Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Generation Status (4), Number of Languages known (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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Number of languages known (11)^{Footnote 1}

Age (12)

Sex (3)

This table details mother tongue , generation status , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Windsor
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Mother tongue (187)	Generation status (4)
Mother tongue (187)	Total - Generation status^Footnote 2	First generation^Footnote 3	Second generation^Footnote 4	Third generation or more^Footnote 5
Total - Mother tongue^{Footnote 6}	325,005	80,780	69,525	174,700
Single responses	317,230	77,720	66,300	173,210
Official languages	245,085	19,465	52,840	172,780
English	235,590	18,700	52,175	164,715
French	9,495	770	660	8,065
Non-official languages	72,145	58,255	13,460	430
Aboriginal languages	30	15	0	10
Non-Aboriginal languages	72,115	58,240	13,465	415
Afro-Asiatic languages	17,500	14,715	2,760	25
Berber languages	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	615	505	115	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0
Oromo	60	55	0	0
Somali	555	450	105	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	16,865	14,190	2,655	25
Amharic	125	100	10	15
Arabic	13,565	11,335	2,215	10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	480	385	95	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	2,230	1,960	270	0
Harari	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	20	20	0	0
Maltese	240	195	50	0
Tigrigna	130	120	10	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	85	75	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	2,190	1,745	435	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	410	360	50	0
Vietnamese	1,775	1,385	390	0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,185	2,095	90	0
Bikol	20	25	0	0
Cebuano	105	105	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	30	25	0	0
Ilocano	115	110	10	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0
Malay	35	40	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	15	20	0	0
Pangasinan	10	10	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,795	1,715	75	0
Waray-Waray	10	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0
Creole languages	210	190	15	0
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	175	160	15	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	35	35	0	0
Dravidian languages	540	480	60	0
Kannada	15	10	10	0
Malayalam	90	80	0	0
Tamil	350	305	45	0
Telugu	90	80	10	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	10	10	0	0
Indo-European languages	38,750	29,865	8,610	275
Albanian	1,100	970	130	0
Armenian	175	160	15	0
Balto-Slavic languages	11,370	8,700	2,570	100
Baltic languages	75	40	40	0
Latvian	20	15	10	0
Lithuanian	55	25	35	0
Slavic languages	11,295	8,660	2,530	105
Belarusan	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	290	265	25	0
Bulgarian	70	65	0	0
Croatian	1,755	1,315	410	35
Czech	175	140	30	0
Macedonian	1,160	920	235	0
Polish	2,850	2,225	630	0
Russian	660	570	90	0
Serbian	2,740	2,150	565	20
Serbo-Croatian	155	150	0	0
Slovak	605	420	190	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	165	120	45	0
Ukrainian	540	205	285	50
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	115	105	10	0
Celtic languages	15	10	10	0
Scottish Gaelic	10	10	0	0
Welsh	10	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	2,595	1,845	730	25
Afrikaans	50	55	0	0
Danish	55	60	0	0
Dutch	370	275	95	0
Frisian	10	10	0	0
German	2,005	1,390	600	20
Icelandic	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0
Swedish	10	10	10	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	75	60	15	0
Yiddish	15	0	10	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Greek	965	635	320	10
Indo-Iranian languages	8,235	6,960	1,265	0
Indo-Aryan languages	7,320	6,115	1,200	10
Bengali	655	585	70	0
Gujarati	695	640	55	0
Hindi	630	575	55	0
Kashmiri	10	10	0	0
Konkani	10	0	0	0
Marathi	65	55	10	0
Nepali	435	400	40	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	2,375	1,885	480	10
Sindhi	25	25	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	105	90	10	0
Urdu	2,315	1,830	480	0
Iranian languages	855	785	70	0
Kurdish	140	125	15	0
Pashto	55	40	15	0
Persian (Farsi)	660	625	40	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	65	65	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	14,290	10,580	3,580	125
Catalan	0	0	0	0
Italian	8,450	5,685	2,655	115
Portuguese	710	550	160	0
Romanian	2,090	1,755	335	0
Spanish	3,015	2,585	415	15
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	30	10	20	0
Japanese	85	60	25	0
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0
Korean	380	350	30	0
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	850	810	40	0
Akan (Twi)	90	75	15	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0
Edo	15	20	0	0
Ewe	25	25	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0
Ga	10	10	0	0
Ganda	10	0	0	0
Igbo	70	65	10	0
Lingala	45	45	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	75	75	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	55	55	0	0
Shona	0	10	0	0
Swahili	160	155	10	0
Wolof	15	15	0	0
Yoruba	180	165	15	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	110	105	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	110	100	10	0
Dinka	25	30	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	80	75	10	0
Sign languages	130	35	25	70
American Sign Language	65	20	10	30
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	70	20	10	40
Sino-Tibetan languages	7,060	6,210	835	15
Chinese languages	6,925	6,080	825	20
Cantonese	2,055	1,610	425	15
Hakka	55	45	0	0
Mandarin	4,100	3,750	350	0
Min Dong	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	165	155	20	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	80	75	10	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	470	450	25	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	140	130	10	0
Burmese	20	20	0	0
Karenic languages	115	110	10	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	10	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	220	195	30	0
Lao	195	165	30	0
Thai	30	30	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	390	320	65	10
Azerbaijani	25	30	0	0
Turkish	320	255	60	0
Uyghur	20	15	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	0
Uralic languages	1,475	1,045	420	10
Estonian	15	10	10	0
Finnish	85	35	45	0
Hungarian	1,370	1,005	365	10
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	25	15	10	0
Multiple responses	7,775	3,055	3,225	1,495
English and French	1,675	135	285	1,255
English and non-official language	5,445	2,590	2,670	180
French and non-official language	345	265	65	15
English, French and non-official language	305	70	200	35

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'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.

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Footnote 2

For more information on generation status 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 Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 3

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or once were, immigrants to Canada.

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Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

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