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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 Jeanne-Le Ber
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 114,230 31,350 73,895 7,065 1,925 34,880 30.5
Single responses 108,505 29,660 71,150 5,765 1,930 32,545 30.0
English 26,580 24,300 2,280 0 0 24,300 91.4
French 66,860 1,030 65,830 0 0 1,030 1.5
Non-official languages 15,065 4,335 3,045 5,765 1,925 7,215 47.9
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Algonquian languages 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
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 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
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 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 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
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 3,885 340 1,295 1,900 350 1,290 33.2
Italian 165 25 40 80 25 65 39.4
Portuguese 335 35 95 180 20 125 37.3
Romanian 355 20 70 240 25 140 39.4
Spanish 3,025 260 1,085 1,395 290 955 31.6
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 80 35 5 35 5 55 68.8
Dutch 15 0 0 10 0 5 33.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 50 15 5 25 0 30 60.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 0 0 15 100.0
Danish 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 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
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 1,785 370 345 895 170 820 45.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 15 0 5 0 0 5 33.3
Bulgarian 235 20 50 150 20 90 38.3
Croatian 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Czech 15 10 5 5 0 10 66.7
Macedonian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Polish 265 60 35 145 25 135 50.9
Russian 1,085 235 250 485 115 475 43.8
Serbian 55 10 0 35 5 25 45.5
Serbo-Croatian 20 0 0 20 0 10 50.0
Slovak 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 65 20 5 30 5 40 61.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 45 20 0 20 5 30 66.7
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 15 100.0
Lithuanian 30 10 0 20 0 20 66.7
Greek 65 25 5 30 5 40 61.5
Armenian 50 10 10 30 0 25 50.0
Albanian 25 5 10 10 0 10 40.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 175 85 15 55 15 115 65.7
Estonian 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
Finnish 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
Hungarian 175 85 15 55 20 110 62.9
Turkic languages 120 50 15 45 10 75 62.5
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 110 55 10 45 5 75 68.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,845 570 465 630 180 890 48.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Cushitic languages 95 10 40 35 5 25 26.3
Oromo 30 0 15 10 5 5 16.7
Somali 60 10 25 25 5 20 33.3
Semitic languages 1,715 565 405 580 170 855 49.9
Amharic 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Arabic 1,680 550 400 560 170 835 49.7
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 20 5 5 5 0 10 50.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 10 5 5 20.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,250 1,035 170 755 295 1,415 62.9
Indo-Aryan languages 1,620 845 80 470 225 1,075 66.4
Bengali 1,415 715 80 410 210 925 65.4
Gujarati 15 10 0 5 5 10 66.7
Hindi 40 25 0 10 5 35 87.5
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 25 15 0 10 0 20 80.0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 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
Urdu 115 65 0 35 10 85 73.9
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 625 190 80 290 65 330 52.8
Kurdish 20 0 10 10 0 5 25.0
Pashto 15 5 5 0 5 5 33.3
Persian (Farsi) 590 185 65 275 65 320 54.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Dravidian languages 230 115 25 65 25 145 63.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 205 100 25 60 20 130 63.4
Telugu 20 10 0 0 5 10 50.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 65 30 10 20 5 40 61.5
Korean 275 135 15 95 25 185 67.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,130 1,335 325 785 680 1,730 55.3
Chinese languages 3,125 1,335 330 785 680 1,730 55.4
Cantonese 275 85 30 80 80 130 47.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 740 335 80 190 145 425 57.4
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 5 0 5 5 5 33.3
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,090 905 220 520 445 1,165 55.7
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. 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
Tai languages 50 0 25 20 10 10 20.0
Lao 45 0 25 10 5 5 11.1
Thai 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 580 60 165 240 115 185 31.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 5 30 25 25 20 25.0
Vietnamese 500 60 140 215 90 165 33.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 100 60 5 35 0 75 75.0
Bisayan 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
Ilocano 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Malay 10 5 0 0 5 10 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 55 0 20 0 60 80.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 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 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 150 10 80 45 10 35 23.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 95 10 45 30 10 25 26.3
Lingala 40 0 25 5 5 5 12.5
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 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
Swahili 20 5 10 5 0 5 25.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 5 30 0 5 10 22.2
African languages, n.i.e. 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
Creoles 95 5 50 40 5 25 26.3
Non-verbal languages 30 5 15 0 10 5 16.7
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 5 5 33.3
Other languages 0 0 0 5 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 5,730 1,685 2,740 1,300 0 2,335 40.8
English and French 1,985 375 815 800 0 770 38.8
English and non-official language 1,240 1,220 25 0 0 1,220 98.4
French and non-official language 1,795 30 1,765 0 0 30 1.7
English, French and non-official language 705 65 140 505 0 315 44.7

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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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