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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 Calgary Southeast / Calgary-Sud-Est
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 151,990 148,075 2,325 535 1,050 2,595 1.7
Single responses 147,875 144,145 2,225 450 1,050 2,455 1.7
English 136,105 134,730 1,380 0 0 1,380 1.0
French 860 60 800 0 0 800 93.0
Non-official languages 10,905 9,360 40 455 1,050 265 2.4
Aboriginal languages 15 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 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
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 5 5 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
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. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,985 1,575 10 220 185 120 6.0
Italian 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Romanian 270 215 0 45 20 20 7.4
Spanish 1,570 1,230 10 170 160 95 6.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 285 255 5 20 5 10 3.5
Dutch 45 40 0 10 0 5 11.1
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 160 150 0 10 0 10 6.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic languages 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,775 1,560 0 60 155 30 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Croatian 70 65 0 5 0 5 7.1
Czech 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 575 505 0 15 55 5 0.9
Russian 715 615 0 25 70 15 2.1
Serbian 125 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 10 10 5 0 5 5 50.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 40 30 0 0 0 5 12.5
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 210 0 10 10 5 2.2
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 225 205 0 10 10 5 2.2
Turkic languages 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 455 365 5 55 30 30 6.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Oromo 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 25 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 420 340 5 45 30 30 7.1
Amharic 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 290 220 5 45 20 30 10.3
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,605 1,420 0 20 160 15 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 1,290 1,150 0 10 130 0 0.0
Bengali 125 115 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 165 145 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 405 345 0 0 60 0 0.0
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 350 315 0 0 30 0 0.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 310 260 5 10 35 10 3.2
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 255 215 0 10 25 10 3.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 85 75 0 0 5 5 5.9
Kannada 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
Malayalam 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 230 190 0 5 35 5 2.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,895 1,540 0 15 330 10 0.5
Chinese languages 1,870 1,520 0 15 335 10 0.5
Cantonese 630 495 0 0 135 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 405 340 0 0 65 0 0.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 825 680 0 15 130 5 0.6
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 385 305 5 10 65 15 3.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 25 5 0 5 5 14.3
Vietnamese 355 280 5 15 60 10 2.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,520 1,485 0 10 20 10 0.7
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,350 1,320 5 10 20 5 0.4
Bikol 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 60 50 10 5 0 5 8.3
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 30 5 5 0 5 11.1
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 20 5 0 15 0 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,120 3,930 100 85 0 140 3.4
English and French 155 45 65 50 0 85 54.8
English and non-official language 3,875 3,870 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 5 30 0 0 25 71.4
English, French and non-official language 50 10 5 35 0 25 50.0

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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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