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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 HochelagaFootnote 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 100,120 6,960 87,565 4,210 1,385 9,065 9.1
Single responses 95,485 6,380 84,170 3,545 1,385 8,155 8.5
English 4,900 4,265 635 0 0 4,260 86.9
French 79,980 775 79,205 0 0 775 1.0
Non-official languages 10,600 1,340 4,330 3,545 1,385 3,110 29.3
Aboriginal languages 15 10 5 0 0 10 66.7
Algonquian languages 15 10 5 5 0 10 66.7
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 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
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 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 3,755 175 1,770 1,410 400 880 23.4
Italian 660 20 290 255 95 150 22.7
Portuguese 570 20 275 215 55 130 22.8
Romanian 295 5 120 150 25 80 27.1
Spanish 2,230 125 1,085 790 230 520 23.3
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 10 0 5 5 5 5 50.0
Dutch 0 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
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 0 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
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 955 190 310 385 70 385 40.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 100 5 35 50 5 30 30.0
Croatian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Czech 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
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 265 75 65 100 30 125 47.2
Russian 365 45 150 140 25 115 31.5
Serbian 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Ukrainian 170 50 45 70 10 85 50.0
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 5 0 10 100.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Greek 145 65 5 50 20 90 62.1
Armenian 20 0 0 15 5 10 50.0
Albanian 30 5 10 10 0 15 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 20 0 5 5 0 5 25.0
Turkic languages 65 5 35 20 5 15 23.1
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 55 5 30 20 5 15 27.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,610 40 950 475 140 280 17.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 110 0 70 35 5 15 13.6
Cushitic languages 155 0 90 40 15 20 12.9
Oromo 150 0 90 40 20 20 13.3
Somali 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
Semitic languages 1,320 40 765 395 115 240 18.2
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Arabic 1,315 40 765 390 115 235 17.9
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 20 5 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 575 225 70 205 75 325 56.5
Indo-Aryan languages 505 205 60 170 65 290 57.4
Bengali 390 160 45 130 55 225 57.7
Gujarati 35 15 0 15 0 20 57.1
Hindi 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Urdu 60 20 10 25 5 35 58.3
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 70 20 10 30 5 35 50.0
Kurdish 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi) 65 20 5 30 5 35 53.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 175 80 20 60 20 110 62.9
Kannada 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
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 175 75 20 60 15 105 60.0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Korean 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,500 385 280 435 405 605 40.3
Chinese languages 1,500 385 275 435 405 600 40.0
Cantonese 235 35 35 70 100 65 27.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 5 0 5 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 210 60 40 75 40 95 45.2
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. 1,045 290 200 290 265 435 41.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 40 5 15 15 5 10 25.0
Lao 40 5 15 15 10 10 25.0
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,010 120 415 315 170 275 27.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 110 10 55 25 20 20 18.2
Vietnamese 900 110 360 280 150 250 27.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 15 5 5 5 0 15 100.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 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
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 165 0 100 50 15 30 18.2
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bantu languages 90 0 65 25 5 15 16.7
Lingala 45 0 40 5 0 5 11.1
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 0 10 5 0 5 25.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 25 0 10 15 0 10 40.0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 0 25 5 0 5 16.7
African 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
Creoles 410 5 300 65 40 35 8.5
Non-verbal languages 35 0 25 0 5 5 14.3
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 15 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 4,640 580 3,390 670 0 910 19.6
English and French 960 145 460 360 0 320 33.3
English and non-official language 395 375 20 0 0 380 96.2
French and non-official language 2,825 20 2,800 0 0 20 0.7
English, French and non-official language 455 35 110 310 0 190 41.8

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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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