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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 Edmonton East / Edmonton-EstFootnote 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 132,795 125,710 2,445 675 3,965 2,785 2.1
Single responses 126,140 119,350 2,245 575 3,965 2,535 2.0
English 102,830 101,505 1,325 0 0 1,325 1.3
French 875 55 820 0 0 815 93.1
Non-official languages 22,435 17,795 105 575 3,965 390 1.7
Aboriginal languages 160 155 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 135 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 120 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 10 15 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 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
Athapaskan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 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
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 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
Mohawk 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 3,380 2,660 25 165 530 105 3.1
Italian 765 625 0 15 125 5 0.7
Portuguese 845 635 0 30 175 15 1.8
Romanian 190 155 5 20 10 15 7.9
Spanish 1,575 1,240 15 100 225 70 4.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 210 190 5 15 5 5 2.4
Dutch 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 155 145 0 10 5 5 3.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
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 2,190 1,930 0 50 210 30 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Croatian 170 155 0 0 20 0 0.0
Czech 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 855 745 0 10 100 5 0.6
Russian 160 135 5 10 10 10 6.3
Serbian 195 175 0 10 5 5 2.6
Serbo-Croatian 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 565 495 0 20 50 10 1.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 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
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 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
Greek 60 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 50 30 10 0 10 10 20.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 45 30 5 0 10 5 11.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,360 2,905 20 130 305 85 2.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 980 835 5 45 100 25 2.6
Oromo 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Somali 915 785 5 40 85 25 2.7
Semitic languages 2,370 2,070 15 85 205 55 2.3
Amharic 325 300 5 5 20 5 1.5
Arabic 1,820 1,570 10 70 165 50 2.7
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 180 165 0 0 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,765 2,335 0 30 395 15 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 2,435 2,050 0 30 355 15 0.6
Bengali 70 60 0 5 0 5 7.1
Gujarati 90 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hindi 595 555 0 5 35 5 0.8
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,415 1,115 0 15 290 5 0.4
Sindhi 65 55 0 0 10 5 7.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 160 145 0 0 10 0 0.0
Nepali 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 330 285 0 0 40 0 0.0
Kurdish 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 180 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 95 85 0 5 10 5 5.3
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 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 60 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,865 3,900 5 35 1,930 20 0.3
Chinese languages 5,755 3,825 5 35 1,895 20 0.3
Cantonese 2,675 1,645 5 15 1,010 15 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 545 470 0 5 70 5 0.9
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 2,480 1,685 0 15 775 5 0.2
Tibetan 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
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 110 75 0 0 35 0 0.0
Tai languages 90 60 5 10 15 5 5.6
Lao 70 55 0 5 10 5 7.1
Thai 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,360 1,900 5 30 420 25 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 120 0 5 25 5 3.3
Vietnamese 2,215 1,780 5 30 395 20 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 875 840 0 5 30 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 795 770 0 10 25 0 0.0
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 355 215 30 80 25 70 19.7
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Bantu languages 255 130 30 75 20 70 27.5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 85 30 10 35 10 20 23.5
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 110 55 15 25 10 35 31.8
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 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
Wolof 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 5 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 240 230 0 0 10 5 2.1
Creoles 60 45 0 10 0 5 8.3
Non-verbal languages 80 50 0 0 25 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Other languages 25 5 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,660 6,360 195 100 0 250 3.8
English and French 215 55 90 70 0 125 58.1
English and non-official language 6,300 6,280 15 0 0 15 0.2
French and non-official language 85 5 75 0 0 75 88.2
English, French and non-official language 60 15 15 25 0 25 41.7

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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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