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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Gatineau
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 263,260 17,195 76,050 168,480 1,535
Single responses 256,280 16,800 75,210 162,770 1,505
English 29,060 11,755 130 17,170 10
French 203,360 195 69,885 133,245 35
Non-official languages 23,855 4,845 5,195 12,350 1,465
Aboriginal languages 125 65 5 45 5
Algonquian languages 110 55 5 45 5
Algonquin 25 10 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 70 40 0 20 5
Cree, n.o.s. 70 40 0 25 5
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 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 10 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 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 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 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 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 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 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 10 10 0 5 0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 5 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 7,605 930 2,060 4,105 510
Italian 405 75 20 310 0
Portuguese 2,520 200 640 1,460 215
Romanian 810 75 155 545 40
Spanish 3,865 585 1,240 1,785 255
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 625 240 20 370 0
Dutch 155 65 5 85 0
Flemish 20 0 0 15 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 410 155 10 245 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 30 20 0 10 0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 5 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,500 580 475 1,335 105
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 25 50 60 5
Bulgarian 200 55 25 110 10
Croatian 185 30 50 100 10
Czech 55 20 10 30 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 5 0
Polish 365 145 25 195 5
Russian 470 160 75 205 35
Serbian 505 50 125 300 30
Serbo-Croatian 400 40 100 250 10
Slovak 45 15 0 25 0
Slovenian 10 5 0 5 0
Ukrainian 95 35 5 45 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 10 0
Baltic languages 20 10 0 10 0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 10 0
Greek 120 45 0 70 5
Armenian 55 5 5 45 0
Albanian 35 20 0 15 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 135 45 5 90 5
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 5 0
Hungarian 125 35 0 85 0
Turkic languages 135 65 20 30 20
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 95 60 10 25 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 5 10 0 10
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,310 1,040 1,370 3,490 410
Berber languages (Kabyle) 105 0 50 50 5
Cushitic languages 355 30 135 165 25
Oromo 200 0 95 95 10
Somali 155 30 45 65 15
Semitic languages 5,775 1,010 1,155 3,235 375
Amharic 65 35 0 25 5
Arabic 5,655 950 1,145 3,195 370
Hebrew 10 5 0 10 0
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 15 5 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 0 25 45 5
Indo-Iranian languages 850 450 65 280 65
Indo-Aryan languages 290 190 10 80 15
Bengali 70 50 0 20 0
Gujarati 5 5 0 5 0
Hindi 30 15 0 10 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 45 5 15 0
Sindhi 0 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0
Urdu 105 60 5 25 10
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 555 260 50 200 50
Kurdish 70 30 10 30 0
Pashto 10 0 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 480 225 40 165 45
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Dravidian languages 45 20 0 20 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 35 15 0 20 0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 40 5 30 5
Korean 95 45 5 45 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,435 770 130 380 155
Chinese languages 1,430 765 135 380 160
Cantonese 155 70 5 65 20
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 5 5 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 445 240 50 110 50
Shanghainese 0 0 0 5 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 820 460 80 200 85
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 150 40 30 70 15
Lao 115 15 25 60 10
Thai 40 20 5 10 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 615 150 65 325 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 200 30 30 120 20
Vietnamese 420 120 40 210 55
Malayo-Polynesian languages 275 160 25 90 5
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 15 0 10 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 180 135 0 40 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 50 0 20 30 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,760 100 550 1,065 50
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 1,260 75 390 760 40
Lingala 105 0 40 60 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 385 5 120 245 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 355 10 70 270 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 260 25 105 115 15
Ganda 5 5 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 135 20 50 60 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 110 0 30 75 5
Bamanankan 35 0 10 20 0
Ewe 45 0 20 20 5
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 5 100 185 5
African languages, n.i.e. 70 5 25 35 0
Creoles 765 10 325 395 30
Non-verbal languages 35 0 10 10 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 5 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 0 0 5 10
Other languages 0 0 5 0 0
Multiple responses 6,975 395 845 5,705 25
English and French 4,410 75 135 4,200 0
English and non-official language 575 295 5 270 5
French and non-official language 1,600 20 680 880 20
English, French and non-official language 385 10 15 365 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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