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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 Hamilton East - Stoney Creek / Hamilton-Est - Stoney Creek
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 117,260 112,580 1,600 445 2,635 1,820 1.6
Single responses 111,900 107,430 1,475 365 2,630 1,655 1.5
English 94,030 93,050 980 0 0 980 1.0
French 485 40 445 0 0 445 91.8
Non-official languages 17,380 14,335 45 360 2,635 225 1.3
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 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
Romance languages 3,820 3,010 15 95 710 55 1.4
Italian 2,270 1,805 5 20 440 15 0.7
Portuguese 475 335 5 10 120 10 2.1
Romanian 225 175 5 30 20 15 6.7
Spanish 855 695 0 40 120 20 2.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 140 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dutch 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 105 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic languages 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 6,680 5,650 15 150 870 90 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 415 345 0 15 60 5 1.2
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 1,685 1,385 5 25 265 25 1.5
Czech 155 120 0 5 25 0 0.0
Macedonian 95 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Polish 1,265 1,100 0 20 145 15 1.2
Russian 95 80 0 5 10 5 5.3
Serbian 2,385 2,010 5 60 305 40 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 140 110 0 5 20 5 3.6
Slovak 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 225 210 0 0 15 5 2.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 125 115 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 335 290 0 10 40 5 1.5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 200 175 0 5 25 0 0.0
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 200 175 0 5 25 5 2.5
Turkic languages 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 725 595 0 20 115 10 1.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 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
Somali 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 710 575 0 20 115 10 1.4
Amharic 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 595 490 0 10 95 10 1.7
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,450 2,870 0 45 535 20 0.6
Indo-Aryan languages 3,235 2,685 0 40 510 20 0.6
Bengali 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 250 205 0 5 35 0 0.0
Hindi 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,930 1,505 0 25 390 15 0.8
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 880 800 0 5 70 0 0.0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 205 175 0 5 25 0 0.0
Kurdish 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Persian (Farsi) 125 115 0 0 15 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 105 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 340 265 0 0 75 0 0.0
Chinese languages 315 240 0 5 75 0 0.0
Cantonese 85 50 0 0 30 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
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 65 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 160 130 0 0 30 0 0.0
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. 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 70 60 0 5 10 5 7.1
Lao 60 45 0 5 10 5 8.3
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 850 645 5 15 195 10 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 410 315 5 10 85 5 1.2
Vietnamese 440 330 5 5 110 5 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 125 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 100 75 5 10 10 10 10.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 80 60 5 10 5 15 18.8
Lingala 5 0 5 0 5 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 10 5 5 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swahili 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 5 5 15 0 15 50.0
Non-verbal languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 5,360 5,155 120 85 0 165 3.1
English and French 160 35 70 55 0 95 59.4
English and non-official language 5,085 5,080 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 55 15 40 0 0 40 72.7
English, French and non-official language 70 25 10 30 0 25 35.7

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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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