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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 Calgary East / Calgary-Est
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 110,420 104,995 1,850 525 3,055 2,115 1.9
Single responses 105,025 99,830 1,695 450 3,050 1,915 1.8
English 84,785 83,760 1,025 0 0 1,025 1.2
French 660 65 600 0 0 595 90.2
Non-official languages 19,580 16,005 70 445 3,055 295 1.5
Aboriginal languages 65 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 55 50 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 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 2,040 1,620 15 110 295 70 3.4
Italian 135 105 0 5 15 5 3.7
Portuguese 180 145 0 0 30 0 0.0
Romanian 80 55 0 20 10 10 12.5
Spanish 1,650 1,320 15 85 235 55 3.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 165 145 5 15 0 5 3.0
Dutch 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 140 125 0 10 5 10 7.1
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian 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
Danish 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
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 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
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 625 560 0 30 30 15 2.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 35 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 70 65 0 5 0 5 7.1
Czech 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 230 220 0 5 15 5 2.2
Russian 145 120 0 15 10 5 3.4
Serbian 40 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 25 10 0 5 5 5 20.0
Albanian 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 100 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 95 80 0 10 10 5 5.3
Turkic languages 100 70 0 10 15 10 10.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 75 55 5 10 15 5 6.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 5 20.0
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 3,115 2,665 20 95 340 65 2.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 310 260 5 5 45 5 1.6
Oromo 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Somali 245 205 5 5 30 5 2.0
Semitic languages 2,800 2,400 20 90 295 60 2.1
Amharic 370 350 0 0 25 0 0.0
Arabic 2,190 1,840 15 85 245 60 2.7
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 145 130 0 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 75 0 0 20 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,300 1,985 0 25 290 10 0.4
Indo-Aryan languages 1,995 1,730 0 15 250 10 0.5
Bengali 150 130 0 5 10 5 3.3
Gujarati 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 370 335 0 5 30 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 670 560 0 5 110 5 0.7
Sindhi 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 560 500 0 5 60 5 0.9
Nepali 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 285 240 0 10 40 5 1.8
Kurdish 75 60 0 0 15 5 6.7
Pashto 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 180 155 0 5 25 5 2.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 60 60 0 5 5 5 8.3
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Telugu 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,595 1,725 0 25 850 15 0.6
Chinese languages 2,445 1,610 0 25 805 10 0.4
Cantonese 1,095 675 0 10 410 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Mandarin 240 175 0 0 60 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,090 745 0 15 330 5 0.5
Tibetan languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 85 55 0 0 30 0 0.0
Tai languages 165 135 0 5 25 0 0.0
Lao 145 120 0 0 20 0 0.0
Thai 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,245 3,130 10 55 1,050 40 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 270 210 0 0 60 0 0.0
Vietnamese 3,975 2,925 10 55 985 35 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,975 2,885 0 25 70 15 0.5
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 135 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,715 2,640 0 25 55 15 0.6
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 225 185 5 25 5 15 6.7
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 75 55 0 15 0 10 13.3
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
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. 75 70 0 5 0 5 6.7
African languages, n.i.e. 475 445 0 5 30 0 0.0
Creoles 45 15 10 15 0 15 33.3
Non-verbal languages 40 25 0 0 15 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. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,395 5,165 150 80 0 195 3.6
English and French 170 45 80 50 0 105 61.8
English and non-official language 5,070 5,065 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 85 40 50 0 0 50 58.8
English, French and non-official language 65 20 15 30 0 30 46.2

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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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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