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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 267,290 249,575 125 15,445 2,150
Single responses 263,375 246,340 110 14,825 2,100
English 221,980 211,460 10 10,450 60
French 3,800 620 75 3,105 0
Non-official languages 37,595 34,250 30 1,270 2,045
Aboriginal languages 1,615 1,585 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 1,365 1,340 5 15 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,190 1,175 0 15 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,180 1,165 0 15 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 15 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 5 5 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 170 165 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 25 15 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 170 165 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 170 165 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 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 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) 5 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 45 45 0 0 0
Dakota 40 40 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,310 1,975 5 210 120
Italian 225 200 0 20 5
Portuguese 305 250 0 40 15
Romanian 320 255 0 45 20
Spanish 1,465 1,275 0 105 80
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,330 7,045 0 195 90
Dutch 470 445 0 30 0
Flemish 20 15 0 5 0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0
German 6,385 6,160 5 135 90
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 265 255 0 10 0
Danish 85 80 0 5 0
Icelandic 15 20 0 0 0
Norwegian 125 120 0 10 0
Swedish 45 35 0 5 0
Afrikaans 170 160 0 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,070 5,735 0 155 180
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 130 0 5 10
Bulgarian 25 20 0 5 0
Croatian 140 130 0 5 5
Czech 85 85 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 545 480 0 40 20
Russian 865 785 0 35 50
Serbian 155 140 0 5 10
Serbo-Croatian 90 80 0 5 5
Slovak 25 25 0 0 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 3,885 3,745 0 55 85
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 0 5
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 5
Latvian 40 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0
Greek 180 175 0 0 5
Armenian 5 10 0 0 0
Albanian 40 35 0 0 5
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 480 440 0 15 25
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 55 50 0 5 0
Hungarian 420 385 0 15 25
Turkic languages 130 115 5 10 10
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 95 80 5 5 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Mongolian 25 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,200 1,710 5 135 345
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 190 140 0 10 30
Oromo 100 80 0 0 25
Somali 85 70 0 15 5
Semitic languages 1,995 1,560 5 120 315
Amharic 85 80 0 5 5
Arabic 1,245 950 0 100 195
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 180 170 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 465 350 5 15 100
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,580 5,010 10 205 365
Indo-Aryan languages 4,700 4,240 5 160 300
Bengali 855 765 0 50 40
Gujarati 300 280 0 5 20
Hindi 435 410 0 5 25
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 45 40 5 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 875 775 0 15 80
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 140 0 0 5
Urdu 1,855 1,665 0 75 110
Nepali 145 125 0 5 20
Iranian languages 775 680 0 40 55
Kurdish 45 35 0 0 5
Pashto 130 120 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 600 525 0 35 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 80 0 5 10
Dravidian languages 345 330 0 5 10
Kannada 50 45 0 0 5
Malayalam 65 65 0 0 5
Tamil 140 140 0 0 0
Telugu 80 75 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Japanese 140 135 0 0 5
Korean 380 335 0 10 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,615 3,865 0 95 645
Chinese languages 4,340 3,690 0 100 545
Cantonese 880 710 0 25 145
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 800 690 0 15 90
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,620 2,255 5 55 305
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Burmese 105 90 0 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 155 75 0 0 75
Tai languages 175 150 0 10 15
Lao 140 120 0 10 5
Thai 35 25 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 745 640 0 30 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 55 60 0 0 5
Vietnamese 690 585 0 35 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,335 4,195 0 70 65
Bisayan languages 220 215 0 5 5
Ilocano 95 95 0 0 5
Malay 40 40 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,900 3,775 5 65 55
Bikol 15 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 40 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 470 395 0 65 5
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0 0
Bantu languages 280 220 0 55 10
Lingala 10 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 10 0
Shona 25 30 0 0 0
Swahili 115 100 0 15 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 15 0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 25 30 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 0 0
Ga 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 200 185 0 5 5
Creoles 35 20 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 85 60 0 0 20
American Sign Language 35 20 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 10
Other languages 35 25 0 0 10
Multiple responses 3,910 3,245 10 615 45
English and French 515 160 0 360 0
English and non-official language 3,000 2,825 0 135 40
French and non-official language 335 240 5 80 10
English, French and non-official language 65 20 0 45 0

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

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