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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 SaskatchewanFootnote 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 1,018,315 998,300 13,705 1,160 5,145 14,290 1.4
Single responses 1,001,705 982,450 13,285 825 5,145 13,695 1.4
English 938,170 928,635 9,535 0 0 9,535 1.0
French 4,295 650 3,645 0 0 3,645 84.9
Non-official languages 59,235 53,170 105 820 5,145 515 0.9
Aboriginal languages 17,555 16,965 5 20 555 20 0.1
Algonquian languages 11,235 11,075 5 20 135 15 0.1
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 11,055 10,905 0 20 130 15 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,965 10,815 5 15 130 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 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
Woods Cree 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 175 170 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 6,205 5,790 0 0 420 0 0.0
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 6,205 5,785 0 0 420 0 0.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mohawk 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
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 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Romance languages 2,195 1,800 15 155 225 95 4.3
Italian 145 130 0 5 10 0 0.0
Portuguese 155 120 0 15 20 5 3.2
Romanian 310 240 5 35 25 20 6.5
Spanish 1,590 1,305 15 100 170 60 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 8,600 7,980 10 85 530 50 0.6
Dutch 150 135 0 15 5 10 6.7
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 7,925 7,340 10 60 515 40 0.5
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 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 470 455 0 5 10 5 1.1
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,135 3,655 5 80 395 40 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 120 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Croatian 80 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 325 280 0 10 35 5 1.5
Russian 1,290 1,135 5 30 120 15 1.2
Serbian 300 275 0 0 15 5 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
Slovak 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,640 1,435 0 20 180 10 0.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 235 215 0 5 20 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 290 280 0 5 10 5 1.7
Armenian 0 5 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 195 0 10 25 5 2.1
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 210 170 0 10 25 5 2.4
Turkic languages 155 135 5 0 15 5 3.2
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 125 105 5 0 10 5 4.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,505 1,905 15 100 480 60 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 420 325 0 15 80 10 2.4
Oromo 100 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Somali 315 255 0 15 45 5 1.6
Semitic languages 2,080 1,580 10 90 400 55 2.6
Amharic 110 100 0 10 10 0 0.0
Arabic 1,375 1,030 10 70 270 45 3.3
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 185 170 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 370 265 0 10 100 10 2.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,910 6,030 5 155 720 85 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 5,980 5,250 5 120 610 65 1.1
Bengali 1,000 900 0 45 60 25 2.5
Gujarati 390 345 0 0 45 0 0.0
Hindi 475 435 5 5 30 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,305 1,130 0 15 165 5 0.4
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,410 2,130 5 60 220 35 1.5
Nepali 245 160 0 0 85 0 0.0
Iranian languages 845 715 0 30 100 15 1.8
Kurdish 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 150 125 0 5 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 650 560 0 30 70 15 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 90 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 340 315 0 5 25 0 0.0
Kannada 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 115 110 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 105 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 955 805 5 10 140 5 0.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,550 5,000 5 60 1,480 35 0.5
Chinese languages 5,890 4,585 5 55 1,235 35 0.6
Cantonese 1,065 745 0 10 305 10 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,100 895 0 10 195 5 0.5
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,685 2,920 5 35 730 25 0.7
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 125 95 0 0 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 535 315 0 0 220 0 0.0
Tai languages 210 175 0 5 30 5 2.4
Lao 155 135 0 5 15 5 3.2
Thai 55 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,320 1,070 5 30 210 20 1.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,270 1,035 5 35 200 20 1.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,085 5,925 5 30 130 20 0.3
Bisayan languages 270 265 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,650 5,500 5 30 115 20 0.4
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 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 350 250 20 50 30 45 12.9
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 225 145 20 30 25 40 17.8
Lingala 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 10 5 10 10 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 120 80 15 10 15 20 16.7
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 5 5 8.3
African languages, n.i.e. 180 175 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 30 15 5 10 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 245 170 0 0 75 0 0.0
American Sign Language 60 35 0 0 25 5 8.3
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 190 135 0 0 55 0 0.0
Other languages 90 60 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 16,610 15,845 425 340 0 595 3.6
English and French 855 305 320 235 0 435 50.9
English and non-official language 15,355 15,345 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 205 140 70 0 0 70 34.1
English, French and non-official language 185 60 25 105 0 75 40.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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