Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), 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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This table details mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
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Mother tongue (187) Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigrationFootnote 2 Non-immigrantsFootnote 3 ImmigrantsFootnote 4 Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016Footnote 5 Non-permanent residentsFootnote 6
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 7 730,705 692,535 33,810 11,540 2,735 2,975 7,235 2,435 4,800 9,325 4,360
Single responses 722,255 685,290 32,780 11,370 2,660 2,895 6,900 2,345 4,560 8,950 4,185
Official languages 698,980 680,925 16,430 8,965 1,600 1,325 2,650 990 1,655 1,885 1,630
English 470,265 455,820 13,415 7,425 1,405 1,135 2,090 740 1,350 1,355 1,030
French 228,715 225,105 3,015 1,540 195 195 560 255 305 530 600
Non-official languages 23,275 4,365 16,355 2,405 1,060 1,570 4,260 1,355 2,905 7,065 2,555
Aboriginal languages 2,140 2,120 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 21,135 2,245 16,345 2,390 1,055 1,565 4,260 1,355 2,905 7,070 2,545
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,390 300 2,690 160 125 115 475 175 295 1,815 405
Berber languages 65 0 60 0 10 0 40 10 30 0 0
Kabyle 25 0 30 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 40 10 30 0 0 0 25 15 10 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 3,315 290 2,620 155 115 110 430 160 265 1,815 395
Amharic 120 20 90 0 0 0 40 30 10 45 20
Arabic 2,960 250 2,340 155 110 105 365 120 240 1,615 360
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 190 15 155 0 10 0 10 0 10 140 15
Maltese 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 35 0 30 0 0 0 15 10 0 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 665 50 595 35 40 30 65 10 55 430 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 660 45 590 35 35 30 65 10 55 430 20
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,340 35 1,065 25 20 75 180 30 150 765 235
Bikol 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Cebuano 155 0 140 0 0 0 40 0 40 95 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 10
Ilocano 70 0 45 0 0 0 10 0 0 45 30
Malagasy 30 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Malay 25 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,015 30 800 25 10 70 125 20 100 575 185
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 175 10 100 20 0 10 30 20 10 40 70
Haitian Creole 25 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 15
Creole, n.o.s. 90 0 65 15 0 0 20 20 0 25 30
Creole languages, n.i.e. 60 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 35
Dravidian languages 360 40 275 40 35 25 110 35 70 70 45
Kannada 30 15 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 50 0 45 0 0 0 35 20 15 15 0
Tamil 120 15 90 10 30 15 25 10 20 10 15
Telugu 145 10 110 20 10 15 35 10 25 40 25
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Indo-European languages 9,085 1,290 6,870 1,840 670 970 1,795 635 1,160 1,600 930
Albanian 80 15 60 0 0 30 10 0 0 25 0
Armenian 50 0 50 10 0 10 0 0 0 35 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,630 215 1,165 155 115 220 305 135 170 365 250
Baltic languages 60 15 50 0 0 0 10 0 10 30 0
Latvian 25 10 15 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Lithuanian 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Slavic languages 1,570 205 1,120 150 120 220 295 135 160 335 255
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 65 10 55 0 0 30 10 10 0 15 0
Bulgarian 30 0 30 0 0 0 25 20 10 0 0
Croatian 80 15 50 10 0 10 15 15 0 20 15
Czech 70 10 55 35 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 0 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0
Polish 220 20 200 70 85 25 15 0 15 0 0
Russian 805 75 530 10 0 90 165 50 115 265 195
Serbian 70 0 55 15 0 25 10 0 10 10 15
Serbo-Croatian 35 0 20 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 10
Slovak 25 10 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 145 65 80 0 0 0 40 30 10 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 0 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,915 480 2,345 1,115 295 270 520 170 345 140 90
Afrikaans 65 0 65 0 0 20 15 0 15 25 0
Danish 100 60 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 965 120 840 455 55 40 245 95 150 40 0
Frisian 50 0 50 30 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,635 270 1,275 555 230 180 255 70 180 70 85
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 15 25 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 55 20 30 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 0 15 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 155 30 105 95 0 0 0 0 0 10 15
Indo-Iranian languages 1,735 105 1,425 135 65 130 480 180 300 610 210
Indo-Aryan languages 1,035 85 785 125 40 105 275 90 180 240 170
Bengali 215 25 140 0 15 20 65 15 45 40 45
Gujarati 85 10 75 50 0 10 10 0 0 10 0
Hindi 160 10 100 15 10 30 15 0 10 35 45
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 45 0 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 15
Nepali 165 15 140 0 0 0 75 10 70 65 10
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 120 15 80 30 0 0 15 10 0 30 25
Sindhi 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 0 20 0 0 10 15 15 0 0 0
Urdu 230 10 195 10 10 45 85 35 45 55 25
Iranian languages 700 25 640 10 30 30 200 80 125 370 40
Kurdish 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0
Pashto 50 10 45 0 0 0 25 20 10 15 0
Persian (Farsi) 560 20 500 10 30 30 175 60 115 255 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,495 440 1,700 310 185 315 490 150 340 410 355
Catalan 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 330 135 190 160 0 0 10 10 0 20 0
Portuguese 230 55 160 75 35 15 10 10 10 20 20
Romanian 455 30 415 10 25 45 135 20 120 205 10
Spanish 1,480 215 930 70 125 240 335 125 210 160 330
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 115 25 80 0 10 10 40 15 20 15 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,535 25 1,445 0 10 70 790 120 670 580 70
Mongolic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Mongolian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Niger-Congo languages 820 20 665 20 25 55 220 85 135 350 135
Akan (Twi) 20 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 40 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 60 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 50
Ga 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 40 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 0 65 0 0 10 15 10 10 40 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 0 45 0 10 20 15 0 10 0 0
Shona 35 0 35 0 0 0 10 0 0 25 0
Swahili 165 10 155 0 10 0 75 25 50 75 0
Wolof 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Yoruba 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 310 10 300 0 15 0 85 40 45 195 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 145 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
American Sign Language 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 105 105 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,060 255 2,260 140 70 185 510 185 330 1,350 550
Chinese languages 3,010 245 2,210 140 70 185 465 185 280 1,355 550
Cantonese 380 60 290 75 50 65 45 20 30 50 30
Hakka 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Mandarin 2,210 155 1,700 15 20 110 380 155 230 1,175 350
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 40 0 40 25 10 0 10 0 10 10 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 80 10 70 10 0 0 0 0 0 60 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 255 10 80 20 0 10 10 10 0 40 165
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 15 30 0 0 0 10 10 0 20 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 60 10 50 0 0 0 50 0 50 0 0
Burmese 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Karenic languages 55 10 40 0 0 0 45 0 40 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 50 0 35 0 10 0 20 15 0 10 10
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 50 0 40 10 0 0 20 15 10 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 115 10 70 0 15 0 30 20 10 15 30
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 105 15 65 0 15 0 25 20 0 20 30
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 230 45 150 115 25 10 0 0 0 10 35
Estonian 20 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 25 0 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 185 35 115 85 30 0 0 0 0 10 40
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 0 20 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 8,450 7,245 1,030 170 75 75 335 90 240 375 175
English and French 6,400 6,270 120 65 15 10 30 10 20 10 10
English and non-official language 1,490 735 650 95 30 40 200 55 145 275 100
French and non-official language 465 155 245 0 25 30 90 25 65 90 70
English, French and non-official language 100 85 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0

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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

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration 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

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 4

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 6

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 7

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

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Data quality note(s) – New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016193.

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