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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 Delta - Richmond East / Delta - Richmond-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 110,450 103,860 1,015 545 5,035 1,290 1.2
Single responses 104,660 98,210 950 460 5,035 1,180 1.1
English 80,675 80,030 645 0 0 645 0.8
French 320 35 285 0 0 285 89.1
Non-official languages 23,670 18,150 20 465 5,035 250 1.1
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 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
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 710 520 5 75 105 45 6.3
Italian 40 30 0 10 5 5 12.5
Portuguese 55 45 0 0 5 5 9.1
Romanian 70 40 0 15 10 10 14.3
Spanish 545 400 5 50 90 30 5.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 310 265 0 35 15 15 4.8
Dutch 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 215 175 0 25 10 10 4.7
Yiddish 5 0 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
Scandinavian languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Afrikaans 20 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 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
Gaelic languages 0 5 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 765 650 0 50 60 25 3.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 110 100 0 5 5 0 0.0
Russian 445 360 0 35 45 15 3.4
Serbian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 60 55 0 5 0 5 8.3
Armenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 35 0 0 5 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 95 80 0 5 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 85 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 490 405 5 30 50 20 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 75 60 0 0 5 5 6.7
Oromo 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 420 345 5 25 45 15 3.6
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 320 260 5 20 35 15 4.7
Hebrew 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 4,455 3,530 5 75 845 35 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 4,190 3,320 5 60 805 30 0.7
Bengali 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 165 150 0 5 15 0 0.0
Hindi 300 275 0 5 25 5 1.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,330 2,535 0 50 745 25 0.8
Sindhi 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 295 265 0 0 30 5 1.7
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 235 195 0 15 30 5 2.1
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 235 195 0 15 30 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 420 325 0 10 85 5 1.2
Korean 240 200 0 5 40 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 14,155 10,290 5 150 3,705 80 0.6
Chinese languages 14,120 10,265 5 150 3,705 75 0.5
Cantonese 6,920 5,105 5 70 1,750 35 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 3,335 2,345 0 55 935 25 0.7
Shanghainese 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 110 80 0 0 30 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,650 2,660 0 30 960 15 0.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 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
Burmese 25 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 260 200 0 5 65 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 260 195 0 0 65 5 1.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,485 1,450 5 5 25 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,320 1,290 5 5 20 5 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 5 0 0 10 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 25 5 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 5,795 5,650 65 80 0 105 1.8
English and French 125 40 35 50 0 60 48.0
English and non-official language 5,585 5,575 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 25 15 10 0 0 10 40.0
English, French and non-official language 70 15 10 35 0 30 42.9

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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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