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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 Oshawa
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 124,155 120,710 2,585 295 565 2,730 2.2
Single responses 122,020 118,850 2,420 185 565 2,515 2.1
English 116,165 114,725 1,440 0 0 1,440 1.2
French 1,020 55 965 0 0 965 94.6
Non-official languages 4,830 4,065 15 185 565 105 2.2
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 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 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
Romance languages 1,050 835 5 55 150 30 2.9
Italian 250 200 5 0 40 5 2.0
Portuguese 320 260 0 10 50 5 1.6
Romanian 65 40 0 20 5 10 15.4
Spanish 410 340 5 20 50 15 3.7
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 110 110 5 5 0 0 0.0
Dutch 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 80 80 0 5 0 5 6.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 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 1,310 1,120 0 60 130 35 2.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 35 20 0 0 5 5 14.3
Polish 770 670 5 30 65 15 1.9
Russian 115 90 0 10 15 5 4.3
Serbian 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 220 185 0 10 25 5 2.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 70 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 140 120 5 5 15 5 3.6
Estonian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 125 110 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 30 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 210 180 0 15 15 5 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic 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
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 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
Semitic languages 210 175 5 15 15 10 4.8
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 170 145 0 15 15 5 2.9
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 845 740 0 20 85 10 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 585 520 0 15 50 10 1.7
Bengali 45 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 135 115 0 5 15 0 0.0
Hindi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 280 265 0 5 15 0 0.0
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 255 215 0 5 35 5 2.0
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 240 205 0 10 30 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 125 110 0 5 10 5 4.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 105 95 0 5 10 5 4.8
Telugu 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 460 350 0 5 105 5 1.1
Chinese languages 465 350 0 5 105 0 0.0
Cantonese 110 80 0 0 25 0 0.0
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 115 95 0 0 20 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 245 175 0 5 60 5 2.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 100 75 0 0 20 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 95 75 0 5 25 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 175 165 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 160 155 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 50 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,130 1,865 165 110 0 215 10.1
English and French 280 55 140 80 0 185 66.1
English and non-official language 1,795 1,795 5 0 0 5 0.3
French and non-official language 15 5 15 0 0 10 66.7
English, French and non-official language 40 15 5 20 0 20 50.0

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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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