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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 Halton
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 201,745 194,240 3,520 1,435 2,550 4,240 2.1
Single responses 191,760 184,770 3,285 1,160 2,550 3,865 2.0
English 165,065 163,355 1,710 0 0 1,710 1.0
French 1,595 90 1,500 0 0 1,500 94.0
Non-official languages 25,100 21,325 70 1,160 2,550 650 2.6
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 4,560 3,650 10 395 505 205 4.5
Italian 480 400 5 20 65 15 3.1
Portuguese 845 650 0 35 160 15 1.8
Romanian 570 385 0 125 55 65 11.4
Spanish 2,655 2,215 5 215 225 110 4.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 330 275 0 40 5 20 6.1
Dutch 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 195 155 0 30 10 15 7.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 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
Swedish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,845 4,235 5 215 385 115 2.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 80 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 110 95 0 5 10 5 4.5
Croatian 670 610 0 20 40 10 1.5
Czech 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 155 140 0 5 10 5 3.2
Polish 1,900 1,675 5 70 160 35 1.8
Russian 900 765 5 55 75 30 3.3
Serbian 610 510 5 45 55 25 4.1
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Slovak 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 210 185 0 10 20 5 2.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 45 0 5 0 5 10.0
Latvian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 130 110 0 5 15 5 3.8
Armenian 30 15 0 5 5 5 16.7
Albanian 135 110 0 5 25 5 3.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 215 180 0 10 25 5 2.3
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 180 150 0 5 20 5 2.8
Turkic languages 235 205 0 15 20 10 4.3
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 230 200 0 15 20 5 2.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,500 1,225 30 125 115 90 6.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,470 1,200 30 125 115 95 6.5
Amharic 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,315 1,065 30 120 105 90 6.8
Hebrew 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 105 90 5 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 7,375 6,390 0 210 775 105 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 6,645 5,770 0 175 700 90 1.4
Bengali 215 200 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 430 365 0 10 55 5 1.2
Hindi 460 400 0 25 30 10 2.2
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,195 1,770 0 45 375 25 1.1
Sindhi 55 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 3,135 2,835 0 75 225 35 1.1
Nepali 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 700 595 5 35 70 20 2.9
Kurdish 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
Pashto 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 610 515 5 30 65 20 3.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 585 525 0 5 50 5 0.9
Kannada 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 395 350 0 5 40 0 0.0
Telugu 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 1,150 980 0 35 135 20 1.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,360 1,930 5 60 365 30 1.3
Chinese languages 2,350 1,915 5 60 370 30 1.3
Cantonese 450 365 0 15 70 5 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Mandarin 900 740 0 20 140 5 0.6
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 980 800 0 30 155 15 1.5
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 340 265 5 20 50 15 4.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Vietnamese 335 260 5 15 50 15 4.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 940 915 0 5 20 5 0.5
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 850 825 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Niger-Congo languages 75 60 5 5 5 5 6.7
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 10 5 0 5 5 25.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 0 5 0 5 5 50.0
Ganda 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
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 0 0 10 0 10 66.7
Non-verbal languages 145 110 0 0 25 5 3.4
American Sign Language 100 80 5 0 15 5 5.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 15 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,985 9,475 240 270 0 375 3.8
English and French 405 95 145 165 0 225 55.6
English and non-official language 9,255 9,240 15 0 0 15 0.2
French and non-official language 100 50 45 0 0 45 45.0
English, French and non-official language 230 85 30 110 0 90 39.1

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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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