Prince Edward Island: Census 2016: Mother Tongue
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Male | Female | Total | |
Total - Mother tonguea | 68,535 | 72,480 | 141,015 |
Multiple responses | 455 | 545 | 995 |
English and French | 205 | 280 | 485 |
English and non-official language | 220 | 240 | 460 |
French and non-official language | 15 | 15 | 25 |
English, French and non-official language | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Single responses | 68,085 | 71,935 | 140,025 |
English | 62,235 | 65,765 | 128,005 |
French | 2,240 | 2,620 | 4,860 |
Non-official languages | 3,610 | 3,545 | 7,155 |
Languages of North America | |||
Cree-Montagnais languages | 5 | .. | 5 |
Ojibway | .. | 5 | .. |
Oji-Cree | .. | .. | .. |
Creole languages | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Languages of Europe | |||
German | 160 | 165 | 315 |
Swedish | .. | 5 | 10 |
Italian | 40 | 20 | 65 |
Portuguese | 40 | 40 | 85 |
Romanian | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Spanish | 150 | 155 | 305 |
Dutch | 240 | 225 | 465 |
Vlaams (Flemish) | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Bosnian | 10 | 15 | 25 |
Bulgarian | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Croatian | 10 | 15 | 25 |
Czech | 10 | 5 | 15 |
Macedonian | 5 | .. | .. |
Maltese | .. | .. | 5 |
Polish | 35 | 40 | 70 |
Russian | 70 | 70 | 140 |
Serbian | 15 | 5 | 20 |
Serbo-Croatian | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Slovak | 5 | .. | 5 |
Slovenian | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Ukrainian | 20 | 25 | 50 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Latvian | 5 | .. | 5 |
Lithuanian | .. | .. | .. |
Greek | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Armenian | .. | .. | 5 |
Albanian | 55 | 45 | 100 |
Estonian | 5 | .. | 5 |
Finnish | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Hungarian | 35 | 25 | 65 |
Languages of Asia | |||
Bengali | 25 | 15 | 40 |
Gujarati | 5 | .. | 5 |
Hindi | 30 | 20 | 50 |
Konkani | .. | .. | .. |
Marathi | 5 | .. | 5 |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 55 | 50 | 105 |
Sindhi | .. | .. | .. |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 25 | 25 | 45 |
Urdu | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Nepali | 85 | 120 | 200 |
Kurdish | .. | .. | .. |
Pashto | .. | .. | .. |
Persian (Farsi) | 90 | 85 | 180 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Malayalam | 30 | 25 | 55 |
Tamil | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Telugu | 5 | 10 | 20 |
Japanese | 25 | 75 | 95 |
Korean | 50 | 70 | 120 |
Cantonese | 100 | 115 | 210 |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 10 | 10 | 25 |
Hakka | .. | .. | .. |
Mandarin | 1,170 | 995 | 2,165 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 100 | 195 | 300 |
Lao | 5 | .. | 5 |
Thai | .. | 15 | 20 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | .. | .. | .. |
Vietnamese | 60 | 55 | 120 |
Ilocano | .. | 5 | 5 |
Malay | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 145 | 220 | 365 |
Turkish | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Arabic | 315 | 260 | 575 |
Hebrew | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
Languages of Africa | |||
Akan (Twi) | .. | .. | .. |
Swahili | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Afrikaans | 15 | 10 | 20 |
Cushitic languages | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Somali | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Tigrigna | .. | .. | .. |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Non-verbal Languages | |||
American Sign Language | .. | .. | 5 |
Sign languages, n.i.e | 5 | 5 | 10 |
a This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.
Source:Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2016, Statistics Canada.
Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Data last updated on November 29, 2017