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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Nanaimo - Cowichan
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 129,770 121,650 35 7,790 295
Single responses 128,740 120,855 30 7,565 290
English 117,950 112,370 0 5,570 15
French 1,775 285 25 1,465 0
Non-official languages 9,015 8,200 10 530 275
Aboriginal languages 450 450 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 20 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 20 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 365 365 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 5 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 330 325 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 25 30 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 5 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Romance languages 740 635 0 95 5
Italian 260 230 0 30 0
Portuguese 110 85 0 20 0
Romanian 25 20 0 5 0
Spanish 345 300 0 45 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,235 2,970 0 260 10
Dutch 995 915 0 75 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0
Frisian 15 15 0 0 0
German 1,685 1,540 0 145 5
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 470 445 0 20 0
Danish 285 270 0 15 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 90 85 0 5 0
Swedish 90 85 0 5 0
Afrikaans 50 45 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 35 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 20 15 0 0 0
Welsh 20 20 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 885 835 0 40 10
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0
Bulgarian 10 5 0 0 0
Croatian 105 100 0 5 5
Czech 100 100 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 195 180 0 15 5
Russian 140 130 0 10 5
Serbian 30 30 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 5 0
Slovak 35 35 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 210 200 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Latvian 20 15 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 0
Greek 60 50 0 5 0
Armenian 5 0 0 0 0
Albanian 0 5 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 405 375 0 15 5
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 155 145 0 10 0
Hungarian 235 220 0 10 5
Turkic languages 15 10 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 125 100 0 15 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 5 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 115 90 0 15 0
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0
Arabic 90 70 0 15 5
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,195 1,055 5 30 110
Indo-Aryan languages 1,115 980 0 30 100
Bengali 10 5 0 5 0
Gujarati 20 20 0 0 0
Hindi 50 45 0 5 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,010 890 0 20 100
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0
Urdu 10 10 0 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 75 70 0 5 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 10 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 65 55 0 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0
Tamil 5 5 0 5 0
Telugu 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 175 155 0 5 5
Korean 160 140 0 5 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 655 595 0 10 55
Chinese languages 650 595 0 10 50
Cantonese 165 140 0 0 20
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 140 125 0 0 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 15 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 325 305 0 5 20
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 50 45 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 50 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 300 250 0 15 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 65 0 5 15
Vietnamese 225 190 0 15 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 395 390 0 0 5
Bisayan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 325 325 0 0 0
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 30 30 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 10 10 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,030 795 0 225 0
English and French 250 80 0 165 0
English and non-official language 710 680 0 35 0
French and non-official language 50 30 0 15 0
English, French and non-official language 20 10 0 10 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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