Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Victoria
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 113,935 110,690 1,970 370 910 2,155 1.9
Single responses 110,885 107,880 1,820 275 905 1,955 1.8
Official languages 104,515 102,710 1,810 0 0 1,805 1.7
English 103,940 102,670 1,270 0 0 1,270 1.2
French 570 35 535 0 0 535 93.9
Non-official languages 6,370 5,175 10 275 910 150 2.4
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 6,370 5,170 10 275 905 150 2.4
Afro-Asiatic languages 430 295 0 30 100 15 3.5
Berber languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kabyle 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 400 280 0 25 95 15 3.8
Amharic 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 330 215 0 25 90 15 4.5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 30 20 5 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 125 110 0 0 10 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 110 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 600 580 0 5 10 5 0.8
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 550 535 0 10 5 5 0.9
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 50 45 0 0 5 5 10.0
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 1,860 1,520 5 180 155 90 4.8
Albanian 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 425 340 0 35 45 20 4.7
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 425 340 0 35 45 20 4.7
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Croatian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 100 85 0 5 5 5 5.0
Russian 165 120 0 15 25 10 6.1
Serbian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 245 200 0 45 5 25 10.2
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 30 20 0 10 0 10 33.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 180 145 5 30 5 15 8.3
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Swedish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 510 450 0 15 40 10 2.0
Indo-Aryan languages 275 240 0 5 30 0 0.0
Bengali 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Gujarati 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 110 95 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Iranian languages 225 205 0 10 10 5 2.2
Kurdish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 205 185 0 10 10 5 2.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 615 475 0 85 60 45 7.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 50 40 0 10 5 5 10.0
Portuguese 120 95 0 10 15 5 4.2
Romanian 40 20 0 15 5 10 25.0
Spanish 400 320 0 45 35 25 6.3
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 240 215 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 385 330 0 10 45 5 1.3
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,460 1,880 0 30 550 15 0.6
Chinese languages 2,455 1,870 0 30 555 15 0.6
Cantonese 855 535 0 5 320 5 0.6
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,455 1,225 0 25 205 10 0.7
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 100 75 0 0 20 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 65 55 0 5 0 5 7.7
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,055 2,810 155 90 0 200 6.5
English and French 250 85 105 55 0 135 54.0
English and non-official language 2,710 2,695 10 0 0 10 0.4
French and non-official language 25 0 20 0 0 25 100.0
English, French and non-official language 75 30 15 35 0 30 40.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 2

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 3

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016073.

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