In 2016, 89.6% of Peel residents had knowledge of English, down from 90.0% in 2011. In 2016, 89.1%, 90.0%, and 92.0% of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon residents had knowledge of English, compared to 89.5%, 90.4%, and 92.6% in 2011, respectively. In the GTA, 87.9% of residents had knowledge of English, down from 88.2% in 2011.
In Peel, 4.0% of residents had no knowledge of an official language, up slightly from 3.9% in 2011. In the GTA, 4.1% of residents had no knowledge of an official language, up slightly from 4.0% in 2011. In 2016, 3.6%, 4.8%, and 1.6% of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon residents had no knowledge of an official language, compared to 3.5%, 4.6%, and 1.0% in 2011, respectively. In Peel, English was the language most often spoken at home by 60.9% of residents, down from 63.9% in 2011. English was spoken at home by 85.7% of Caledon residents, compared to 60.7% and 58.4% of Mississauga and Brampton residents, respectively. In the GTA, 67.2% of residents spoke English most often at home, down from 69.0% in 2011.
Of non-official languages spoken in Peel, Punjabi was the language most often spoken at home (7.9% of single responses), while in Mississauga it was Urdu (3.7% of single responses), in Brampton it was Punjabi (15.6% of single responses) and in Caledon it was Punjabi (3.6% of single responses).
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Single Responses count people who speak or know one language.
Multiple Responses count people who speak or know multiple languages at home or have more than one mother tongue.
CENSUS BULLETIN - Languages
This bulletin summarizes the 2016 Census Language data release for Peel and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). 8.5 X 11inches (PDF 1.6 MB, 4 pages)
Tabular data extracted from the Statistics Canada 2016 Census Language release for Peel, Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon. It includes the mother tongue (single & multiple responses), the language spoken most at home, and the knowledge of official languages.
