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 Norfolk
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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 62,425 55,260 6,850 3,890 990 875 735 305 425 375 315
Single responses 61,965 54,940 6,715 3,805 970 860 715 295 415 365 305
Official languages 54,495 51,845 2,575 1,775 295 150 245 95 145 115 75
English 53,840 51,230 2,535 1,745 295 145 245 95 145 110 75
French 655 610 40 25 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Non-official languages 7,470 3,100 4,140 2,030 680 710 470 195 270 250 225
Aboriginal languages 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 7,465 3,095 4,140 2,030 680 710 470 200 270 250 225
Afro-Asiatic languages 40 0 35 25 0 0 10 0 15 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 35 0 35 25 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 20 0 20 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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 35 15 20 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 30 15 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 90 0 65 10 10 10 15 0 15 20 30
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 0 55 10 0 15 15 0 15 15 20
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 6,620 2,765 3,700 1,850 615 635 375 160 215 225 155
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 485 195 280 195 30 45 10 0 10 0 10
Baltic languages 50 20 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 20 10 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 440 175 250 165 30 45 10 10 0 0 15
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 45 15 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 135 50 85 45 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 20 0 20 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Serbian 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 35 20 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 140 75 50 30 10 10 10 0 10 0 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 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 5,050 2,320 2,640 1,215 390 515 315 130 180 205 90
Afrikaans 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 35 10 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 615 105 505 405 35 30 25 20 0 0 10
Frisian 20 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 4,115 2,085 1,945 625 350 475 285 110 180 210 85
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 250 115 140 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 80 35 50 45 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 50 20 30 10 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 40 15 25 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 25 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 945 200 700 385 190 75 45 20 20 15 55
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 130 45 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 655 140 515 290 170 30 20 15 0 10 0
Romanian 20 0 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 140 15 80 10 10 40 25 10 15 10 50
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 45 0 35 0 15 20 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 115 20 80 10 15 25 25 10 15 0 15
Chinese languages 120 15 85 10 15 30 30 10 15 0 15
Cantonese 40 15 30 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 45 0 35 0 0 15 25 10 15 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 35 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 485 280 190 140 10 0 35 30 10 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 25 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 460 265 180 130 10 10 35 30 10 0 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Multiple responses 465 320 140 80 15 10 20 10 10 10 10
English and French 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 355 235 115 60 20 10 15 10 10 10 10
French and non-official language 35 10 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 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) – Norfolk

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.7%.
  • 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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