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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Gatineau
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) 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 - Detailed language spoken most often at home 116,090 9,015 104,055 2,530 490 10,280 8.9
Single responses 112,680 8,405 102,105 1,680 490 9,245 8.2
English 7,830 6,175 1,650 0 0 6,175 78.9
French 100,665 1,590 99,075 0 0 1,590 1.6
Non-official languages 4,185 635 1,380 1,680 490 1,480 35.4
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 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 ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 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 ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 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 ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 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 ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 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 ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 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 ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 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 ...
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 ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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 ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,450 140 670 460 175 370 25.5
Italian 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Portuguese 405 30 180 120 75 90 22.2
Romanian 130 10 35 70 10 45 34.6
Spanish 900 95 450 265 90 225 25.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 25 10 0 15 0 15 60.0
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 20 5 0 10 5 10 50.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 400 50 120 205 25 155 38.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 0 15 15 5 10 33.3
Bulgarian 15 5 5 10 0 5 33.3
Croatian 20 5 0 15 0 15 75.0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 15 10 0 10 0 10 66.7
Russian 60 10 20 25 15 15 25.0
Serbian 145 10 50 80 5 50 34.5
Serbo-Croatian 90 15 25 50 0 35 38.9
Slovak 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 15 5 0 5 0 15 100.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 20 10 0 10 5 15 75.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 25 10 0 15 0 15 60.0
Turkic languages 15 5 0 0 10 10 66.7
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,605 250 425 760 170 630 39.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 0 20 10 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 35 5 15 10 0 10 28.6
Oromo 30 0 15 15 0 5 16.7
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Semitic languages 1,540 245 385 740 165 620 40.3
Amharic 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,530 245 380 740 165 610 39.9
Hebrew 5 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 80 35 5 20 20 45 56.3
Indo-Aryan languages 20 15 0 5 5 15 75.0
Bengali 15 10 0 5 5 10 66.7
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 55 20 5 20 15 35 63.6
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Persian (Farsi) 55 20 5 20 15 30 54.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Korean 15 5 0 5 5 10 66.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 155 70 15 40 30 90 58.1
Chinese languages 150 70 20 40 25 90 60.0
Cantonese 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 40 15 5 5 15 20 50.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 110 50 10 35 15 70 63.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 20 5 5 10 0 5 25.0
Lao 20 5 5 10 5 5 25.0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 100 25 10 50 15 50 50.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 0 0 15 5 15 50.0
Vietnamese 70 15 5 30 10 35 50.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 150 10 60 55 20 40 26.7
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 125 10 55 45 20 35 28.0
Lingala 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 0 10 25 0 10 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 5 20 10 0 10 33.3
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 35 5 15 5 10 5 14.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Creoles 90 0 45 25 10 15 16.7
Non-verbal languages 20 5 15 0 0 5 25.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Multiple responses 3,410 610 1,950 845 0 1,035 30.4
English and French 1,845 310 925 610 0 615 33.3
English and non-official language 275 265 10 0 0 265 96.4
French and non-official language 940 10 930 0 0 10 1.1
English, French and non-official language 350 25 85 240 0 150 42.9

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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