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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 Papineau
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 99,765 17,860 66,585 9,865 5,455 22,795 22.8
Single responses 90,685 15,635 61,075 8,520 5,455 19,895 21.9
English 8,515 7,945 570 0 0 7,945 93.3
French 51,675 495 51,170 0 0 495 1.0
Non-official languages 30,500 7,195 9,330 8,520 5,455 11,455 37.6
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 5 5 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. 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
Romance languages 8,940 410 4,280 2,805 1,445 1,815 20.3
Italian 2,455 100 1,030 790 535 495 20.2
Portuguese 1,375 65 640 430 235 280 20.4
Romanian 185 5 70 100 20 55 29.7
Spanish 4,925 240 2,540 1,485 655 985 20.0
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 25 10 0 15 0 15 60.0
Dutch 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 585 160 140 220 65 270 46.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bosnian 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Bulgarian 80 5 35 35 5 20 25.0
Croatian 25 10 5 10 0 20 80.0
Czech 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 165 65 15 65 20 95 57.6
Russian 155 30 50 60 20 60 38.7
Serbian 20 5 0 10 0 5 25.0
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 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
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Ukrainian 100 35 25 30 15 50 50.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 3,095 1,445 60 770 820 1,830 59.1
Armenian 130 35 5 75 15 75 57.7
Albanian 130 30 25 65 15 60 46.2
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 35 15 5 15 5 20 57.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 10 0 15 0 20 57.1
Turkic languages 490 65 200 120 100 120 24.5
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 485 65 200 115 105 120 24.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,395 170 1,755 1,045 425 690 20.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 115 0 70 35 10 20 17.4
Cushitic languages 200 5 110 65 25 35 17.5
Oromo 175 0 100 55 25 30 17.1
Somali 25 5 5 15 0 10 40.0
Semitic languages 3,040 160 1,550 940 390 630 20.7
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Arabic 3,030 160 1,550 935 390 620 20.5
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 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, 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 0 20 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 6,410 3,205 460 1,525 1,215 3,970 61.9
Indo-Aryan languages 6,135 3,140 410 1,430 1,155 3,855 62.8
Bengali 1,615 845 90 480 200 1,085 67.2
Gujarati 790 410 30 190 155 505 63.9
Hindi 165 95 5 40 25 115 69.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,905 985 120 335 460 1,150 60.4
Sindhi 35 15 0 15 5 25 71.4
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 30 0 10 0 35 77.8
Urdu 1,535 745 150 335 305 910 59.3
Nepali 40 20 0 15 5 30 75.0
Iranian languages 270 65 55 90 60 110 40.7
Kurdish 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 210 55 30 70 55 90 42.9
Persian (Farsi) 50 15 20 20 0 20 40.0
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 1,440 795 135 350 165 970 67.4
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Tamil 1,425 780 130 350 160 955 67.0
Telugu 15 10 0 0 0 10 66.7
Dravidian 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
Japanese 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Korean 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,720 360 395 430 535 575 33.4
Chinese languages 1,710 360 385 435 535 575 33.6
Cantonese 390 75 50 110 155 130 33.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 145 45 30 45 30 65 44.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,155 235 300 280 340 375 32.5
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. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 35 5 15 15 5 10 28.6
Lao 20 5 15 10 0 5 25.0
Thai 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,465 320 920 715 510 680 27.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 265 30 100 80 55 70 26.4
Vietnamese 2,195 290 815 635 455 610 27.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 55 35 5 10 5 40 72.7
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 40 30 0 5 0 30 75.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 5 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 295 105 95 80 15 145 49.2
Akan (Twi) 130 85 10 40 5 100 76.9
Bantu languages 45 0 30 10 5 5 11.1
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 0 15 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 50 5 35 15 0 10 20.0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 10 5 0 5 5 10 100.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 10 20 10 0 20 40.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 0 5 10 66.7
Creoles 1,180 35 810 235 100 150 12.7
Non-verbal languages 45 0 20 5 20 5 11.1
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 5 20 5 20.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 9,075 2,225 5,510 1,340 0 2,895 31.9
English and French 1,080 180 430 475 0 420 38.9
English and non-official language 1,895 1,850 45 0 0 1,850 97.6
French and non-official language 4,845 55 4,785 0 0 55 1.1
English, French and non-official language 1,250 140 245 870 0 575 46.0

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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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