040
Kartvelian languages	x	x	x	115	55	60
Georgian	x	x	x	115	55	55
Korean	x	x	x	57,490	26,310	31,180
Mongolic languages	x	x	x	370	170	200
Mongolian	x	x	x	370	165	195
Niger-Congo languages	x	x	x	8,025	4,130	3,895
Akan (Twi)	x	x	x	630	350	280
Bamanankan	x	x	x	30	20	15
Edo	x	x	x	145	80	60
Ewe	x	x	x	135	90	45
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	x	x	x	105	30	70
Ga	x	x	x	150	95	50
Ganda	x	x	x	165	80	85
Igbo	x	x	x	425	240	185
Lingala	x	x	x	280	125	150
Rundi (Kirundi)	x	x	x	125	45	75
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	x	x	x	290	125	165
Shona	x	x	x	415	220	195
Swahili	x	x	x	3,365	1,785	1,575
Wolof	x	x	x	50	25	30
Yoruba	x	x	x	885	455	435
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	1,835	840	1,000
Nilo-Saharan languages	x	x	x	405	210	200
Dinka	x	x	x	85	50	35
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	325	155	165
Sign languages	x	x	x	7,545	2,865	4,680
American Sign Language	x	x	x	3,860	1,280	2,575
Quebec Sign Language	x	x	x	10	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	3,780	1,615	2,160
Sino-Tibetan languages	x	x	x	457,595	211,220	246,375
Chinese languages	x	x	x	454,885	209,850	245,030
Cantonese	x	x	x	234,445	108,485	125,960
Hakka	x	x	x	2,715	1,290	1,430
Mandarin	x	x	x	265,635	119,995	145,640
Min Dong	x	x	x	130	55	75
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	x	x	x	16,410	7,230	9,185
Wu (Shanghainese)	x	x	x	5,600	2,445	3,155
Chinese, n.o.s.	x	x	x	10,380	4,725	5,650
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	200	75	120
Tibeto-Burman languages	x	x	x	3,000	1,500	1,505
Burmese	x	x	x	1,490	730	755
Karenic languages	x	x	x	955	485	465
Tibetan	x	x	x	375	205	165
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	330	150	180
Tai-Kadai languages	x	x	x	5,635	2,190	3,450
Lao	x	x	x	1,630	735	890
Thai	x	x	x	4,275	1,535	2,740
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	10	10	0
Turkic languages	x	x	x	6,785	3,685	3,095
Azerbaijani	x	x	x	945	510	435
Turkish	x	x	x	5,585	3,025	2,555
Uyghur	x	x	x	115	60	55
Uzbek	x	x	x	170	95	75
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	275	140	130
Uralic languages	x	x	x	15,280	7,095	8,185
Estonian	x	x	x	780	350	425
Finnish	x	x	x	4,030	1,640	2,385
Hungarian	x	x	x	10,495	5,100	5,395
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	10	10	10
Other languages, n.i.e.	x	x	x	1,045	575	470