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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. 2
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 155,285 147,525 110 5,680 1,975
Single responses 153,520 145,995 95 5,460 1,965
English 125,630 121,760 5 3,820 50
French 1,395 200 55 1,135 0
Non-official languages 26,495 24,030 40 510 1,915
Aboriginal languages 305 305 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 280 275 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 230 235 0 0 0
Cree languages 35 35 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 35 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 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 5 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 5 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 15 15 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,975 1,680 10 140 145
Italian 325 310 5 20 0
Portuguese 45 40 0 5 0
Romanian 105 65 0 25 10
Spanish 1,495 1,270 5 90 130
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15,135 13,885 5 115 1,125
Dutch 2,675 2,615 0 45 15
Flemish 30 20 0 5 0
Frisian 50 45 0 0 0
German 12,120 10,950 5 60 1,105
Yiddish 0 0 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 190 185 0 5 0
Danish 120 120 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 40 0 0 0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 70 65 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,750 1,670 0 50 35
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0
Croatian 215 205 0 0 10
Czech 115 110 0 5 5
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 520 500 0 15 5
Russian 155 140 0 10 10
Serbian 40 35 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0
Slovak 120 115 0 5 0
Slovenian 65 60 0 0 0
Ukrainian 430 420 5 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 20 0 0 0
Greek 45 40 0 10 5
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 55 55 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 630 605 0 15 5
Estonian 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 590 570 0 15 5
Turkic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,040 910 10 55 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 395 345 5 5 40
Oromo 235 215 0 0 25
Somali 155 130 5 5 10
Semitic languages 640 570 5 40 30
Amharic 150 145 0 0 10
Arabic 440 375 5 40 25
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,170 965 0 25 180
Indo-Aryan languages 925 750 0 20 160
Bengali 60 55 0 5 5
Gujarati 100 95 0 0 5
Hindi 85 85 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 185 165 0 0 15
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 0
Urdu 170 155 0 5 10
Nepali 270 150 0 0 125
Iranian languages 220 195 5 10 15
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 5
Pashto 35 30 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 165 155 0 0 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 25 25 0 0 5
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0
Tamil 10 10 0 0 0
Telugu 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 500 475 0 5 20
Korean 195 185 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,265 1,015 0 5 245
Chinese languages 1,235 990 0 5 245
Cantonese 290 235 0 0 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 160 145 0 0 20
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 770 600 0 0 165
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai languages 100 90 0 5 10
Lao 45 35 0 5 0
Thai 55 50 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 320 280 0 10 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 120 105 0 0 10
Vietnamese 205 180 0 5 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,320 1,305 0 5 10
Bisayan languages 95 90 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,140 1,130 0 5 5
Bikol 10 5 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. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 300 220 15 60 10
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 160 110 10 35 5
Lingala 10 5 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 5 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 15 0 0 0
Swahili 65 45 5 15 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 40 5 10 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 20 20 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 260 250 0 0 10
Creoles 35 15 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 25 10 0 0 20
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 15
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,765 1,530 10 215 10
English and French 200 60 5 140 0
English and non-official language 1,445 1,405 5 25 10
French and non-official language 105 60 5 40 0
English, French and non-official language 15 0 0 10 0

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

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