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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 Comox Valley^{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	63,110	57,490	40	5,440	140
Single responses	62,695	57,250	40	5,265	140
English	57,440	53,680	0	3,750	15
French	1,425	135	35	1,255	0
Non-official languages	3,830	3,435	5	265	125
Aboriginal languages	35	35	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	15	20	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	20	15	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	20	20	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	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	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	5	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	5	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	5	5	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.	5	5	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	10	10	0	0	0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)	5	5	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	5	5	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	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	385	315	0	60	15
Italian	110	95	0	15	0
Portuguese	60	50	0	10	5
Romanian	20	10	0	5	5
Spanish	195	160	0	25	5
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	1,785	1,640	0	140	5
Dutch	390	355	0	40	0
Flemish	5	5	0	5	0
Frisian	5	5	0	0	0
German	1,130	1,040	0	90	5
Yiddish	5	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	205	200	0	10	0
Danish	110	105	0	0	0
Icelandic	5	10	0	0	0
Norwegian	30	30	0	0	0
Swedish	55	50	0	0	0
Afrikaans	45	45	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	15	10	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	10	5	0	0	0
Welsh	5	5	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	380	345	0	30	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	5	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	25	25	0	0	0
Czech	55	55	0	5	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	95	80	0	10	0
Russian	50	35	0	10	0
Serbian	5	5	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	10	5	0	0	0
Slovak	10	10	0	0	0
Slovenian	5	5	0	0	0
Ukrainian	110	100	0	5	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Baltic languages	10	10	0	5	0
Latvian	5	5	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	5	0	0	0
Greek	20	15	0	5	0
Armenian	5	0	0	0	0
Albanian	5	5	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	140	130	0	5	0
Estonian	5	10	0	5	0
Finnish	80	80	0	0	0
Hungarian	50	50	0	0	0
Turkic languages	15	15	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	10	10	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	5	5	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	20	20	0	5	0
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	20	15	0	5	0
Amharic	5	5	0	0	0
Arabic	5	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	10	10	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	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	85	75	0	5	0
Indo-Aryan languages	65	60	0	0	5
Bengali	5	5	0	0	0
Gujarati	10	10	0	0	5
Hindi	5	5	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	30	30	0	0	5
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	0	0	0
Urdu	0	5	0	0	0
Nepali	5	5	0	0	0
Iranian languages	20	15	0	5	0
Kurdish	5	5	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	15	15	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	10	10	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	10	10	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	60	55	0	5	5
Korean	110	90	0	5	20
Sino-Tibetan languages	355	295	0	0	55
Chinese languages	350	295	0	5	55
Cantonese	150	110	0	5	35
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	5	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	35	35	0	0	5
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	10	10	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	155	140	0	5	15
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	35	30	0	0	5
Lao	5	5	0	0	0
Thai	30	25	0	5	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	150	125	0	5	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	150	125	0	5	25
Malayo-Polynesian languages	195	195	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	10	10	0	0	0
Ilocano	15	15	0	0	0
Malay	5	0	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	160	160	0	5	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.	5	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	10	10	0	5	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	0	5	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	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	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.	5	0	0	0	0
Creoles	0	0	0	0	0
Non-verbal languages	10	0	0	0	5
American Sign Language	5	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	410	235	0	175	0
English and French	170	30	0	140	0
English and non-official language	215	200	0	15	0
French and non-official language	20	10	0	5	0
English, French and non-official language	15	5	0	10	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1: 2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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