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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, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Division No. 11
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 658,200 581,290 930 67,495 8,490
Single responses 640,680 566,870 845 64,550 8,415
English 470,620 432,025 15 38,400 185
French 23,515 1,745 660 21,105 0
Non-official languages 146,545 133,105 165 5,045 8,225
Aboriginal languages 3,710 3,635 5 50 20
Algonquian languages 3,480 3,415 0 40 20
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,140 1,125 0 10 5
Cree, n.o.s. 1,115 1,100 0 15 5
Swampy Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,640 1,605 0 25 15
Oji-Cree 685 680 0 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 50 35 0 10 0
Athapaskan languages 40 40 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 35 40 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 5 5 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 40 40 0 5 0
Dakota 45 40 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 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 55 50 0 5 0
Inuktitut 40 45 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 40 45 0 0 0
Romance languages 15,730 13,610 20 1,065 1,040
Italian 3,730 3,315 0 240 175
Portuguese 5,360 4,465 15 305 580
Romanian 525 415 5 95 15
Spanish 6,115 5,410 5 430 270
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 19,280 18,460 5 680 135
Dutch 1,535 1,415 0 115 0
Flemish 165 125 0 40 0
Frisian 20 20 0 0 0
German 16,335 15,735 5 470 125
Yiddish 470 445 0 20 0
Scandinavian languages 595 560 0 25 5
Danish 195 175 0 15 5
Icelandic 190 195 0 0 0
Norwegian 70 70 0 0 0
Swedish 140 125 0 15 0
Afrikaans 160 155 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 65 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 50 40 0 5 0
Welsh 25 25 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 23,070 21,350 10 885 830
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 590 535 0 15 35
Bulgarian 120 100 0 10 10
Croatian 910 855 0 35 25
Czech 520 485 0 35 0
Macedonian 130 115 0 5 10
Polish 5,855 5,290 5 280 280
Russian 3,955 3,575 0 115 265
Serbian 565 510 0 25 35
Serbo-Croatian 295 260 0 20 15
Slovak 330 290 0 30 5
Slovenian 250 245 0 5 0
Ukrainian 9,430 8,990 5 295 145
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 0 5
Baltic languages 160 145 0 5 5
Latvian 75 70 0 5 0
Lithuanian 85 80 0 5 0
Greek 1,055 975 0 50 40
Armenian 35 30 0 5 0
Albanian 280 255 0 10 20
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,265 1,160 0 85 15
Estonian 30 25 0 0 0
Finnish 155 140 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,080 990 0 75 20
Turkic languages 225 210 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 0
Turkish 160 150 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,290 5,395 30 445 425
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,145 985 5 55 105
Oromo 345 295 0 15 35
Somali 800 690 0 45 65
Semitic languages 5,095 4,395 20 375 310
Amharic 1,150 1,090 0 20 40
Arabic 2,660 2,125 20 315 195
Hebrew 330 300 0 15 5
Maltese 25 25 0 0 0
Tigrigna 915 830 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 15 5 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages 16,755 14,760 0 360 1,625
Indo-Aryan languages 14,650 12,945 0 290 1,410
Bengali 645 610 0 10 25
Gujarati 980 890 0 20 70
Hindi 1,285 1,195 0 40 55
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 9,295 8,030 0 170 1,100
Sindhi 55 40 0 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 495 470 0 10 20
Urdu 1,490 1,400 0 30 60
Nepali 325 245 0 0 75
Iranian languages 2,065 1,775 0 70 210
Kurdish 365 300 0 15 50
Pashto 180 150 0 5 25
Persian (Farsi) 1,520 1,325 0 50 140
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 825 770 0 15 40
Kannada 50 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 285 270 0 5 15
Tamil 355 330 0 10 15
Telugu 135 120 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 410 380 0 15 20
Korean 2,400 2,045 0 50 300
Sino-Tibetan languages 12,225 9,765 5 220 2,235
Chinese languages 11,775 9,465 5 220 2,080
Cantonese 3,205 2,445 0 75 690
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 25 0 0 5
Fukien 35 30 0 0 0
Hakka 25 20 0 0 5
Mandarin 2,070 1,755 0 50 265
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 60 50 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,335 5,140 5 95 1,100
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Burmese 55 45 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 390 250 0 5 140
Tai languages 1,005 840 0 65 100
Lao 820 670 5 60 90
Thai 190 170 0 5 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,410 2,810 5 75 520
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 215 0 5 45
Vietnamese 3,150 2,590 5 75 475
Malayo-Polynesian languages 35,090 34,135 5 325 625
Bisayan languages 765 750 0 5 10
Ilocano 880 855 0 0 20
Malay 115 110 0 0 5
Pampango 455 445 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 32,600 31,705 5 315 570
Bikol 115 105 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 100 95 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 2,020 1,360 75 505 75
Akan (Twi) 95 95 0 10 0
Bantu languages 1,150 640 55 400 55
Lingala 45 5 10 30 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 90 35 5 40 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 145 50 10 85 5
Shona 60 55 0 0 0
Swahili 560 300 30 195 35
Ganda 30 25 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 225 170 5 45 5
Edo 20 15 0 0 0
Igbo 130 125 0 5 0
Wolof 40 0 5 30 0
Bamanankan 15 0 5 10 0
Ewe 20 10 5 15 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 525 460 10 35 15
African languages, n.i.e. 500 450 0 20 25
Creoles 335 255 5 75 5
Non-verbal languages 280 170 0 10 105
American Sign Language 175 120 0 5 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 105 50 0 0 55
Other languages 85 60 0 0 30
Multiple responses 17,515 14,420 80 2,945 70
English and French 2,570 555 15 1,995 0
English and non-official language 13,745 13,195 5 475 70
French and non-official language 925 565 55 295 5
English, French and non-official language 285 100 0 180 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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