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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 Saint-Lambert
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 91,540 12,710 74,455 3,490 880 14,455 15.8
Single responses 87,850 12,110 72,045 2,815 880 13,510 15.4
English 11,380 10,255 1,120 0 0 10,255 90.1
French 69,255 775 68,475 0 0 775 1.1
Non-official languages 7,215 1,075 2,450 2,810 880 2,485 34.4
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 2,760 105 1,180 1,225 250 720 26.1
Italian 110 5 35 55 15 35 31.8
Portuguese 235 5 100 105 25 60 25.5
Romanian 540 10 165 345 20 180 33.3
Spanish 1,880 85 880 715 195 445 23.7
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 45 20 5 20 0 25 55.6
Dutch 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 35 10 5 15 5 20 57.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 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 620 110 175 295 30 255 41.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 155 10 45 90 5 50 32.3
Croatian 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Czech 25 10 5 10 0 15 60.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 80 25 15 40 5 45 56.3
Russian 275 45 100 115 15 105 38.2
Serbian 20 5 0 20 5 10 50.0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 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
Slovenian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ukrainian 30 10 15 10 0 15 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 130 45 10 55 25 65 50.0
Armenian 15 5 0 15 5 5 33.3
Albanian 10 0 0 5 5 5 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 30 10 10 5 0 15 50.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 30 10 15 5 0 15 50.0
Turkic languages 50 15 10 15 10 20 40.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 45 10 10 20 10 20 44.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 830 75 355 315 85 230 27.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 0 15 10 0 5 20.0
Cushitic languages 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
Oromo 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 790 75 330 300 80 225 28.5
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Arabic 780 75 330 295 80 225 28.8
Hebrew 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 650 160 135 235 115 285 43.8
Indo-Aryan languages 100 55 10 30 10 70 70.0
Bengali 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Gujarati 10 5 0 0 5 10 100.0
Hindi 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 20 5 0 10 5 10 50.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 45 25 5 10 5 30 66.7
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 545 105 130 205 105 210 38.5
Kurdish 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 530 100 125 200 100 205 38.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 5 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 25 20 0 10 0 20 80.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 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
Tamil 20 10 0 10 0 15 75.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Korean 75 25 5 35 10 45 60.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,190 430 175 320 260 595 50.0
Chinese languages 1,155 420 175 315 255 575 49.8
Cantonese 155 40 25 45 50 65 41.9
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 275 105 40 95 40 150 54.5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 715 270 105 175 165 360 50.3
Tibetan languages 30 15 0 10 10 15 50.0
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 95 5 45 30 10 25 26.3
Lao 90 5 45 30 5 20 22.2
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 270 20 105 105 35 75 27.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 0 25 10 5 5 12.5
Vietnamese 235 25 85 100 30 75 31.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 60 30 20 15 0 35 58.3
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 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
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 25 0 5 0 30 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 25 0 20 10 0 5 20.0
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 70 0 45 20 5 10 14.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 25 0 10 15 0 5 20.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 10 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Bamanankan 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 0 20 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 260 5 155 75 30 40 15.4
Non-verbal languages 25 0 10 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 10 5 33.3
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,685 605 2,405 675 0 945 25.6
English and French 1,240 220 560 455 0 450 36.3
English and non-official language 360 350 10 0 0 355 98.6
French and non-official language 1,770 15 1,755 0 0 15 0.8
English, French and non-official language 315 20 80 220 0 130 41.3

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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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