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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada and Forward Sortation Areas, 2011 Census ©

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in L5R
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 37,145 33,180 25 2,145 1,800
Single responses 35,025 31,295 20 1,915 1,790
English 13,690 12,880 0 795 10
French 235 15 10 210 0
Non-official languages 21,105 18,400 15 915 1,775
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 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 0 5 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 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 2,695 2,295 5 160 240
Italian 700 625 0 40 35
Portuguese 1,060 895 0 50 110
Romanian 85 70 0 15 0
Spanish 845 705 0 60 90
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 115 100 0 10 0
Dutch 15 15 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 90 80 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,975 1,785 0 105 85
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 55 0 5 5
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 0
Croatian 335 315 0 10 10
Czech 20 25 0 5 0
Macedonian 70 60 0 5 5
Polish 950 850 0 55 40
Russian 125 110 0 5 10
Serbian 120 110 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 0
Slovenian 30 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 200 175 0 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Latvian 5 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 0 5
Greek 175 165 0 0 10
Armenian 20 10 0 5 0
Albanian 130 110 0 10 15
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 60 60 0 5 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0
Hungarian 50 50 0 0 0
Turkic languages 135 130 0 0 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 135 130 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,685 1,435 5 160 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 50 45 0 5 0
Oromo 5 0 0 5 0
Somali 45 45 0 5 5
Semitic languages 1,630 1,390 0 155 80
Amharic 15 10 0 0 0
Arabic 1,495 1,265 0 155 75
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 55 55 0 0 0
Tigrigna 20 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,420 5,775 5 220 425
Indo-Aryan languages 5,985 5,400 5 205 385
Bengali 245 225 0 15 0
Gujarati 565 520 0 15 30
Hindi 810 740 0 35 35
Konkani 75 70 0 0 0
Marathi 80 70 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,815 1,565 0 50 200
Sindhi 115 100 0 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 50 0 5 0
Urdu 2,225 2,045 5 70 100
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 395 340 0 20 35
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0
Pashto 45 40 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 335 285 0 15 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 1,205 1,085 0 55 65
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 125 115 0 10 5
Tamil 960 855 0 45 65
Telugu 85 80 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 65 60 0 0 5
Korean 335 265 0 10 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,565 2,830 5 95 635
Chinese languages 3,550 2,820 5 90 635
Cantonese 1,310 1,015 0 40 250
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5
Fukien 25 15 0 0 10
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 820 665 0 15 140
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,355 1,100 5 30 225
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 5 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 5
Lao 15 10 0 0 5
Thai 10 10 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 940 770 5 20 140
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 930 765 5 20 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,350 1,330 0 10 5
Bisayan languages 50 45 0 0 0
Ilocano 55 60 0 0 0
Malay 30 25 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,200 1,190 0 10 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 125 115 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 40 35 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 15 10 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Creoles 40 15 0 25 0
Non-verbal languages 5 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Other languages 5 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,120 1,880 0 230 10
English and French 75 20 0 55 0
English and non-official language 1,940 1,830 0 100 10
French and non-official language 50 20 5 25 0
English, French and non-official language 60 15 0 45 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011032.


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