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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 V3W
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 88,970 77,590 490 580 10,310 780 0.9
Single responses 79,920 68,655 445 515 10,310 700 0.9
English 38,050 37,805 250 0 0 250 0.7
French 150 15 135 0 0 135 90.0
Non-official languages 41,720 30,840 55 510 10,310 315 0.8
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
Siouan 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
Dakota 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Romance languages 850 655 10 80 100 55 6.5
Italian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 65 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Romanian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Spanish 715 550 15 75 80 45 6.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 15 20 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 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 295 260 0 10 25 5 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 105 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Russian 90 80 0 0 10 5 5.6
Serbian 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 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
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 50 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 705 585 20 25 70 35 5.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 265 225 10 0 25 5 1.9
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 255 220 10 0 30 5 2.0
Semitic languages 440 360 10 30 45 25 5.7
Amharic 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 350 280 10 25 40 25 7.1
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 36,410 26,415 20 340 9,640 190 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 35,965 26,050 20 325 9,575 180 0.5
Bengali 90 80 0 5 0 5 5.6
Gujarati 290 235 5 0 55 5 1.7
Hindi 2,305 2,035 5 30 235 15 0.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 31,510 22,125 15 275 9,095 155 0.5
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,640 1,455 0 15 175 10 0.6
Nepali 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Iranian languages 435 360 0 10 70 10 2.3
Kurdish 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Pashto 130 95 0 5 25 5 3.8
Persian (Farsi) 290 250 0 5 40 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 195 185 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 95 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 90 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,205 900 0 20 285 10 0.8
Chinese languages 1,190 890 0 15 290 10 0.8
Cantonese 255 170 0 5 75 5 2.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 535 405 0 5 120 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 355 275 0 5 75 5 1.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 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
Tai languages 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 415 310 0 5 90 5 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 340 250 5 5 80 5 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,125 1,100 0 0 25 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 985 965 0 0 20 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 70 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 30 5 5 15 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 35 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 9,050 8,930 45 70 0 80 0.9
English and French 60 20 20 20 0 30 50.0
English and non-official language 8,875 8,865 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 15 5 10 0 0 15 100.0
English, French and non-official language 95 45 0 50 0 25 26.3

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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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