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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 and Forward Sortation Areas, 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 M2N
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 66,925 61,255 735 1,115 3,820 1,295 1.9
Single responses 62,295 56,815 650 1,010 3,820 1,155 1.9
English 33,715 33,390 325 0 0 325 1.0
French 305 20 285 0 0 280 91.8
Non-official languages 28,280 23,410 40 1,010 3,820 545 1.9
Aboriginal 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,255 970 5 175 105 95 7.6
Italian 125 90 0 10 20 5 4.0
Portuguese 215 165 0 35 20 15 7.0
Romanian 245 140 5 70 30 40 16.3
Spanish 680 580 5 65 35 35 5.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 105 95 0 15 5 5 4.8
Dutch 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 85 70 0 10 5 5 5.9
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,280 1,870 5 145 265 75 3.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 80 65 0 10 10 5 6.3
Croatian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 50 35 0 5 5 5 10.0
Polish 115 90 0 10 15 5 4.3
Russian 1,700 1,410 0 90 200 50 2.9
Serbian 200 155 0 25 20 15 7.5
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 35 0 5 10 5 10.0
Latvian 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 95 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 95 60 5 30 5 20 21.1
Albanian 20 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 180 160 0 10 5 5 2.8
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 130 115 0 10 5 5 3.8
Turkic languages 195 160 0 25 15 10 5.1
Azerbaijani 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkish 145 115 0 15 15 10 6.9
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 670 550 5 70 50 40 6.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 660 535 5 70 50 40 6.1
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 545 440 5 60 40 35 6.4
Hebrew 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 6,130 5,315 15 265 540 145 2.4
Indo-Aryan languages 575 535 0 25 20 15 2.6
Bengali 110 105 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Hindi 175 160 0 5 10 5 2.9
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 140 130 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nepali 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 5,550 4,780 15 240 515 135 2.4
Kurdish 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 5,510 4,750 15 235 515 135 2.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 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
Dravidian languages 130 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 380 320 0 5 55 5 1.3
Korean 5,015 4,150 5 70 785 35 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,140 9,025 5 170 1,935 90 0.8
Chinese languages 11,135 9,020 5 170 1,940 90 0.8
Cantonese 3,440 2,805 5 60 575 30 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5 5 33.3
Mandarin 3,800 3,075 5 45 680 25 0.7
Shanghainese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 145 105 0 0 35 5 3.4
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,660 2,965 5 60 640 35 1.0
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 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
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 355 345 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 265 260 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Akan (Twi) 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 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
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 20 0 0 15 5 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,630 4,440 85 110 0 135 2.9
English and French 125 30 50 50 0 75 60.0
English and non-official language 4,385 4,375 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 30 20 15 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 90 20 10 60 0 45 50.0

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too unreliable to be published

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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-XCB2011038.


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