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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 South / Vancouver-Sud
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 122,080 106,520 825 885 13,850 1,270 1.0
Single responses 110,770 95,410 725 790 13,845 1,120 1.0
English 56,215 55,780 440 0 0 440 0.8
French 265 30 235 0 0 235 88.7
Non-official languages 54,290 39,600 50 785 13,845 445 0.8
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 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
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. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,630 1,300 15 130 190 80 4.9
Italian 215 190 0 5 15 5 2.3
Portuguese 195 165 0 10 20 5 2.6
Romanian 100 50 0 40 10 20 20.0
Spanish 1,115 890 5 70 145 45 4.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 260 230 0 15 10 10 3.8
Dutch 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 225 205 5 10 5 5 2.2
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 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Danish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 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 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 830 720 0 35 75 20 2.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Croatian 85 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 20 20 0 0 0 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 195 165 0 15 20 10 5.1
Russian 335 285 0 15 40 5 1.5
Serbian 85 75 0 5 5 5 5.9
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 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 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 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
Greek 90 75 0 5 10 5 5.6
Armenian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 95 85 0 5 5 5 5.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 65 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 410 315 0 40 50 20 4.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 380 295 5 35 50 20 5.3
Amharic 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 230 165 5 35 30 20 8.7
Hebrew 70 65 0 5 5 5 7.1
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 10,395 8,060 0 170 2,165 85 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 9,935 7,670 0 150 2,115 80 0.8
Bengali 320 290 0 5 20 0 0.0
Gujarati 215 185 0 0 25 0 0.0
Hindi 825 735 0 15 70 5 0.6
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 8,260 6,155 5 130 1,975 65 0.8
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 250 225 0 5 20 5 2.0
Nepali 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 455 380 0 20 55 10 2.2
Kurdish 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 75 60 0 5 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 305 260 0 20 30 10 3.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 750 680 0 10 65 5 0.7
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 150 140 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 575 515 0 10 50 5 0.9
Telugu 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 495 415 0 5 75 5 1.0
Korean 910 745 0 35 130 15 1.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 32,585 21,780 15 285 10,500 165 0.5
Chinese languages 32,505 21,710 20 285 10,490 160 0.5
Cantonese 16,760 10,815 5 140 5,795 80 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fukien 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,670 4,130 0 65 1,475 35 0.6
Shanghainese 80 45 0 0 35 5 6.3
Taiwanese 240 175 0 5 60 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 9,655 6,470 10 70 3,105 45 0.5
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 50 45 0 0 5 5 10.0
Lao 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,760 1,305 0 30 420 20 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 55 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,705 1,265 0 25 410 20 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,825 3,715 0 15 100 5 0.1
Bisayan languages 110 110 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 160 155 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,355 3,280 0 10 65 5 0.1
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 5 0 0 5 20.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 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
Swahili 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 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
Creoles 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 45 20 0 0 25 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 11,315 11,110 105 100 0 155 1.4
English and French 125 35 45 45 0 70 56.0
English and non-official language 11,020 11,005 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 55 35 25 0 0 20 36.4
English, French and non-official language 115 40 20 55 0 50 43.5

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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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