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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Colchester^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue	50,425	47,590	5	2,800	30
Single responses	50,200	47,440	10	2,725	30
English	48,580	46,355	0	2,215	5
French	560	125	5	435	0
Non-official languages	1,060	960	0	80	25
Aboriginal languages	180	175	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	175	175	0	5	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	5	5	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	175	170	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0
Wetsuweten	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	0	0	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Sarcee	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0
Gitksan	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	5	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun	0	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	65	50	0	15	5
Italian	10	10	0	0	0
Portuguese	0	5	0	0	0
Romanian	5	0	0	0	0
Spanish	40	40	0	5	0
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	300	275	0	25	0
Dutch	145	140	0	5	0
Flemish	0	5	0	0	0
Frisian	10	10	0	0	0
German	125	105	0	15	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	10	10	0	5	0
Danish	10	10	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	0	0	0	0
Swedish	5	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	0	5	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	60	55	0	0	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	0	5	0	0	0
Czech	5	5	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	15	20	0	0	0
Russian	20	15	0	0	0
Serbian	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	5	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	15	15	0	5	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Latvian	10	5	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	5	0	0	0
Greek	5	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0
Albanian	5	5	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	20	25	0	0	0
Estonian	0	5	0	0	0
Finnish	5	5	0	0	0
Hungarian	15	15	0	0	0
Turkic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	5	5	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	85	65	0	15	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	85	65	0	20	0
Amharic	10	10	0	0	0
Arabic	70	50	0	15	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	5	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	110	100	0	5	0
Indo-Aryan languages	90	80	0	5	5
Bengali	5	5	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	15	15	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	5	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	15	10	0	5	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	15	10	0	0	0
Urdu	25	25	0	0	5
Nepali	5	10	0	0	0
Iranian languages	20	20	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	10	10	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	15	15	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	20	15	0	5	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	5	5	0	0	0
Tamil	10	10	0	5	0
Telugu	5	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	5	5	0	0	0
Korean	15	15	0	0	5
Sino-Tibetan languages	95	85	0	5	5
Chinese languages	90	85	0	5	10
Cantonese	15	10	0	0	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	10	10	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	65	60	0	5	5
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	0	5	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	5	0	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	5	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	70	70	0	5	0
Bisayan languages	5	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0
Pampango	0	5	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	65	60	0	0	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	15	15	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	0	5	0	0	0
Bantu languages	5	10	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Creoles	5	0	0	0	0
Non-verbal languages	5	5	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	220	145	0	75	0
English and French	90	25	0	65	0
English and non-official language	120	115	0	5	0
French and non-official language	10	10	0	0	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0

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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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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