Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Quebec / Québec
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Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 8,066,560 372,450 4,032,640 3,586,410 75,060
Single responses 7,881,650 359,615 3,991,975 3,455,765 74,290
Official languages 6,820,815 185,260 3,717,735 2,916,310 1,515
English 601,155 183,155 3,960 413,575 465
French 6,219,660 2,110 3,713,775 2,502,730 1,050
Non-official languages 1,060,830 174,355 274,240 539,460 72,775
Aboriginal languages 45,570 19,885 13,785 8,185 3,710
Algonquian languages 33,140 12,575 13,340 5,475 1,745
Blackfoot 5 0 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 31,435 11,980 12,845 4,890 1,725
Atikamekw 6,150 5 5,385 305 450
Montagnais (Innu) 8,715 100 7,390 845 375
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 595 410 10 130 35
Northern East Cree 135 80 0 50 5
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 35 20 0 20 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 5 0
Woods Cree 10 0 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,790 11,350 50 3,535 850
Eastern Algonquian languages 485 365 5 115 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 485 360 5 110 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 1,215 235 490 470 20
Algonquin 1,185 220 480 460 20
Ojibway 25 10 10 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Athabaskan languages 15 5 5 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 15 5 5 10 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 10 0 5 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 0 5 5 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 11,965 6,965 400 2,650 1,950
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 11,895 6,930 390 2,630 1,950
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 75 40 15 20 5
Iroquoian languages 380 315 15 40 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 365 310 15 40 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 5 5 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 5 0
Comox 0 5 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 65 25 30 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,015,265 154,470 260,455 531,275 69,070
Afro-Asiatic languages 197,535 14,485 72,975 99,890 10,185
Berber languages 20,840 80 12,535 7,665 565
Kabyle 12,465 45 7,765 4,290 365
Berber languages, n.i.e. 8,375 35 4,770 3,375 195
Cushitic languages 1,125 110 340 600 75
Bilen 15 5 5 5 0
Oromo 15 10 0 5 0
Somali 1,070 95 325 580 75
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 15 5 5
Semitic languages 175,210 14,260 59,965 91,460 9,530
Amharic 740 265 25 430 15
Arabic 169,890 12,555 59,775 88,250 9,315
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 150 35 20 70 30
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 5 5 10 0
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 3,885 1,230 105 2,435 115
Maltese 25 15 0 10 0
Tigrigna 385 135 25 205 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 110 20 15 45 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 355 35 135 165 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 36,310 3,845 9,480 18,400 4,585
Khmer (Cambodian) 8,855 605 3,030 4,005 1,215
Vietnamese 27,430 3,235 6,435 14,385 3,370
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 30 5 10 10 5
Austronesian languages 21,635 14,420 695 6,300 215
Bikol 115 75 0 35 0
Cebuano 885 595 5 280 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 410 285 5 115 5
Ilocano 2,060 1,675 0 355 35
Malagasy 1,250 0 580 650 20
Malay 705 295 20 375 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 200 155 0 45 0
Pangasinan 95 80 0 10 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,540 11,055 30 4,320 135
Waray-Waray 50 30 0 15 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 320 165 50 105 5
Creole languages 56,985 260 34,960 20,080 1,680
Haitian Creole 2,220 10 1,310 845 65
Creole, n.o.s. 53,780 195 33,565 18,410 1,620
Creole languages, n.i.e. 980 65 95 825 5
Dravidian languages 14,860 7,410 440 5,655 1,350
Kannada 240 180 0 55 5
Malayalam 440 305 5 115 10
Tamil 13,595 6,500 435 5,345 1,320
Telugu 570 420 0 135 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 25 5 5 10 0
Indo-European languages 553,045 78,450 114,000 326,040 34,555
Albanian 2,790 285 840 1,430 235
Armenian 16,430 2,020 1,170 11,885 1,360
Balto-Slavic languages 68,155 12,515 12,405 39,885 3,355
Baltic languages 850 270 15 545 10
Latvian 295 105 5 175 5
Lithuanian 555 165 10 370 10
Slavic languages 67,305 12,245 12,385 39,335 3,340
Belarusan 80 15 15 50 0
Bosnian 1,620 95 765 665 85
Bulgarian 6,985 580 1,445 4,725 235
Croatian 2,335 570 270 1,435 55
Czech 1,465 400 115 940 15
Macedonian 205 30 20 140 10
Polish 13,940 3,240 1,405 8,895 395
