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, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 Hamilton
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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 3 738,705 714,695 10,000 2,845 11,165 11,425 1.5
Single responses 705,185 682,630 9,180 2,210 11,165 10,285 1.5
Official languages 633,730 624,780 8,955 0 0 8,955 1.4
English 630,375 624,555 5,820 0 0 5,820 0.9
French 3,350 220 3,135 0 0 3,135 93.6
Non-official languages 71,460 57,850 220 2,210 11,170 1,330 1.9
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 71,430 57,830 225 2,210 11,170 1,330 1.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,040 6,445 60 335 2,195 225 2.5
Berber languages 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 710 515 0 5 190 5 0.7
Bilen 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 675 490 0 0 185 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 8,285 5,900 60 320 2,000 220 2.7
Amharic 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 6,345 4,390 60 290 1,605 210 3.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,450 1,105 0 15 330 10 0.7
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 155 115 0 5 35 0 0.0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0 5 16.7
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,730 2,035 10 45 640 30 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 465 335 0 10 120 5 1.1
Vietnamese 2,270 1,700 5 40 525 25 1.1
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 2,810 2,735 0 10 65 5 0.2
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 100 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 170 165 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,460 2,395 0 10 50 5 0.2
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 105 35 15 50 5 40 38.1
Haitian Creole 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Creole, n.o.s. 65 15 10 40 10 25 38.5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 845 780 0 20 50 10 1.2
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 390 370 0 5 15 5 1.3
Tamil 345 305 0 10 25 5 1.4
Telugu 95 85 0 5 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 44,485 36,665 100 1,510 6,210 855 1.9
Albanian 735 595 5 10 130 5 0.7
Armenian 140 105 5 15 15 10 7.1
Balto-Slavic languages 13,590 11,805 15 370 1,400 205 1.5
Baltic languages 220 200 0 15 15 5 2.3
Latvian 90 75 0 10 5 5 5.6
Lithuanian 130 120 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages 13,365 11,605 10 360 1,390 195 1.5
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 575 465 5 20 90 10 1.7
Bulgarian 110 90 0 10 15 5 4.5
Croatian 2,160 1,900 5 35 220 20 0.9
Czech 520 405 5 5 105 5 1.0
Macedonian 230 200 0 10 25 5 2.2
Polish 4,005 3,580 0 90 335 50 1.2
Russian 1,315 1,125 5 50 140 25 1.9
Serbian 3,320 2,825 0 95 395 55 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 205 170 0 15 20 5 2.4
Slovak 175 155 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 180 180 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 540 485 0 25 30 10 1.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 960 875 0 60 20 30 3.1
Afrikaans 95 85 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 190 180 0 10 5 5 2.6
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 630 580 0 40 15 20 3.2
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 730 635 0 20 70 10 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages 12,745 10,740 20 305 1,675 170 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 9,965 8,460 10 215 1,280 120 1.2
Bengali 850 785 5 30 40 15 1.8
Gujarati 1,085 910 0 20 150 10 0.9
Hindi 690 635 0 20 30 10 1.4
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 195 95 0 40 60 20 10.3
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,150 3,350 5 50 750 30 0.7
Sindhi 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 160 150 0 5 0 5 3.1
Urdu 2,725 2,430 0 50 240 30 1.1
Iranian languages 2,710 2,220 10 90 385 50 1.8
Kurdish 560 425 5 20 115 15 2.7
Pashto 210 185 0 5 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,930 1,615 5 65 250 35 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5 5 5 7.1
Italic (Romance) languages 15,580 11,905 65 715 2,890 420 2.7
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italian 5,095 3,950 15 75 1,060 50 1.0
Portuguese 3,540 2,405 10 105 1,020 60 1.7
Romanian 1,100 805 5 180 115 95 8.6
Spanish 5,825 4,740 35 355 695 215 3.7
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 110 95 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 1,470 1,275 0 20 175 10 0.7
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 535 410 30 45 50 55 10.3
Akan (Twi) 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 25 5 10 10 0 15 60.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 15 0 10 40.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Shona 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 180 125 10 15 30 15 8.3
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yoruba 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 40 10 5 5 5 10.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 45 25 5 10 0 10 22.2
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 10 5 10 25.0
Sign languages 260 175 0 5 80 0 0.0
American Sign Language 85 60 0 0 25 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 175 120 0 0 60 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,110 5,525 0 110 1,470 55 0.8
Chinese languages 6,840 5,320 0 110 1,405 55 0.8
Cantonese 2,140 1,515 5 25 600 15 0.7
Hakka 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 4,240 3,470 5 75 695 40 0.9
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 100 60 0 5 35 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 285 210 0 5 70 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 270 205 0 0 65 0 0.0
Burmese 60 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Karenic languages 195 145 0 0 50 0 0.0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 325 250 0 0 75 5 1.5
Lao 185 155 0 5 25 5 2.7
Thai 145 100 0 0 45 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 500 425 5 15 55 10 2.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkish 470 405 5 15 50 5 1.1
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 1,015 915 5 35 65 20 2.0
Estonian 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Finnish 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 955 860 0 30 65 15 1.6
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 33,520 32,070 820 635 0 1,135 3.4
English and French 1,200 350 490 360 0 670 55.8
English and non-official language 31,530 31,465 65 0 0 65 0.2
French and non-official language 185 35 150 0 0 155 83.8
English, French and non-official language 610 220 110 270 0 250 41.0

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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-X2016071.

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