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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 M3A
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 34,380 29,860 105 3,400 1,015
Single responses 33,135 28,915 95 3,120 1,005
English 17,205 15,785 0 1,410 10
French 590 40 45 510 0
Non-official languages 15,340 13,095 45 1,200 995
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 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 0 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 2,485 1,945 0 360 175
Italian 285 240 0 35 10
Portuguese 150 130 0 15 10
Romanian 970 660 0 255 45
Spanish 1,080 920 0 50 110
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 345 315 0 35 0
Dutch 60 55 0 5 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 245 225 0 20 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Danish 5 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 15 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,470 1,265 10 125 75
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 190 150 5 25 10
Croatian 45 35 0 5 0
Czech 50 40 0 10 0
Macedonian 75 70 0 0 5
Polish 250 225 0 15 5
Russian 485 410 5 45 25
Serbian 230 200 0 15 15
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 0 5
Slovak 50 45 0 5 0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0
Ukrainian 50 45 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 50 45 0 5 0
Latvian 40 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 5 0
Greek 565 500 0 35 30
Armenian 355 280 10 45 20
Albanian 70 60 0 5 5
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 370 330 0 25 10
Estonian 65 55 0 5 0
Finnish 50 45 0 0 0
Hungarian 250 225 0 15 10
Turkic languages 245 205 0 10 35
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 195 155 0 5 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,210 925 15 210 60
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 60 45 0 10 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 50 40 0 10 0
Semitic languages 1,150 880 10 200 60
Amharic 25 25 0 5 0
Arabic 1,075 810 15 195 60
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,135 2,830 0 110 190
Indo-Aryan languages 1,820 1,690 0 65 70
Bengali 535 495 0 30 10
Gujarati 170 155 0 0 10
Hindi 180 165 0 5 10
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 30 25 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 85 0 0 5
Sindhi 70 65 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 125 120 0 0 5
Urdu 610 565 0 10 30
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,295 1,120 0 45 120
Kurdish 80 60 0 0 15
Pashto 65 65 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,145 1,000 0 45 100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 585 535 0 30 25
Kannada 10 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 70 75 0 0 0
Tamil 475 425 0 25 20
Telugu 35 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 105 95 0 5 10
Korean 530 445 0 25 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,270 1,905 0 90 275
Chinese languages 2,255 1,895 0 90 275
Cantonese 600 510 0 20 70
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 780 645 0 30 100
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 830 705 0 35 95
Tibetan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 5 5 0 0 0
Lao 5 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 105 95 0 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 105 90 0 5 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,125 1,100 0 15 10
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 60 60 0 0 0
Malay 30 30 0 0 0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 965 945 0 10 10
Bikol 10 10 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 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 230 170 10 35 5
Akan (Twi) 35 30 0 5 0
Bantu languages 130 95 10 25 5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 40 30 0 5 0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Edo 5 10 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Creoles 60 25 5 25 0
Non-verbal languages 5 0 0 0 0
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 0
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,245 945 10 280 5
English and French 90 15 0 80 0
English and non-official language 1,000 905 5 85 5
French and non-official language 100 15 5 75 0
English, French and non-official language 50 10 0 40 0

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


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