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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 N2M
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 32,580 31,225 430 190 740 525 1.6
Single responses 31,150 29,850 400 165 735 480 1.5
English 25,805 25,520 285 0 0 285 1.1
French 100 5 100 0 0 95 95.0
Non-official languages 5,240 4,325 15 165 735 95 1.8
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 1,130 895 0 60 175 30 2.7
Italian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 240 165 0 5 65 0 0.0
Romanian 265 190 0 30 40 20 7.5
Spanish 620 535 0 20 70 10 1.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 180 175 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dutch 10 10 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 180 165 0 5 5 5 2.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
Danish 0 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,000 855 0 35 105 20 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Croatian 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Czech 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 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
Polish 190 165 0 10 20 5 2.6
Russian 90 80 0 5 10 5 5.6
Serbian 420 355 0 15 50 10 2.4
Serbo-Croatian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 90 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 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
Finno-Ugric languages 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 50 45 0 5 5 5 10.0
Turkic languages 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 815 645 10 20 145 20 2.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 145 115 0 0 25 5 3.4
Oromo 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 115 95 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages 665 520 10 20 120 15 2.3
Amharic 110 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 400 295 10 15 80 15 3.8
Hebrew 0 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 100 85 0 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 995 845 0 10 140 5 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 475 415 0 5 55 0 0.0
Bengali 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hindi 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 85 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 150 130 0 0 15 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 495 405 0 5 85 5 1.0
Kurdish 45 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 395 320 0 0 75 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 30 25 5 0 5 5 16.7
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 0 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
Tamil 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 350 290 0 10 50 5 1.4
Chinese languages 325 270 0 15 45 5 1.5
Cantonese 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 110 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 180 150 0 10 25 5 2.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 220 165 0 0 50 5 2.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 190 140 0 5 50 5 2.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 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
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 35 30 0 10 0 5 14.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 0 0 5 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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 1,440 1,375 30 25 0 45 3.1
English and French 40 10 25 5 0 25 62.5
English and non-official language 1,350 1,345 5 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
English, French and non-official language 40 15 5 20 0 15 37.5

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not applicable

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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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