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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 Vancouver East / Vancouver-EstFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 107,230 94,740 1,865 520 10,105 2,125 2.0
Single responses 101,745 89,475 1,735 425 10,105 1,945 1.9
English 74,570 73,490 1,075 0 0 1,075 1.4
French 670 55 615 0 0 615 91.8
Non-official languages 26,505 15,925 50 425 10,110 260 1.0
Aboriginal languages 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 5 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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 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 5 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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 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
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gitksan 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
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 2,470 2,025 10 125 315 70 2.8
Italian 1,030 845 0 35 150 20 1.9
Portuguese 225 200 0 5 20 5 2.2
Romanian 40 25 0 5 0 5 12.5
Spanish 1,170 950 5 75 140 45 3.8
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 145 115 5 25 0 15 10.3
Dutch 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 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
German 95 70 0 25 5 15 15.8
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 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
Swedish 10 15 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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 655 560 0 25 65 15 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 125 110 0 0 20 0 0.0
Czech 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 155 130 0 5 20 0 0.0
Russian 185 160 0 10 15 5 2.7
Serbian 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 75 60 0 10 5 10 13.3
Armenian 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 55 45 0 5 5 5 9.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 40 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 25 20 5 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 255 215 5 20 20 10 3.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Semitic languages 220 185 0 20 15 10 4.5
Amharic 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Arabic 125 95 0 15 10 5 4.0
Hebrew 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 835 715 0 15 100 10 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 565 490 0 10 75 5 0.9
Bengali 130 115 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 130 125 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 195 135 0 0 50 5 2.6
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 265 225 0 15 30 5 1.9
Kurdish 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 195 165 0 10 20 5 2.6
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 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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 325 295 0 0 30 0 0.0
Korean 370 260 0 5 105 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 17,205 8,260 15 120 8,815 75 0.4
Chinese languages 17,150 8,215 15 120 8,795 75 0.4
Cantonese 10,265 4,595 10 65 5,600 40 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 20 5 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,380 810 5 20 545 10 0.7
Shanghainese 35 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,355 2,725 5 35 2,590 20 0.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 55 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,165 1,560 10 35 560 25 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,125 1,525 10 35 550 25 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,610 1,545 5 5 50 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,405 1,355 0 5 40 5 0.4
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 60 35 5 25 0 15 25.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 60 30 5 25 5 15 25.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 10 0 10 0 5 20.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo 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
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,490 5,265 130 95 0 175 3.2
English and French 175 35 85 50 0 110 62.9
English and non-official language 5,190 5,180 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 45 30 20 0 0 20 44.4
English, French and non-official language 75 15 10 45 0 35 46.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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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