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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 Hamilton Mountain
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 124,540 120,350 1,525 550 2,115 1,795 1.4
Single responses 118,600 114,645 1,415 430 2,115 1,630 1.4
English 102,705 101,845 860 0 0 865 0.8
French 535 25 510 0 0 515 96.3
Non-official languages 15,360 12,775 40 430 2,115 255 1.7
Aboriginal 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
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 4,365 3,495 10 135 720 80 1.8
Italian 1,875 1,515 0 25 330 15 0.8
Portuguese 800 565 0 15 215 15 1.9
Romanian 220 170 0 35 20 15 6.8
Spanish 1,470 1,245 5 55 160 35 2.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 150 145 0 5 0 5 3.3
Dutch 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 105 100 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian 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
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 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
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 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,835 1,625 0 45 165 25 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 200 175 0 5 20 0 0.0
Czech 95 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Macedonian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 750 675 0 15 60 5 0.7
Russian 145 125 5 5 15 5 3.4
Serbian 320 280 0 10 35 5 1.6
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 115 105 5 5 10 0 0.0
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 90 80 0 0 0 5 5.6
Latvian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 215 185 0 5 20 0 0.0
Armenian 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 150 115 5 0 30 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 310 275 0 5 25 5 1.6
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 265 0 5 25 5 1.7
Turkic languages 100 95 0 5 5 5 5.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 95 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,915 2,360 15 100 440 65 2.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 95 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,810 2,265 15 100 430 65 2.3
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,815 1,460 10 80 265 55 3.0
Hebrew 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
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 950 765 0 15 170 5 0.5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,090 1,775 5 75 235 45 2.2
Indo-Aryan languages 1,025 905 0 15 100 10 1.0
Bengali 150 135 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 115 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 295 250 0 5 45 5 1.7
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 370 340 0 5 25 0 0.0
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 1,065 865 5 55 135 35 3.3
Kurdish 580 450 5 40 80 25 4.3
Pashto 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 440 375 0 10 55 5 1.1
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 135 125 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 80 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 135 110 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,115 820 0 20 275 10 0.9
Chinese languages 1,115 820 0 20 275 10 0.9
Cantonese 365 240 0 5 125 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 205 185 0 5 20 5 2.4
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 535 400 0 10 130 0 0.0
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 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 485 380 0 10 105 5 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 450 350 0 5 95 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,000 975 0 0 25 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 910 890 0 0 20 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
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 100 80 5 15 5 10 10.0
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 40 25 10 5 0 10 25.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 5 0 0 5 33.3
Ganda 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
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 55 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,935 5,705 105 120 0 170 2.9
English and French 160 40 65 55 0 90 56.3
English and non-official language 5,605 5,590 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 60 35 20 0 0 20 33.3
English, French and non-official language 115 35 10 65 0 45 39.1

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not applicable

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Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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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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