Russian 28,565 4,990 6,165 15,315 2,095
Serbian 3,140 465 660 1,870 140
Serbo-Croatian 1,805 130 595 1,000 75
Slovak 1,040 285 80 665 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 755 330 20 400 5
Ukrainian 5,210 1,060 795 3,135 215
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 45 30 95 0
Celtic languages 155 35 40 85 5
Scottish Gaelic 20 10 0 10 5
Welsh 40 15 0 20 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 90 5 30 50 0
Germanic languages 27,545 9,165 1,175 15,420 1,780
Afrikaans 125 70 5 45 0
Danish 395 165 5 225 5
Dutch 2,825 590 115 2,110 15
Frisian 10 10 0 5 0
German 13,670 3,645 885 9,030 110
Icelandic 65 30 0 35 5
Norwegian 200 75 5 125 0
Swedish 555 185 15 355 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 540 25 90 430 0
Yiddish 8,985 4,380 20 2,935 1,650
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 175 0 35 140 0
Greek 38,635 11,650 515 23,080 3,390
Indo-Iranian languages 76,040 29,570 5,745 33,070 7,650
Indo-Aryan languages 45,840 21,940 1,570 17,640 4,700
Bengali 11,000 5,200 305 4,645 845
Gujarati 6,070 2,940 140 2,270 720
Hindi 3,030 1,875 30 1,005 115
Kashmiri 20 15 0 5 0
Konkani 110 60 25 30 0
Marathi 255 175 0 75 5
Nepali 1,505 150 470 435 455
Oriya (Odia) 30 25 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 12,385 6,220 235 4,210 1,715
Sindhi 330 105 15 190 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 645 375 0 250 15
Urdu 10,475 4,790 345 4,505 830
Iranian languages 29,760 7,515 4,095 15,250 2,895
Kurdish 985 185 295 360 145
Pashto 1,285 425 125 520 215
Persian (Farsi) 27,490 6,915 3,680 14,365 2,535
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 435 115 80 180 60
Italic (Romance) languages 323,285 13,205 92,115 201,185 16,780
Catalan 315 25 60 225 5
Italian 104,600 4,210 15,730 79,370 5,290
Portuguese 36,770 1,995 10,635 22,300 1,840
Romanian 35,845 950 9,170 24,385 1,340
Spanish 145,635 6,030 56,490 74,820 8,300
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 125 5 35 85 5
Japanese 2,525 1,015 180 1,220 105
Kartvelian languages 170 50 20 90 10
Georgian 170 50 20 95 10
Korean 5,160 2,380 200 2,060 520
Mongolic languages 190 50 40 90 20
Mongolian 190 50 35 90 20
Niger-Congo languages 28,355 1,405 14,080 12,070 800
Akan (Twi) 1,045 510 20 510 15
Bamanankan 1,200 10 710 465 15
Edo 80 40 10 30 0
Ewe 730 25 360 340 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 2,055 5 1,165 840 45
Ga 80 40 0 35 0
Ganda 35 20 0 15 0
Igbo 120 80 0 40 0
Lingala 2,465 10 1,635 805 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 3,340 20 1,565 1,585 175
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 2,495 60 845 1,530 60
Shona 85 45 0 40 0
Swahili 3,010 160 1,580 1,105 160
Wolof 3,230 20 1,595 1,545 75
Yoruba 255 105 50 105 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 8,130 270 4,545 3,085 240
Nilo-Saharan languages 340 15 185 120 20
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 340 15 185 115 20
Sign languages 1,335 55 545 190 545
American Sign Language 65 30 5 15 20
Quebec Sign Language 675 5 370 115 180
Sign languages, n.i.e 595 20 170 55 345
Sino-Tibetan languages 76,840 26,765 7,835 29,170 13,070
Chinese languages 76,495 26,660 7,790 29,045 13,000
Cantonese 24,380 6,600 2,025 10,070 5,680
Hakka 470 90 55 210 115
Mandarin 43,695 17,540 4,575 15,780 5,800
Min Dong 20 10 0 10 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,225 560 575 1,455 635
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,075 400 80 350 240
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,540 1,420 480 1,135 500
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 35 5 25 20
Tibeto-Burman languages 350 105 45 120 70
Burmese 80 35 0 30 10
Karenic languages 70 0 15 5 45
Tibetan 110 35 5 65 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 90 30 15 30 10
Tai-Kadai languages 4,890 395 1,675 2,455 365
Lao 4,115 135 1,575 2,080 325
Thai 770 255 100 370 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 5 5
Turkic languages 7,980 1,410 2,395 3,380 805
Azerbaijani 290 75 30 170 15
Turkish 7,155 1,235 2,245 2,935 740
Uyghur 200 45 35 95 25
Uzbek 150 15 30 90 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 190 40 50 90 10
Uralic languages 6,395 1,990 465 3,750 185
Estonian 195 85 0 110 0
Finnish 360 145 10 205 5
Hungarian 5,830 1,765 455 3,440 180
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 685 60 290 300 40
Multiple responses 184,910 12,830 40,660 130,640 775
English and French 72,395 1,120 3,910 67,290 70
English and non-official language 27,485 11,090 285 15,945 170
French and non-official language 67,075 250 35,650 30,760 420
English, French and non-official language 17,950 375 820 16,645 110

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016059.

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